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Ole Miss football program lands top recruit

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    Head coach Hugh Freeze's historic class has sports world talking

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Sports it's national collegiate signing day in football the data top high school football players and -- they'll play next year.

It's been the only thing on ESPN news since about 7 o'clock this morning and as always Alabama and Florida did what they do dominate.

But the run up but the runaway top story of this all important days coming out of Oxford Mississippi Ole miss yes I am an -- miss rebel.

Signed the number one player and all the nation the defensive end Robert can be -- is a rebel now.

Shows that over Florida and over bam -- and now others are following him.

It probably helps that is big Brothers on the team and a superstar of his own and his mom wanted to mall in Oxford who could blame her.

What's happened since Robert can -- signed early this morning has the entire football world talking.

The architect of the best recruiting class and Ole miss history is its second year head coach Hugh freeze.

And he's with us from -- -- on campus.

I got a list here coach.

You got the number one and number five overall high school players the number one defensive -- the number one in three offensive tackle the number one receiver the number two the number two safety the number -- you go.

The biggest day in program history liberal Brian James is treated tweeting about it Chris low writes for SEC on ESPN says that Ole miss his star power is starting.

And that you coach haven't made a splash but cleared the pool -- one giant cannon ball I think they hear it in Baton Rouge how did you do that.

Well shepherded.

It obviously is a lot of people that go into this process but.

I think the first thing that was important to us that that we had some besides God's goodness to us we had.

Some natural tie ins to three of those national gas.

Number one obviously you mentioned it.

Robert can -- each Brothers on our team and family is so important to that mom and that dad and those Brothers that.

If we could just create some momentum in our program -- felt like we had a good chance it's giving him.

What was your cell offers special place how did you convince all those moms you talked about -- that's where they need to be putting growth player.

Well you know you know from from your experience that if we can get -- to campus.

Particularly a weekend where we have a home football game -- there -- spraying.

Visit to where there's a spring baseball game being played that this is one of the most beautiful places on God's earth and and obviously.

People like doctor -- a young miner who share with film.

The process of how we're going to go about being a -- -- here in educating their young sons and our faculty and students but.

Our team our players probably where the best recruiters when we got them -- campus because they sold our coaching staff and our vision.

To those top recruits and their families but you know had we not had that natural tie in there.

Would we be sitting here talking about that probably not I'm a realist.

But we did and then that's that's part of our look -- guests and and having didn't sale here and in the quad -- well the number one receiver in the nation you know we got his best friend here on our team from last year signing class and a great tie in there with coach drew Griffin high school coach so it.

Though those were great -- hands.

Coach Minnesota had a big year a few years ago and couldn't keep it going you still have to play Alabama and LSU every year just in the SEC west not to mention Johnny football over their -- and -- What when is it going to be or is it possible that some day Alabama and LSU's coach is familiar but for now we got to -- Ole miss.

Well we're certainly try and upset the apple cart a little bit I think we were very competitive last year in those games.

And I think we took a great step forward in and taking our talent level to another to another dimension today.

But this one class alone I don't think we can sit here and say that he can do -- we need to follow it up with a class next you're not necessarily -- but such talk -- the kids I don't know that if that's repeated -- not because I don't know if we'll have those tie -- But I do think it's possible to land a lot of quality for starting three start he is like we did also in this class that.

That they're not being talked about near enough but I think we've got some really good players and in that room of her class also go get him coaching talk about when -- -- -- are you one today congratulations how to -- you see -- -- in September.

How to -- the ship there are well this story.

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