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Ole Miss Football: Top 5 spring 2019 breakout candidates

By Connor Muldowney

OXFORD, MS - SEPTEMBER 02: Head coach Matt Luke of the Mississippi Rebels takes the field before a game against the South Alabama Jaguars at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on September 2, 2017 in Oxford, Mississippi. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
OXFORD, MS - SEPTEMBER 02: Head coach Matt Luke of the Mississippi Rebels takes the field before a game against the South Alabama Jaguars at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on September 2, 2017 in Oxford, Mississippi. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – NOVEMBER 10: Elijah Moore #8 of the Mississippi Rebels is tackled from behind by Keldrick Carper #14 of the Texas A&M Aggies in the fourth quarter at Kyle Field on November 10, 2018 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – NOVEMBER 10: Elijah Moore #8 of the Mississippi Rebels is tackled from behind by Keldrick Carper #14 of the Texas A&M Aggies in the fourth quarter at Kyle Field on November 10, 2018 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images) /

If you watched Ole Miss’ spring game on Saturday, you would have come away feeling great about some parts of the offense and terrible about others. One of those major positives was sophomore receiver Elijah Moore and his connection with Matt Corral.

Moore was actually the second-highest rated recruit, and early enrollee, in the Rebels 2018 class behind Corral, listed as the No. 203 overall recruit and 38th-best receiver in the class, according to 247Sports. The four-star is now coming into his own after a strong freshman season and he figures to be the team’s No. 1 target.

The talented trio of A.J. Brown, DeMarkus Lodge and D.K. Metcalf are gone, leaving Moore as the lead returning receiver after posting 36 catches for 398 yards and two touchdowns as a freshman.

Was that a true breakout season? Not quite since he was lost in the shuffle of three All-SEC caliber wide outs, but he did make a name for himself in some smaller circles.

That’ll all change in 2019, and he got off to a good start this spring, leading all receivers in the annual scrimmage with eight catches for 79 yards. He could be a 1,000-yard receiver in 2019.

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