OXFORD, Miss. – How good is the 2016 Ole Miss recruiting class? After just two practices, Hugh Freeze believes this could be the best class -- top to bottom -- he’s ever recruited to Oxford. And that includes the heralded 2013 class that produced three first-round draft picks in April's NFL draft.

“I love what I see,” Freeze said. “They’re learning. It’s a learning curve. We’re splitting practices. The young kids are getting eight periods by themselves where I’ll teach, and in the first two days, I really like what I’ve seen from those young guys. They’re good kids, and they’re obviously talented.”

The class, ranked No. 4 nationally, included two five-stars and 14 four-stars. Some of the more notable names like Benito Jones, Shea Patterson and Charles Wiley enrolled early and went through spring practice with the Rebels.

But there were plenty of new faces when Ole Miss began fall camp Sunday, and despite getting a late start, there will be a handful from that group that make an immediate impact this season.

Wide receiver A.J. Brown, in particular, has received a lot of buzz.

“A.J. Brown looks like a Laquon Treadwell 2.0,” Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly said. “That’s who I thought he was when he was out there on the field the first day. I thought it was Laquon back there.”

Offensive lineman Greg Little, the No. 2 overall player in the ESPN 300, is another one who had high expectations coming in. He struggled at times in one-on-one drills Monday, but he’s big and athletic enough to play right away and serve as a potential replacement to Laremy Tunsil at left tackle.

“With him coming in and getting in shape like they do in the summer, it’s really how much of the knowledge they contain of how to play that position,” Freeze said when asked about Little. “We obviously think he’s super athletic. As all freshmen, he could stand to be stronger, and Paul [Jackson] will get him there, no doubt, in time.

“We do think he’s a really good future left tackle. When that takes place is hard to say. But he wants to do it. And he learns and he studies. So I think the learning curve, he’ll handle that well.”

The trio of Brown, Little and Jones should remind fans of Treadwell, Tunsil and Robert Nkemdiche when they first got to school. When you throw in an elite quarterback like Patterson or Deontay Anderson, the nation’s No. 1 safety, it’s easy to see why Freeze is so excited about this group.

But it’s still early. Not one of them has played a down of college football yet.

“They look really good,” Ole Miss offensive coordinator Dan Werner said. “But so did the ’13 group. The only difference is the ’13 group proved it on the field. I’m one of those guys that I want to see what happens.”

Senior tight end Evan Engram, a member of that ’13 recruiting class, is also not yet ready to call this group better than the group he came in with.

“It’s hard because I’m probably going to be a little biased,” Engram said. “They’re close … they’re close.

"The one thing I do like about this class is how they’ve come in and worked. They’ve come in and set the tone for themselves. Even as freshmen, they’re putting the work in to make sure that they’re going to be ready.”