Ole Miss’ AJ Finely Looks Toward a Matchup Against Liberty

By Adam Brown
Sports Editor
adam.brown@hottytoddy.com

No. 15 Ole Miss comes home this weekend to face their last non-conference foe in the Liberty Flames on Saturday.

The Rebels junior defensive back AJ Finely is coming off a ten tackle game in a 31-26 loss at Auburn over the weekend.

This season Finely has recorded a season-high of ten tackles in two games against Arkansas and Auburn.

Against Auburn, the Rebels defense only surrendered three points in the second half.

โ€œEvery game we play we take positives away to build on top of that,โ€ Finely said. โ€œThe second half we came out with a different mentality than we did in the first half. We need to come out with the same mentality to play the whole game.โ€

Liberty is coming into Oxford with a dual-threat quarterback in Malik Willis to face Finely and the rest of the Ole Miss defense.

โ€œHe is going to be a challenge,โ€ Finely said. โ€œ(Willis) is a mobile guy that can really extend plays with his legs.โ€

Finely added that the defense is going to have to contain him. 

The kickoff for this contest is set for 11 a.m. on SEC Network.