Recruiting has gone national, which means the challenge of signing the best in-state talent is exponentially more difficult than, say, 30 years ago.

With that in mind, we’re building a six-man all-star in-state team of sorts for each program in the SEC, looking for more recent recruits with more options who chose to stay home.

Hugh Freeze certainly is getting who he wants, but his new kids have work to do to make this list.

Here are the best, by position, Mississippi kids who became Rebels.

Quarterback — Archie Manning

We’ll try to keep the rest of this more current, but there’s no denying Manning’s place in Rebels and SEC lore.

Even if his hometown of Drew doesn’t.

“I get back up there as much as I can, but I don’t make a big deal about it. I don’t call ahead,” Manning told nola.com in a story about his Mississippi roots. “… When anyone asks me where I’m from, though, I say Drew. I don’t even say New Orleans.”

The game was different, certainly, but Manning was a two-time All-American who set Ole Miss and SEC records that were broken by Heisman Trophy winner (Johnny Manziel) or his Super Bowl winning sons (Peyton and Eli).

Running back — Deuce McAllister

A first-team All-State running back at Morton High, McAlister went on to become the first (and only) Ole Miss running back to top 3,000 yards in a career.

He left Ole Miss in 2000 with 3,060 yards and helped the Rebels win back-to-back Independence Bowls.

New Orleans drafted him in the first round in 2001 and he became a two-time Pro Bowler before retiring in 2008.

Wide receiver — Shay Hodge

Hodge was a three-star prospect out of Morton High, the same school that produced McAlister.

He set single-season and career marks for the Rebels while helping them win back-to-back Cotton Bowls in 2008 and 2009.

Laquon Treadwell broke Hodge’s single-season yardage mark this season, but Hodge remains the Rebels’ career leader with 2,686 yards, and he’s still second all-time with 22 touchdown receptions.

Defensive lineman — Jerry Peria

Peria was a 5A defensive player of the year as a senior defensive tackle at South Panola High in Batesville. He spent 2004 at prep school before arriving in Oxford.

He and Rebels teammate Michael Oher went back-to-back in the 2009 NFL Draft: Oher No. 23 to Baltimore, Peria No. 24 to Atlanta.

Like Oher, Peria was named to the 2008 AP All-American team.

Linebacker — Tony Bennett

If only Patrick Willis’ family had moved from Tennessee to Mississippi … Willis is one of three Rebels linebackers who became first-round NFL Draft picks.

Fortunately, another guy on that list, Tony Bennett, not only is from Mississippi but perhaps the coolest-named town in the country: Alligator.

Bennett predated the recruiting rankings but he helped the Rebels win bowl games in 1986 and 1989.

In 1990, the Green Bay Packers drafted Bennett with the 18th pick in the first round. He spent four seasons with the Packers but went to Indianapolis in 1994, just before another Mississippi native, Brett Favre, led the Packers to a Super Bowl title.

Defensive back — Senquez Golson

Golson was a three-star prospect in the 2011 class out of Pascagoula, a waterfront town that borders the Gulf of Mexico.

Golson led the SEC with 10 interceptions in 2014, tying a school record in the process.

He became Ole Miss’ first consensus All-American since Oher in 2008.

Golson finished his career with 16 interceptions, tied for third-most in program history, and was a second-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft.