When Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze brought in the nation’s No. 4 recruiting class in 2013, the expectations started to mount in Oxford.

Rebels fans hoped the combination of No. 1 overall prospect Robert Nkemdiche and fellow five-star recruits Laremy Tunsil, Laquon Treadwell and Tony Conner to go along with seven four-stars and 14 three-stars would bring Ole Miss its fourth national championship, or at least its seventh SEC title.

But despite winning at least eight games each of the last three seasons, neither of those goals were reached by the Rebels’ 2013 class. But with nine-win regular seasons the last two years, those players will be remembered for leading the Rebels to back-to-back New Year’s Six bowl games.

On New Year’s Day, No. 12 Ole Miss will face No. 16 Oklahoma State in the Sugar Bowl, and the Rebels will be looking for a much better outcome than last year’s debacle in the Peach Bowl against TCU.

No players from Ole Miss’ talented 2013 class will be remembered for what they did in the Rebels’ 42-3 loss to the Horned Frogs on New Year’s Eve last year. But several of them are trying to prepare for big games against Oklahoma State after strong 2015 campaigns.

A big difference for the Rebels should be the presence of Treadwell. The NFL-bound wide receiver was putting up spectacular numbers last year before a gruesome leg injury in Week 10 against Auburn cut his sophomore season short.

Treadwell was on a tear this season before he was slowed down a bit against Mississippi State. But prior to the Rebels’ regular-season finale, Treadwell had six consecutive games with at least one receiving touchdown and recorded more than 100 receiving yards five times during that same span.

Treadwell paces all other SEC wide receivers this season with 76 receptions, 1,082 yards and eight touchdowns. He’ll have a great opportunity in the Sugar Bowl against a Cowboys secondary that ranks 91st in the FBS in passing yards allowed per game (244.3).

The entire Rebels offense got a boost when Tunsil returned from a seven-game hiatus to start the season as the NCAA conducted an investigation into whether or not he had contact with agents.

The Sugar Bowl will be his last time to dominate in college before becoming a pro like Treadwell.

Nkemdiche is another member of the Rebels’ 2013 class who should hear his name called early in his May’s NFL Draft. However, his health for the game is in question after falling out of a hotel window on December 13.

Nkemdiche, who fell approximately 15 feet, is in stable condition after being rushed to the hospital.

With Treadwell, Tunsil and, possibly Nkemdiche set to make to play in their last college game, there’s a good chance the 2013 class will end its time in Oxford on a high note.