There’s no uncertainty surrounding who the No. 1 option in the Ole Miss offense will be in 2015. That role already belongs to rising junior wideout Laquon Treadwell, a former five-star prospect who has led Ole Miss in receptions in each of his two collegiate seasons.

Treadwell has been as dynamic as any wideout in the SEC the last two seasons, save for 2014 Biletnikoff Award winner Amari Cooper. He’s as consistent as they come, catching passes on screens, across the middle, along the sidelines and down the field on vertical routes. He’s as big as he is fast, and his hands are well above average.

He’s the total package, and 2015 should be his time to shine as long as he recovers from his season-ending broken leg (he should be back for the start of spring practice).

But what about the Rebels depth behind Treadwell at the wide receiver position? Ole Miss lacked explosiveness in the run game in 2014, and now must replace three-year starting quarterback Bo Wallace under center. Needless to say, the Rebels will need more out of their receiving corps. than just Treadwell to be an effective offense in 2015.

Thankfully, Ole Miss has built depth at the position in its last two recruiting classes since signing Treadwell in 2013, and that depth should play a major role in 2015.

The Rebels added three four-star wideouts the last two years in 2014 signee Markell Pack and 2015 signees Damarkus Lodge and Van Jefferson.

Ratings are far from an exact science, but they’re at least an indication of raw abilities and skills. All three aforementioned wideouts have plenty of raw abilities and explosiveness, and if realized they can complement Treadwell in a high-flying Ole Miss offense with an ability to compensate for the lack of a consistent rushing attack.

Pack spent most of his true freshman season returning kickoffs and punts, and even in that role he struggled to field kicks cleanly or call for fair catches at opportune times. This can be credited to mere growing pains as he adjusted from small-town Mississippi high school football to the speed of the SEC.

He did catch 14 passes at more than 12 yards per reception last season, indicating that when given a chance, the 6-foot-3 wideout with speed to burn can play both on the outside and in the slot, where he could take advantage of catch-and-run opportunities across the middle.

And while we don’t know what we’ll get out of Jefferson and Lodge until they arrive on campus this summer, both possess skill sets that should translate to the SEC as well as Treadwell’s did when he made the leap from high school to college.

Both are excellent route runners, and no matter the level of the sport if a wideout can run effective routes, he’s tough to contain. Lodge is the bigger playmaker with incredible hands and the 6-foot-3 frame to make catches in traffic. Jefferson is a bit shiftier as a wideout with an ability to earn yards after the catch.

If both put in the work this summer to get up to speed on the playbook and the schemes, they could debut with the Rebels new starting quarterback and begin laying the foundation for the future of the offense as early as Week 1 this fall.

The Rebels return a few contributors in the passing game from the 2014 season in the form of wideouts Cody Core and Quincy Adeboyejo as well as tight end Evan Engram. While Engram is a playmaker across the middle, Core and Adeboyejo were more products of the lack of a No. 2 option behind Treadwell in 2014 than they were dynamic talents worthy of starting in the SEC.

They may see heavy time again early in the season as the Rebels young wideouts continue to develop, but ultimately their ceilings are much lower than Pack, Jefferson and Lodge.

Which is why it is so critical that Ole Miss was able to add this kind of depth behind Treadwell, who may leave for the NFL after this coming season. The talent is raw, but it’s in place. And for a team searching for a new quarterback and a new direction on offense, that’s all you can ask for.