WR should be fine
by Ty Webb (2024-03-07 12:01:01)
Edited on 2024-03-07 12:02:30

In reply to: Even for hopium, you're way too optimistic about WR and TE *  posted by Tex Francisco

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Greathouse and Thomas and Faison from last year. Now add in the transfers from this past winter.

They aren't going to be trotting out a WR group like we've seen from Alabama or LSU or OSU in recent years but compared to some of our groups over the last few years, it should be better.

We haven't had a plus-level receiving group in
by KeoughCharles05  (2024-03-07 13:35:17)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

quite a while. Last year's group was catastrophically bad, and the year before was pretty awful too (though harder to assess given the limitations at QB).

Here's our leading WR's receptions and yards the past several years:
23: Flores 27-392
22: Styles 30-340
21: Austin 48-888
20: McKinley 42-717
19: Claypool 66-1037
18: Boykin 59-872
17: St.Brown 33-515
16: St.Brown 58-961
15: Fuller 62-1258

The post-Claypool years have been pretty uninspiring. Even Kevin Austin's final year was highly inconsistent with plenty of key drops.

Maybe it happens this year. But I think we need to see it first.