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Usage of blue-chip WR freshmen by Final_Flanner

Someone on reddit wrote an opus on how teams have used blue-chip WR recruits ("blue-chip": 4 or 5 stars on 247 Composite rankings) as true freshmen over the past 5 seasons. Given it's a frequent topic of discussion here, I figure folks would be interested to read it. It's super long so click the link to read the whole thing. I'll highlight a few excerpts.

File under 20/20 hindsight
Jordan Addison led all true freshman WR in receptions, but interestingly enough he was recruited by Notre Dame to play CB due to his length. Addison not only had family in South Bend, but his parents and most of his dad’s side of the family were Notre Dame fans. Notre Dame wanted him at CB though and Addison decided to play WR leading him to Pittsburgh, but if Notre Dame had offered him to play WR it’s entirely possible he would have been there instead. I’m mostly bringing this up because not only was Addison awesome right away and Notre Dame had some struggles at WR last year, Notre Dame has had 10 bluechip true freshman WRs from 2016-2020, only two of them even had a catch (Chase Claypool & Kevin Austin), and neither reached 100 yards nor had a receiving TD (5/81/0 and 5/90/0 respectively).

The facts agree with criticisms here
Michigan, Oregon, and Notre Dame with 10 tied for the most bluechips without any reaching 300 yards as a true freshman, but Michigan & Oregon did have a WR reach 200 yards unlike Notre Dame.

Totals for bluechip true freshman WRs (2016-2020):

WRs with 1,000+ receiving yards: 3/351 (0.9%, 0.6 per year)

WRs with 750+ receiving yards: 8/351 (2.3%, 1.6 per year)

WRs with 500+ receiving yards: 20/351 (5.7%, 4 per year)

WRs with 300+ receiving yards 45/351 (12.8%, 9 per year)

5* WRs (26 total from 2016-2020)

5* WRs with 1,000+ receiving yards: 0/26 (0%, 0 per year)

5* WRs with 750+ receiving yards: 2/26 (7.7%, 0.4 per year)

Demetris Robertson (California - 2016; 50/767/7); Amon-Ra St. Brown (USC - 2018; 60/750/3)

5* WRs with 500+ receiving yards: 4/26 (15.4%, 0.8 per year)

Kayshon Boutte (LSU - 2020; 45/735/5); George Pickens (Georgia - 2019; 49/727/8)

5* WRs with 300+ receiving yards 7/26 (26.9%, 1.4 per year);

Garrett Wilson (Ohio State - 2019; 30/432/5); Tee Higgins (Clemson - 2017; 17/345/2); Ja’Marr Chase (LSU - 2018, 247sports 5*; 23/313/3)