The fiesta bowl was the 2020 season.So many errors…
He LITERALLY repeated EXACTLY what I said—and then you did too. And then you try to tell me something I distinctly did NOT say.
I said that the teams had been led in receiving by returnees, then transfers and JC’s through the first several years of the program. That would be guys like Lazard and Butler, transitioning to guys X and Eaton and Pettway.
This Fall was the first time since Deshaunte a CMC recruit led—but #2 was yet another transfer.
Starting from the top:
A. The Fiesta Bowl was 2021, not ‘20. And the first recruiting class that season impacted was the ‘22 class—the recruiting impact of a season is always the year after.
B. That ‘22 class of WR’s was Gaines, Essex and Adams. A four star, a high three star and a guy who had run a 10.49 100m. They were a clear step up in profile from preceding classes. That two didn’t pan out had little to do with actual talent.
C. The HS classes of what turned out to be actual WR’s prior to them were Scates, Shaw and Schlecker (‘18), Anderson and James (‘19), Jackson and Bitter (‘20) and Noel and Michaud (‘21).
Scates was a fluke signing (as was Isheem Young, but for very different reasons) because of his academics, and while Noel was merely a three star, he’s the only other player who profiles athletically with the last two (now three) WR signing classes.
Essex will only be a sophomore next Fall. Ngoyi, Black and Parkes are another notch up athletically from the ‘22 class—as are Eskildsen and Overby.
D. Deshaunte Jones caught 37 passes as a true freshman, Noel 39. I’m not sure how anyone could expect a young player to catch more than that in a possible breakout year next season. Or, conversely, how anyone can say that 20-30 catches isn’t a realistic possibility for a freshman.
I’m not saying that one of them will, I’m saying that’s the most can be expected from them.
Anyway, that is why the staff is looking for an upperclassman to come in and add experience to the room. Because a third wideout who could snare fifty would better complement Noel and Higgins.
You compared Gaines to a HOF NFL WR and you couldn’t have been more wrong (again) about your evaluation of him.
You said they turned up the receiving after the fiesta bowl win and we’ve had exactly 0 WRs contribute from any class since the fiesta bowl win. If they were head and shoulders better than what we had been receiving/what is on the roster, they would be playing, and we wouldn’t have to continuously be relying on juco’s or transfers to lead us in receiving.
In the Campbell era, we’ve only had our third WR get 50+ passes once. We’ve only had our second WR get 50+ catches 3 times.
Please stop saying things that aren’t true and acting like you’re relaying information from the coaches
