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On 6/14/2023 at 3:35 AM, LTtxfan said:

Longhorns Land In Top Three Of Lastest College Football Receiver Rankings

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Just how good could Texas' receiving room be in 2023? Try Ohio State level. 

In the latest rankings from CBS Sports, the Longhorns ranked second among pass-catchers — including tight ends — trailing only the self-proclaimed "WRU" Buckeyes. Ohio State has the argument for the top spot with returning talent like All-American and future first-round pick Marvin Harrison Jr., along with Emeka Egbuka. 

Texas has the duo of Xavier Worthy and Ja'Tavion Sanders back in the saddle after productive sophomore seasons. That's only a third of the production found on the Forty Acres. The Longhorns also feature two unknowns and a consistent target in the slot. 

For now, the Buckeyes own the top spot. By midseason, Texas could be tied on the leaderboards in more than one category. 

If Texas can stay healthy, it has the potential to push for the top overall unit this season. Xavier Worthy was primed for big things in 2022 but injury problems kept him from reaching his full potential. The Longhorns also lost exciting Wyoming transfer Isaiah Neyor to a torn ACL before the season even began. Those two are back, and Neyor may not even need to start. Fifth-year senior and second-leading receiver Jordan Whittington spurned the NFL Draft, and Texas added five-star transfer Adonai Mitchell through the portal. The former Georgia Bulldog has shown a knack for stepping up in big moments. Freshman Johntay Cook, the No. 7 WR in the 2023 class, will likely see the field a good bit, too. Ja'Tavion Sanders is one of the most athletic tight ends in the nation and is coming off a breakout year with 613 receiving yards and five touchdowns. - CBS Sports

Much remains a mystery with Neyor as his impact was only felt during spring practice alongside the arrival of Quinn Ewers. During his two seasons with the Cowboys, however, few could combat the size, speed and physical contested catch rate the 6-3 Fort Worth native possessed. 

Neyor finished his sophomore season in Laramie with 44 catches for 878 yards and 12 TDs while garnering All-Mountain West honors. His long striding play style should pair well with Worthy, who hopes to prove he's capable of being the next great target in Austin. 

Mitchell's arrival this offseason could benefit Texas in the red zone. Last season, the 6-4, 190-pound receiver only registered nine catches for Georgia in four games. Injuries sent him to the sidelines from Week 2 until the start of the College Football Playoff, but two of his three scores came from within the 20-yard line. 

Sanders has the potential to be Ewers' security blanket on early downs. Last season as the No. 2 option in the passing games, Sanders caught 50 percent of his balls on first down and averaged over 13 yards per catch. Sixty percent of his scores (3 TDs) also came on first downs and inside the red zone. 

With questions surrounding the run game following Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson's departures, attention turns toward passing downs. Sanders, Whittington and Worthy are proven commodities. Neyor and Cook are wild cards with upsides. Mitchell's health is the only factor in his lack of production. 

The six-man set might not make up Spider-Man's "Sinister Six" foes, but they could snag anything from the air that makes takes one of the more dangerous passing units in the country by midseason. 

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Since WR related... interesting article

Training to teach: Notre Dame's Chansi Stuckey utilizes unique approach to coach wideouts

Former Clemson star, NFL veteran incorporates his position-specific training to help grow his revamped Fighting Irish wideouts group

JOHN BRICE       JUL 19, 2023

https://footballscoop.com/news/training-to-teach-notre-dames-chansi-stuckey-utilizes-unique-approach-to-coach-wideouts

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"Paul Wadlington, Randy Boone discuss Texas WR Isaiah Neyor's impact"

 By:  Joey Hickey         August 4th

Texas wide receiver Isaiah Neyor is back, and he’s attacking 2023 with a vengeance. The talented wideout once viewed as the piece to put last year’s offense over the top appears to be working his way back to form.

Paul Wadlington and former Texas Longhorns pitcher Randy Boone discussed what Neyor brings to the current squad. Boone led off the conversation.

“I think (Isaiah Neyor) changes the offense more than most people think.”

Neyor does change the offense. The most valuable way probably involves providing quarterback Quinn Ewers a downfield threat with consistent hands and good tracking ability. Put simply, the former Wyoming transfer who once averaged 20 yards per reception and caught 15 touchdown passes is going to put the Longhorns in the end zone.

Paul Wadlington went on to discuss Texas’ loaded receiver room.

“If you can roll Neyor, (AD) Mitchell, (Jordan) Whittington, (Xavier) Worthy in basically a constant rotation. You know, throw Johntay Cook in there, DeAndre Moore. And you just keep wearing on people … it’s exciting to think about the weapons.”

The team has an embarrassment of riches at receiver. Having two players like AD Mitchell and Isaiah Neyor with similar frame and skillset makes Texas exciting to watch in 2023. It should translate to better offensive play on the field.

 

Podcast link below (August 2nd)

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The 15 most important assistant coaching hires of 2023 -- No. 12: Chris Jackson, Texas

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In his first season as a college coach, the directive for Chris Jackson is clear: improve the passing game, win a conference title, and produce multiple draft picks.

Who: Chris Jackson, Texas

Title: Passing game coordinator/wide receivers coach

Previous stop: Jacksonville Jaguars wide receivers coach (2022)

Why he's important: After a 2022 season that saw a modest improvement from 5-7 to 8-5, Steve Sarkisian returned nearly every piece of his offensive personnel. He knew he'd lose running backs Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson to the NFL, and in January he knew he'd need a wide receivers coach after Brennan Marion, one year into the job, took the offensive coordinator job at UNLV. 

 

In filling that role, Sarkisian wanted a coach who was likely to stick around. The new coach would be the position group's third in as many seasons: Sarkisian retained Andre Coleman from the previous staff, then replaced him with Marion for 2022. "Has not been ideal, I'll say that," Sarkisian said back in March.

He also wanted a coach who could develop a room that could have as many as four players in NFL camps this time next year. 

In Chris Jackson, he believes he got both. 

"One was stability," Sarkisian explained on what drew him to Jackson. "Two was the experience of coaching at the NFL level -- what that looked like from a developmental standpoint for our players. I like his presence, I like this command. I think he shows a great deal of maturity but still has a lot of youth to the way he goes about his business."

Undrafted out of Washington State in 1998 (he was a teammate of Texas assistant head coach Jeff Banks), Jackson remained in professional football through 2014. He appeared in three NFL games as a Buccaneer, a Seahawk, a Titan, a Packer and a Dolphin, but built a Hall of Fame-level career in the Arena league. 

Jackson did not jump into coaching until 2018, joining the Bears as a Bill Walsh diversity fellow and eventually rising to become assistant wide receivers coach. His appointment as the Jaguars' wide receivers coach in 2022 marked Jackson's first season as a lead position coach at the college or NFL levels.

At Texas, he helms a room that could be the best outside of Columbus, Ohio.

Xavier Worthy was a Freshman All-American in 2021, but regressed in 2022 (while still catching 60 balls for 760 yards and nine scores, all team highs). Playing through a broken hand in the second half of the season didn't help, but nether did an inability to link up with Quinn Ewers on vertical throws. See: the Oklahoma State, TCU and Washington losses, three games that could have turned if Worthy was better at tracking deep balls. 

 

"We need to be more efficient throwing the football. I don't think I've made any bones about that since the end of last season," Sarkisian said. "Whether that's the deep ball, the intermediate balls, our third down numbers were not as good as we would like, our red area numbers were not as good as we would like. So we have to definitely sharpen up the passing game."

Elsewhere, slot receiver Jordan Whittington enjoyed his first healthy campaign in four seasons as a collegian in 2022 and could have tried his hand at the NFL after a 50-catch season, but opted to return for a fifth season.

Wyoming transfer Isaiah Neyor (44 catches for 878 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2021) likely would've been the second option, but was lost for the year to an ACL tear in training camp. He has returned to action this August.

Georgia transfer Adonai Mitchell has assumed the role on the outside Neyor was expected to have last season while Neyor works his way back to the lineup. True freshman Johntay Cook has also drawn repeated praise in camp.

Combined with a buzzed and trimmed down version of Ewers, Texas should improve on its 140.79 passing efficiency rating, good for 46th in the nation a year ago. The question is how much, and is it enough to carry the team to a long-awaited conference title? 

 

https://footballscoop.com/news/the-15-most-important-assistant-coaching-hires-of-2023-no-12-chris-jackson-texas

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WR DEANDRE MOORE JR. 🤘

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DeAndre Moore season outlook

Moore enrolled early after a late flip from Louisville, and took advantage of the early opportunities afforded to him. He received a number of second-string snaps at slot behind Jordan Whittington during the spring, and is likely to remain in that role this season.

He’ll have to contend with how Steve Sarkisian deploys his wide receivers, plus fellow freshman Ryan Niblett. Snaps should be there for the young Californian this season on offense and even in special teams.

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https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2024/insider/story/_/id/38233399/2024-nfl-mock-draft-preseason-round-1-predictions-32-picks

3 predicted Texas players in 1st round: Ewers, Worthy, and Sanders

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Ja'Tavion Sanders, TE, Texas

It would be foolish to predict Travis Kelce will slow down as the No. 1 target for Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City, but he does turn 34 this season. The Chiefs might want to look ahead, given the importance of the safety valve in the offense. The 6-4, 243-pound Sanders looked great in 2022 with 54 catches, 613 yards and five touchdowns, and he also emerged as a valuable run-blocker. He's a handful to tackle in the open field and has shown excellent body positioning and spacial awareness to create openings over the middle. That sounds a lot like the mold that Kelce has set in Kansas City. No one should be expected to fill Kelce's shoes, but Sanders at least has a similar skill set.

 

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Jordan Whittington season outlook

Whittington has played in 27 games with 17 starts in his four years on the 40 Acres. He has amassed 1,081 yards and four TDs on 81 catches and 28 yards on two carries in his oft-injured career.

Whittington was named a 2022 honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by the league’s coaches. He garnered Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors in 2020 and 2021, was named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team in 2022 and is a four-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (spring 2019, fall 2019, spring 2020, spring 2022).

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Isaiah Neyor season outlook

Neyor had a case to be Texas’ WR1 last season and provide a green Quinn Ewers with three more-than-capable wideouts, not to mention Ja’Tavion Sanders at tight end. But Neyor tore his ACL during preseason camp, and the complexion of the Longhorn offense changed as soon as he was lost for the year.

Since then, Neyor attacked his rehab and has come close to returning to his 2022 preseason form. The addition of Adonai Mitchell plus the returns of Jordan Whittington and Xavier Worthy may mean Neyor doesn’t have the chance at the same amount of playing time he did last year, but Neyor realistically is the fourth wide receiver for the 2023 Longhorns. And unlike in years past, the fourth wide receiver is of a quality high enough to play regularly.

Neyor is a second-year wide receiver who transferred from Wyoming and enrolled at Texas in January 2022. He did not appear in any games due to an injury sustained during preseason training camp. 

At Wyoming, Neyor was named a second-team All-Mountain West Conference honoree in 2021 after compiling 44 receptions for 878 yards (19.95 ypr) and 12 touchdowns as a sophomore. His yards per reception and 12 receiving touchdowns both led the MWC and ranked sixth and eighth in the FBS, respectively.

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Ryan Niblett season outlook

Niblett possessed explosiveness and speed few others in the Houston area could match. He was a state finalist in 2023 in the long jump finishing 6th in 6A with a personal record leap of 22-8.75 (+0.9 m/s). He also triple jumped 46-8 in his high school career. He had several speedy non-wind-legal times, like a 10.41 100m with a +3.6 m/s wind. His best wind-legal times were a 10.78 100m run into a -1.4 m/s wind and a 21.52 200m.

On the football field for Eisenhower, Niblett did it all. He played multiple positions for Ike including quarterback, defensive back, and returner. He focused on receiver his senior year, hauling in 55 catches for 1088 yards and 10 touchdowns.

His film gave a glimpse into where he excels and where he needs improvement. Eisenhower got the ball in his hands savvily. They messed with rules of opposing defenses to get him one-on-one opportunities. Sometimes he would blow by the defender, other times his QB would get the ball in his hands quickly and let him work via screens or handoffs.

What his film didn’t show a lot of was crisp route-running ability. As a slot or even as a field receiver, the ability to combine his athleticism with football skill will tell the tale of his Texas career.

His services may not be needed on standard downs in 2023 as Jordan Whittington has the slot position held down, and DeAndre Moore saw plenty of action behind J-Whitt in camp. At field, Xavier Worthy is WR1 and has both experienced players and talented freshmen there with him.

Niblett could factor in at return, and that might be a smart utilization. To see the field on conventional downs, plenty of work refining his game with Chris Jackson is the key.

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Ewers seemed better when Sark called RPOs. Expect bama to take away Worthy, so gonna need more completions to other folks. 

Quick passing game will hopefully be used more vs bama which should really help both Quinn and OL. 

 

WR stats vs Rice

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Passing Stats 

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Adonai Mitchell season outlook

Last year in the Texas passing game, Xavier Worthy needed help.  Worthy needed help to take attention off of him, but he also needed help to provide Quinn Ewers with easier pitch-and-catch opportunities instead of consistent deep passes that fell incomplete.

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Enter Adonai Mitchell #5.   Mitchell, originally from “Mo City, Texas,” moved back to the Lone Star State from Georgia to be closer to his family, specifically his daughter. Mitchell wasn’t a replacement player for the back-to-back champion Bulldogs. Mitchell caught touchdown passes in all four of UGA’s recent College Football Playoff appearances, including the pivotal score versus Ohio State in the most recent semifinal.

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Mitchell has been everything the coaches expected him to be and more, and could be one of the best offensive players in the conference thanks to the talent around him and Ewers’ improvement. Health will be paramount for Mitchell — it’s been what has held him back most in his career.

Should he stay healthy, and the Texas staff made sure to do everything they could to maintain his health, Mitchell is primed to have a massive year and join Worthy in the national consciousness when college football fans think about the receiver position. He’s already a frontrunner for Big 12 Newcomer of the Year.

Mitchell has earned a spot in the Longhorns’ starting lineup after transferring from Georgia, where he played in 21 games with 15 starts during his career. He registered 38 catches for 560 yards (14.7 ypc) and seven touchdowns over the past two seasons in helping the Bulldogs win back-to-back National Championships. In 2022, he missed nine games due to injury, but played in six with three starts and recorded nine receptions for 134 yards (14.9 ypc) and three touchdowns.

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#8  Casey Cain

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Casey Cain season outlook

After Isaiah Neyor‘s injury ahead of last season, Cain stepped into the WR3 role and often occupied the position normally situated near the boundary. He performed admirably in the situations where Texas deployed 11 personnel, but his opportunities were limited. Cain only recorded eight catches for 201 yards, without a single catch in October and November.

Casey had a late-season flourish versus Washington in the Alamo Bowl, boosted by a Hail Mary reception as time expired that helped him record his first career 100-yard game.

Like last year, opportunity could be difficult to come by for Cain with Neyor back, plus Xavier Worthy, Jordan Whittington, and Adonai Mitchell rounding out the top four spots in the receiver rotation.

Cain has appeared in 13 games in his two years with the Longhorns with three starts. He amassed eight receptions for 201 yards and set career highs with four receptions for 108 yards with a career-long 49-yard reception in the Alamo Bowl against Washington. 

Cain was named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team in 2022 and was a member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (fall 2021).

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#2 JOHNTAY COOK

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Johntay Cook season outlook

Cook picked the Longhorns over Texas A&M, LSU, Michigan, Oregon, and others thanks to what he saw from Xavier Worthy during his first year at Texas. Cook may draw comparisons to Worthy, and many are apt, but Cook may not have the same opportunity as Worthy during his freshman season.

That said, Cook will play whenever Worthy or Isaiah Neyor need a breather. Cook earned rave reviews throughout the course of camp, whether it was from former DeSoto teammate Byron Murphy or from others like Worthy himself.

On many recent Texas teams, Cook is playing right away. However, the talent ahead of him may cost him opportunity to see a starter’s quantity of snaps this season. He should still be able to make the most of those snaps, many of them during times when the game is still in question.

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#1  XAVIER WORTHY

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Xavier Worthy season outlook

Statistically, Xavier Worthy had a quality 2022 season, but an unreported broken hand and the lack of connection with Quinn Ewers on deep passing made his Year 2 campaign seem more like a sophomore slump than a second year surge.

Some of that of course was due to his hand, but the shape of the offense cannot be discounted when assessing Worthy’s statistical dip from his 2021 debut. The presence of Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson paired with the absence of Isaiah Neyor allowed opposing secondaries to focus on Worthy. While he was able to still get open at a good clip, there was a lack of connection with Ewers and a difficulty in tracking deep balls that made life difficult for him as the primary target on long throws.

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A number of things are working for Worthy this year as opposed to against him entering year three. Ewers is improved, and their connection should be too. Jordan Whittington, Isaiah Neyor, Adonai Mitchell, and Ja’Tavion Sanders join him in putting pressure on opposing defenses. There are other players who can threaten deep as opposed to just Worthy.

Plus, as Worthy has mentioned often over the course of the offseason, his mind is in a better place and his hand is healthy.

Texas has an elite wide receiver talent in Worthy, and his 2023 is slated to be one of the best put together by a receiver in a Longhorn uniform.

Worthy has played in and started 25 games and racked up 122 catches for 1,741 yards and 21 career touchdown receptions, third all-time in Texas Football history. His 60-catch, 760-yard, 9-TD performance was accomplished in 2022 despite playing most of the season with a broken right hand.

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Worthy was named a second-team All-Big 12 selection in 2022 by the league’s coaches and the Associated Press. He garnered 2021 first-team All-Big 12 by the league’s coaches and the Associated Press and was the 2021 Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year and the AP Big 12 Newcomer of the Year award. 

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Ja’Tavion Sanders season outlook

It took a season for Sanders to get the hang of the tight end position, one Steve Sarkisian has said is critical to his offense. Once he did ahead of the 2022 campaign, he showed off his five-star ability early and often.

Receiving was never much of a question for Sanders as he was one of the top passing targets at Denton (Texas) Ryan over his final two seasons. Last year when he was able to marry quality blocking with his ability to threaten the second and sometimes third level of the defense is when he became one of the top tight ends in the country.

With a focus on 11 personnel this season for the Longhorns, Sanders is likely to be the only tight end on the field for most snaps as opposed to last year when he had a companion from Jeff Banks‘ position group. He’ll be featured in the pass game thanks to his own ability and the receivers around him. Brock Bowers may be TE1, but Sanders could put himself in position to be TE2 with a massive season.

Sanders was one of the Longhorns’ breakout stars of 2022, amassing 613 yards on 54 catches with five TDs last season; all those numbers are expected to increase on 2023.

He’s played in 25 career games with 13 starts (all last year) and was a 2022 first-team All-Big 12 selection by both the Big 12 Conference head coaches and the Associated Press as well as a semifinalist for the 2022 John Mackey Award.

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In praise of AD Mitchell..

Yes his blocking and effort sometimes is questionable, but this is why our O will not be stopped this year. Last year it was most all on Worthy. You stopped Worthy, you had a really good chance of shutting down our passing O. This year, you double Worthy, you are going to get beat by Mitchell. Credit to the members who posted these videos in other threads.

First TD by Mitchell. First video is of Whitt running the end zone slant off the RPO. He does little to get separation which leads to an incomplete contested pass.

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Same play, with AD running the end zone RPO slant. He absolutely freezes the DB and gets easy 2 yard separation for easy pitch and catch TD. Not a knock on Whitt as he ran some great routes and caught some important first down balls, but AD is a different breed.

1:17 of this video. 

 

On his 2nd TD, watch the step he puts on the DB and then easily blows by him. He was wide fucking open.

3:10 of this video.

 

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6 hours ago, crash_davis said:

In praise of AD Mitchell..

Yes his blocking and effort sometimes is questionable, but this is why our O will not be stopped this year. Last year it was most all on Worthy. You stopped Worthy, you had a really good chance of shutting down our passing O. This year, you double Worthy, you are going to get beat by Mitchell. Credit to the members who posted these videos in other threads.

First TD by Mitchell. First video is of Whitt running the end zone slant off the RPO. He does little to get separation which leads to an incomplete contested pass.

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Same play, with AD running the end zone RPO slant. He absolutely freezes the DB and gets easy 2 yard separation for easy pitch and catch TD. Not a knock on Whitt as he ran some great routes and caught some important first down balls, but AD is a different breed.

1:17 of this video. 

 

On his 2nd TD, watch the step he puts on the DB and then easily blows by him. He was wide fucking open.

3:10 of this video.

 

FYI, no those were 2 different RPO plays. AD was a solo receiver on his play. He had the luxury of lining out wider which allows you to work in space better. He only had 1 corner on him which was manned up with no outside help. Corner has to respect any outside move since he's on an island. 


Whit was lined up in the slot on his play with a receiver to his outside. 2 defenders. Whit's defender didn't have to respect any outside move since they were likely in inside/outside coverage, meaning he's letting an outside route go to his teammate and he really only needs to bite on inside stuff. Plus he's playing it tighter since there's less spacing due to Whit being in the slot instead of lined up wider. 

Also, look at the throwing lanes. Quin had to put Whit's ball up high because the LB didn't bite on the play action as much as he did for AD's. Lots of little subtle differences there that add up. 

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