Wide receivers

VOLociraptorr · 2025-10-28T07:40:30-0400

In the offseason, many people, including myself were worried about wide receiver play.

Last year, our BEST wide receiver Thornton finished ranked 139th nationally based on yardage

Currently, we have the 6th (Brazzell), 20th (Staley), and 39th (Matthews) guys nationally.

What a massive improvement! Brazzell has already eclipsed what Thornton did last year with four fewer games. This is one special group.

bpalmer28 · 2025-10-28T07:43:47-0400

It’s one of the best groups we’ve ever had. And next year we add Keys. Goated.

FBtime · 2025-10-28T08:07:07-0400

bpalmer28 said:
It’s one of the best groups we’ve ever had. And next year we add Keys. Goated.

We have Radarius Jackson and Travis Smith waiting in the wings and not only add Keys but also #3 Ath Salesi Moa and Legend Bey. We are stacked for several years.

FBtime · 2025-10-28T08:08:20-0400

VOLociraptorr said:
In the offseason, many people, including myself were worried about wide receiver play.

Last year, our BEST wide receiver Thornton finished ranked 139th nationally based on yardage

Currently, we have the 6th (Brazzell), 20th (Staley), and 39th (Matthews) guys nationally.

What a massive improvement! Brazzell has already eclipsed what Thornton did last year with four fewer games. This is one special group.

Yeah credit that to great QB play and WRs that can actually get separation and remain on their feet after catching the ball.

KTrain · 2025-10-28T08:34:21-0400

Hard to believe pre-season one of the big worries were the wide Receivers.

norrislakevol · 2025-10-28T08:35:35-0400

It's a very talented group, and I love watching them. They just need to eliminate some drops and they'll be nearly impossible to stop.

farmdogvol · 2025-10-28T08:41:42-0400

It's amazing what can happen when you have a QB that hits receivers in stride. Also they were never all healthy at the same time last year. One or more were always hurt or nicked up. Hopefully these guys stay healthy and can stay on the field. They need to get R. Jack and Davis more playing time to give guys a break.

UT97Vol · 2025-10-28T08:44:35-0400

FBtime said:
We have Radarius Jackson and Travis Smith waiting in the wings and not only add Keys but also #3 Ath Salesi Moa and Legend Bey. We are stacked for several years.

This will probably never be a thing again (at least that we can genuinely believe with conviction) with the portal and new world order of CFB.

VOLociraptorr · 2025-10-28T08:50:29-0400

FBtime said:
Yeah credit that to great QB play and WRs that can actually get separation and remain on their feet after catching the ball.

Yeah, Even when we did have separation last year, the ball was overthrown.

early on, Joey had a tendency to underthrow it a little bit and let wide receivers Make plays. Now, he's hitting them in stride. He is quite the adaptable player.

Batman1948 · 2025-10-28T09:16:52-0400

KTrain said:
Hard to believe pre-season one of the big worries were the wide Receivers.

That just proves the football IQ level in here is nonexistent

jeff1vol · 2025-10-28T09:36:10-0400

Can any of them play DB???

maryvillenative · 2025-10-28T09:41:01-0400

It helps when they have a ball they can catch that's being thrown by a guy they like.

BJWeeks · 2025-10-28T09:50:50-0400

I thought Travis Smith was going to be an impact player based on media reviews on him in practice.

Danny Dollars · 2025-10-28T10:01:34-0400

Brazzell is in the conversation for WR1. Mathews is finally getting into a groove and getting hands on the ball. Staley has been a huge surprise coming in as the young buck, and proving he belongs.

Like most folks, I have to apologize to Pope for the offseason tongue lashing I was giving him here.

Volador · 2025-10-28T10:05:05-0400

Currently, we have the 6th (Brazzell), 20th (Staley), and 39th (Matthews) guys nationally.

Fire Banks

Chickenfarmer · 2025-10-28T10:11:41-0400

Amazing how good Matthew’s is when he actually catches the ball! I think he is gone to portal and Brazell heads to NFL. Having a healthy Ethan at TE is huge with the drops Kitz has experienced. Without the drops and stupid offensive PI calls, you could add about 300 yards and 3 or 4 touchdowns to their production. A lot of the mishaps resulted in drive killers and Kitzelman has led to three interceptions I believe.

Woodlawn VOL · 2025-10-28T10:16:15-0400

UT97Vol said:
This will probably never be a thing again (at least that we can genuinely believe with conviction) with the portal and new world order of CFB.

This is a thing, we will have more depth next year. GBO!

LegionnaireOfTheMiserable · 2025-10-28T10:17:29-0400

If Staley and Matthews avoid mistakes, it’s a really good group with Aguilar throwing to them

Woodlawn VOL · 2025-10-28T10:17:42-0400

Chickenfarmer said:
Amazing how good Matthew’s is when he actually catches the ball! I think he is gone to portal and Brazell heads to NFL. Having a healthy Ethan at TE is huge with the drops Kitz has experienced. Without the drops and stupid offensive PI calls, you could add about 300 yards and 3 or 4 touchdowns to their production. A lot of the mishaps resulted in drive killers and Kitzelman has led to three interceptions I believe.

Why would Matthews go to the portal? GBO

Danny Dollars · 2025-10-28T10:18:04-0400

Chickenfarmer said:
Amazing how good Matthew’s is when he actually catches the ball! I think he is gone to portal and Brazell heads to NFL. Having a healthy Ethan at TE is huge with the drops Kitz has experienced. Without the drops and stupid offensive PI calls, you could add about 300 yards and 3 or 4 touchdowns to their production. A lot of the mishaps resulted in drive killers and Kitzelman has led to three interceptions I believe.

Why do you think Mathews is going to the portal?

LegionnaireOfTheMiserable · 2025-10-28T10:19:13-0400

BJWeeks said:
I thought Travis Smith was going to be an impact player based on media reviews on him in practice.

True Freshmen rarely are. Especially at UT. Aside from Kelley Washington, who was like 21 or 22 and had played pro baseball for years, I don’t think we have ever had a true freshman go for 600 yards.

LegionnaireOfTheMiserable · 2025-10-28T10:19:34-0400

Woodlawn VOL said:
Why would Matthews go to the portal? GBO

Danny Dollars said:
Why do you think Mathews is going to the portal?

He flirted with it last year

Prayivm3rcy · 2025-10-28T10:37:34-0400

LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
He flirted with it last year

We gave him what he wanted.

Peradox1K · 2025-10-28T10:40:06-0400

LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
He flirted with it last year

He came back after we got a solid QB

RockyTop140 · 2025-10-28T10:42:30-0400

Prayivm3rcy said:
We gave him what he wanted.

We did, but he looks promising and I have no doubt another team in need of a wideout will reach out to him. We’ll likely need to give him another bump if we want to hold onto him

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