4* & 5* Freshmen WR performances across CFB this season

I knew I would see a highly ranked WR from the Sooners and a Mike Leach team (Wash St.)

All you have to do is follow Mike Leach's career and you no longer believe in the "we just got unlucky with our QB" arguments- the man produces ridiculous passing yards year in and year out with any team- bad "luck" never seems to happen to him

he knows how to spot 'em; he knows how to train 'em- there ain't no "luck" to it

analysis on freshmen or RS freshmen QBs who are starting for the first time. And while your at it could you check out freshmen or RS freshmen RB. You would think RBs may do better as Freshmen? But may be not. So we should see major improvement in the next two years and even if we finish 8-4, it will be a good season for such a young team.

Interesting context and analysis. Thanks for putting this together.

DPJ hasn't been very good as a WR, but the talent is evident. Could easily be a monster next year, but route running is a weakness right now. That's why you see less talented guys at MSU having better seasons. White and Rison run better routes than most freshman.

I think it is important to note the type of offenses these guys are playing in and the quaterback play they are getting. 

Spread offenses:

-Jhamon Ausbon TAMU (25-263-1)

-Jalen Reagor TCU (19-308-4) 

-CeeDee Lamb OK (33-591-6) 

-Isaiah Hodgins OSU (23-223-1) 

-Jamire Calvin WSU (30-266-3) 

 

Pro-Style or multipe:

-OrTre Smith SCAR (18-224-3) 

-Hunter Rison MSU (16-211-0) 

I think that it stands out that freshman that play and produce early tend to play in offenses that are easier to run and easier to learn. They don't play too many different formations or line up at different spots or even different sides of the field. They also don't have to hear play calls, they get hand signals from the sideline that tell them routes, not plays. 

Jerry Jeudy, Henry Ruggs III from Bama belong on this list but they run as much spread as they do pro style. Jeff Thomas from Miami does too but I don't know their offense. 

But of the names above the only questionable QB play is from Texas A&M. Everyone else has elite to very good QB play. 

I could see DPJ breakout in the bowl game. Just needs more reps.

Such a shame

Solid post, thanks for the info!

Thanks for posting this. Good information. We all know young receivers tend to struggle. Not worried at all about that position group. Lots of talent there which will get better if we see improvement in the areas we should all be worried about, QB and O Line.

 

 

DPJ has shown some flashes of greatness 

on the punt return.. can't discount that

Here's hoping these guys take that leap many sophomores do when they get to their second year. Peters included. Just kind of a perfect storm of injuries and bad situations that haven't set these young guys up very well for success. With a little OL depth abs QB consistency, these WRs will really get rolling in the next couple years.

With M TE’s And elite QB. M offense will be freakishly Good over next two years. I have been watching M football a long time. Combination of talent and scheme Michigan is building a dynasty the likes we have not seen since the 70’s.

I am going to say it. Better than Bama and OSU. Why? Scheme on O and defense. Yes, Bama and OSU have a little more talent. But their offensive scheme of zone read and chuck and duck is pedestrian compared to M’s offensive scheme. The reason M offense was so ugly earlier this year was the complexity on a young team. You can see the team blossom before our eyes. Still work to do, but what I am seeing is a team with very young elite talent, elite coaching and building to elite execution. Still a ways to go but wow. Imagine an offense that travels regardless of weather, opposing defense or stadium

Gang, we got a taste of this offense the second half of 2015 with less overall talent. Do you remember how M finished the season with Rudock and destruction of a good Florida team? That’s where this team is headed only Better!

I, like many of you was worried earlier this year. Michigan is a good team right now, not great or even very good. But greatness is coming. Starting in Bowl game and next year this team will play like one of the best teams in country.

head on his shoulders.  Great days are ahead for him at Michigan.  

The frustrating thing is that WR is a huge weakness and we brought in the best WR class in the country.  So we expected Collins, Martin and DPJ to be at least as good as any freshman WR group in the conference and they aren't.  Black was on his way to a great season, small sample size, but he looked good.  It's frustrating that MSU again has a couple lower rankled guys that look "better" than our guys.  Rison and White aren't just products of a pass happy team, they have legitimately looked better than DPJ.  And that's just 1 guy, Martin and Collins were supposed to be way way better recruits than White or Rison and we are desparate for playmakers at the position.  Not that our guys shouldn't have time to grow, and I think they'll all be contributors as early as next season, but how in the heck does MSU keep finding these guys?  I mean, I know they pass a lot, but they returned a couple decent receivers so they didn't need the help as much as we did.

If we were reranking the WRs as recruits right now, DPJ would still be the #1 WR coming into the Big Ten because of his speed, but I'll be darned if Cody White wouldn't be a close #2 (he's a big WR with good athleticism and great hands) and Rison 3rd.  How the eff is that?  It would be one thing if they didn't keep doing this.  Steroids?  

How many of those schools are starting essentially all freshmen?

Those stats make sense when you’ve got several proven upperclassmen ahead of you. But aside from Perry, all of our guys are freshmen, and whether they’re young or not, they need to be getting the ball to have some semblance of a balanced offense.

that our QB's have missed DPJ for long TD's when he was wide open behind the secondary on at least three long passes that I can remember.

that our QB's have missed DPJ for long TD's when he was wide open behind the secondary on at least three long passes that I can remember.

I'd be curious to know the make-up of the offensive lines and QBs on the teams these WRs play for, particularly the number of starts.  I know we have a young line and are on our 3rd QB who's only going into his 3rd start...not a recipe for getting the ball to the WRs a ton.  Obviously there's nothing a WR can do if the line can't protect long enough and/or the QB can't accurately deliver the ball to the WR.  I know we've missed DPJ on a number of deep balls where he was open.

 

I didn't realize DPJ doesn't have a TD yet.  We really need to get this kid in the end zone.  That probably has to change to win our next few games unless we get a major TO margin.

his CassTech offense was not good prep for college. He often seems confused and runs his routes either too shallow or too deep. Black was polished and had a much more sophisticated game as a true frosh. Both will be dynamite next year with DPJ probably improving the most. That WR duo with Martin at slot will be awesome over the next 2+ seasons.

Didn't some moron make a comment on here the other day saying somethign to the effect of "why can't our freshmen contribute as much as all the other freshmen in the country who are tearing it up?". This is above shows the truth and to all those who wonder why our offense isn't as effective as we'd all like it to be, get a grip, youth and inexperience have an impact. Thanks TaiStreetsMyHero, very good job compiling this.