Strictly looking at the wide receivers, Michigan had six freshmen, redshirt freshmen or
sophomores catch passes this season: Tarik Black, Donovan Peoples - Jones, Nate Schoenle, Nico Collins, Eddie McDoom and Kekoa Crawford.
He still wore the black jersey that quarterbacks use for non-contact players but the rising
sophomore caught passes at the end of the line for receivers on the right side.
Not exact matches
Quarterback Tommy Suggs rewrote SC records as a
sophomore, Fullback Warren Muir is a mean inside runner who gained 805 as a soph and End Fred Zeigler has
caught 94
passes.
Sophomore Michael Thomas is the most frequent target on standard downs; he has
caught 32 of 45
passes for 468 yards and five scores on such downs this year.
Carrington
caught seven
passes for 165 yards and two scores (he also
caught seven for 126 in the Pac - 12 title game), and the Ducks dusted off tight end Evan Baylis; the
sophomore had only
caught two standard - downs
passes all season but
caught five of five for 68 yards in Pasadena.
Sophomore K.J. Osborn
caught eight
passes for 105 yards, redshirt freshman Tito Overton was a low - three - star recruit per the 247Sports Composite, and incoming freshman Rodney Scott from Miami was the jewel of the 2017 signing class.
Sophomore A.J. Taylor and freshman Danny Davis combined to
catch 13
passes for 161 yards and all four of Hornibrook's scores.
The team was horrible (3 - 13), the offense and defense were both horrible (30th and 29th in points, respectively), the running game was awful, but Josh McCown had the third best season of his career (93.3 passer rating), Gary Barnidge (TE) and Travis Benjamin (WR) had the best year of their careers, rookie third rounder Duke Johnson had a superb season
catching passes out of the backfield, and Johnny Manzeil's passer rating almost doubled from his rookie season to a respectable, for a
sophomore season, 79.4.
Senior Phil Mayhue and
sophomore utility man Pollard also return, and while tight end Daniel Montiel does not,
sophomore returnees Kedarian Jones and Sean Dykes combined to
catch 12 of 20
passes for a decent 122 yards.
Only one returning wideout (
sophomore slot D'Wayne Eskridge)
caught more than 10
passes last year.
Ryan Finley completed 65 percent of his
passes, Jaylen Samuels and Nyheim Hines combined to touch the ball 30 times (21 carries and nine receptions, which gained a combined 221 yards), and breakout
sophomore Kelvin Harmon
caught six balls for 133 yards.
The
pass rush is nonexistent, and if the run game can not produce big plays, it could put pressure on a receiving corps led by youngsters — freshman Durante (18 targets, 12
catches, 199 yards) and
sophomore Shelton Gibson (17 targets, 12
catches, 329 yards) have led the way thus far.
Sophomore TE Sean McKeon had his best game as a Wolverines Saturday against Purdue,
catching 5 -
passes for 82 - yards.
Daniels, a 5» 11», 181 - pound
sophomore who scored a touchdown on his first play from scrimmage at Indianapolis's Bishop Chatard High in 1995,
caught a 64 - yard touchdown
pass against Navy on Sept. 18 on his first collegiate reception.
Jefferson is a former SEC All - Freshman selection who
caught 42
passes for 456 yards and a touchdown as a redshirt
sophomore and as Ole Miss» No. 2 receiver.
Baylor
sophomore receiver KD Cannon
caught five
passes for 210 yards and a pair of touchdowns Saturday as visit... more