Maybe they are actually loaded and have 6 or more that can play, making it difficult to choose.
It's a little concerning. The group did well at times last year but really struggled versus Michigan. Absolutely could not get open.
Can they get open vs good press coverage, and can Allar throw them open? To me, these are the important questions.
This is not very glowing praise and concerns me. Hopefully this is coach speak to get the group as a whole motivated. Stubblefield didn’t get fired for not being a good coach, but rather not bringing in big time talent. Reality is we don’t have any big time talent. OSU has multiple top 100 WRs on their roster and we have one Kaden Saunders that OSU didn’t offer even though he was an in-state kid. As good as we look going into the season WR and DT both look they could be our weak points.
If you are comparing to Ohio St's WR then even Alabama, Georgia and Michigan look weak. Ohio St gets like 3 to 4 top 100 overall WRs per year now. Then the worst of them who will still likely make the NFL eventually transfers when they realize that new 5 star took their spot in the depth chart.
Exactly. Comparing WRs to OSU's roster is a losing proposition, they have the best WR room and probably the best WR coach and recruiter in the country. Hopefully Hartline packs his bags for a coordinator position soon as he has OSU humming.
Hartline is a 3rd DUI incident away from either killing someone, himself, or being institutionalized. I'm not sure how Ohio St was able to just look the other way after his 2nd incident where he sent someone to the hospital but at some point not even their corruption athletic department can save him from himself. And to think he is molding young men?
Hartline already has a coordinator position. He is OSU's Offensive Coordinator & Receivers coach. He was promoted during the off season.
Because the field was condensed with Clifford's limited arm. Allar will open up the field which will help the wrs greatly imo.
Yep, WR "big time talent" is not limited to the top 100 rated players coming out of HS. Sure oh-high-ya has been killing it at WR recruiting.
Can't say I agree with your statement about UM or oh-high-ya's 2 deep. KLS may not be at the top of OSU's depth chart, but he stacks up very well among the UM WR corps. And so would a couple of PSU's other WR's including the 2 transfers, Cephus and McClain. I haven't seen enough of Wallace to have the faith in him that Franklin does, but then again Franklin has seen every practice since Wallace has been at PSU so it kind of makes sense to believe him.
We'll see, we didn't last year. Washington and Tinsley were good but not deep threats. We need another Hamler or Dotson.
We'll see, we didn't last year. Washington and Tinsley were good but not deep threats. We need another Hamler or Dotson
Of course since he is a first year OC, Day will probably have some of the game plan input and say on some of the in-game play calling. Point is Hartline was probably given that title to keep him on board longer.
Looking forward to watchng how Allar, the WRs, TEs, and RBs can react/adjust to blitzing defenses. I expect to see a fair amount from teams until PSU can consistently take advantage of the opennings that blitzing creates.
I am told WVUs secondary is putrid. We’ll see but if I am there coach i am bringing it on every pass situation. Of the line,RBs and Allar can buy enough time, WRs will be wide open.
KLS, Wallace and Evans all have really good speed, and Yurich can get them isolated on safeties. What PSU may have, that they haven't had in a long time, is the ability to throw it deep into a small window. A real deep threat forces safeties to play back a couple yards and that makes a big difference.
There's no doubt that a deep threat gets defenders to play back a little bit. That would also help the running game and short passing game. There's more to it that pure speed. It the ability to get off blocks and catch balls in traffic. We'll see if any of the WRs can do that.
Good points. I believe Clifford can be that possession receiver. and to that point, I understand that the three RBs are working really hard on the pass game: both blitz protection, route running and hands. That might bear fruit in the short passing game as well
I'd say Saunders, McClain, and Meiga are in that really good speed category along with Ethan Black and Mason Stahl among the walkons. I kind of recall Tyler Johnson being a decent speed guy as well when recruited. I'd be curious to see the WR 40 times stacked up but I bet there are quite a few in that 4.5 and under range.
McClain will be interesting to watch. Saunders hasn't moved up the depth chart so I'm not expecting a lot. I wonder if he could return kicks.
Forget about WR3, we have much bigger things to worry about, like WR1 and WR2.
I believe PSU has athletes that can take a 4-5 yard hitch and get away for a 25-30 yard play. All of the young WR's are coming back bigger and stronger. Particularly Evans and Saunders who also have the quickness to make big plays in space. KLS has shown that he has the speed to get deep and that speed will also help him create YAC on the shorter routes. And McClain in his limited highlights showed the ability and physicality to make tough catches with DB's draped all over him. Wallace is reportedly a top athlete as well, along with the production Cephus brings. One "expert" ranked Cephus among the top 5 WR's in the B10. And the top 2 TE's have also shown the ability to make contested catches.
