One of the biggest disappointments of this short college football season has been the Wide Receivers. Coming into this season they were looked upon has the strongest group in the country 1-4. Now after 5 games, Leonard Hankerson has been the only one who has consistently been good. Laron Byrd has taken the biggest steps backwards. After having 4 TDs receptions his freshman his production has gone down every year since. Aldarius Johnson numbers are exactly the same with 3 TDs his freshman year and has yet to record 1 in two seasons. Travis Benjamin has been plagued all year with a bad case of the drops. He also hasn't had any real big plays that he is known for. All in all is group hasn't lived up to the expectations. I point to coaching, or lack there of. Curtis Johnson the Canes' WR coach from 1996-2005 is arguably the best at what he does. He is currently the WR's coach for the New Orleans Saints, and I there is a direct correlation between him arriving and there whole receiving core elevating, while when he departs the U, the talent seems to never live up to expectations. The WR's at the U have all the talent in the world, but they just need to show it on Saturdays.
