Texas has spent the offseason with a simple selling point: the wide receiver room is loaded. That much has been clear for a while. What has become harder to ignore over the first two weeks of fall camp is how much Ryan Wingo and Cam Coleman are driving that conversation.
With Wingo, Emmett Mosley V, Coleman and freshman Jermaine Bishop Jr. all in the mix, the Longhorns have depth at the position. But Wingo and Coleman have separated themselves from the pack. Their play in camp has been enough to turn heads and, in the process, give Arch Manning a very different kind of outlook heading into the season.
Coleman has flashed with catches that defy gravity. Wingo, meanwhile, has shown a level of sure-handedness that had previously been an issue for him. Those two developments matter because Manning is entering a year where the pieces around him finally look the part.
For all the buzz around Manning as a potential elite quarterback, he has not yet fully unlocked that promise in Austin. This season could be different if he is throwing to a group that includes Coleman, Wingo and Mosley. Texas had too many moments last year when the receiver play let the offense down, and the biggest concern was drops.
The Longhorns dropped 8.1 percent of Manning’s passes last season. That number stood out sharply next to the standard set by other top programs. Ohio State dropped 2.0 percent of Julian Sayin’s passes, Nebraska dropped 4.2 percent of Dylan Raiola’s attempts, and national champion Indiana dropped just 2.2 percent of Fernando Mendoza’s throws.
That kind of inconsistency was a real problem for Texas. Even with that drop rate, Manning still completed more than 61 percent of his passes for 3,163 yards and 26 touchdowns.
What Texas has shown in camp suggests that issue may not follow the team into this season. The early work from Wingo and Coleman has helped wipe away some of the concern that hung over the receiver room a year ago.
If that improvement holds, and if Texas pairs it with the defense it already has, the Longhorns could have a case as the best team in college football.
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