Ranking the Big 12 North Recievers

[fro daddy]

saying that MU always reloads at receiver is very short sighted. yeah the last 3 seasons they have had a couple good receivers but you cant say that about most Pinkle receivers before that.

a couple good players does not mean a team is "reloading"...

leading WR's &/or TE's under Pinkle

2001 - Justin Gage* (B12 1st team) & Dwayne Blakley* (B12 HM)

2002 - Justin Gage* (B12 2nd team) & Darius Outlaw%

2003 - Darius Outlaw% & Thompson Omboga%

2004 - Sean Coffee*, Thompson Omboga% & Victory Sesay*

2005 - Martin Rucker* (B12 HM), Chase Coffman*, Sean Coffee* (B12 HM) & William Franklin*

2006 - Martin Rucker* (B12 1st team), Chase Coffman* (B12 2nd team) & William Franklin* (B12 HM)

2007 - Rucker* (B12 2nd team), Jeremy Maclin* (B12 1st team), Coffman* (B12 HM) & Franklin* (B12 HM)

2008 - Maclin* (B12 1st team), Coffman* (2nd team) & Tommie Saunders% (B12 HM)

2009 - Danario Alexander (B12 1st team) & Jared Perry (B12 HM)

*-spent time in the NFL

%-had NFL workouts

They are not all All-Stars, and this is not as high of caliber as other NCAA teams can provide over the same time. However though, Mu has had a 1st of 2nd team player in their recieving corps 6 of GP's 9 seasons. 7 of 9 with atleast a HM on all B12. And the 2 seasons were MU didnt have a recieving corps member honored, their leading pass catchers those years still received NFL tryouts or spent time on NFL teams.

That is a pretty good 9 season run, and not short sighted for someone to believe that MU 'could' again have a nice recieving corps.

Ironic that Mizzou has all these great receivers, yet the most famous catch at Faurot Field was made by a freshman from Nebraska. The Flea kicker catch. Ha!

Kinda like Nu's great history of RB's but for many Husker fans I know, the most famous run at Memorial Staduim was MU's James Wilder tossing the NE defense aside and bulling his was into the endzone to ruin T.O.'s 1978 season :lol:

Yeah I remember that game. That was actually NU's 2nd defeat that year, so technically that game didn't really ruin their season. They still ended up in the Orange Bowl against Oklahoma whom they played twice that year (regular season and bowl season). NU's first loss was against Alabama in the season opener.

I’ve heard Wilder was a heck of a good RB. For Mizzou. And Wilder's little 5 yard TD run in that 1978 Mizzou-NU game was impressive. Probably not as impressive as Rick Berns’ first carry in the game. An 82 yard TD run.

Back to receivers, that 1978 Mizzou-NU game featured a couple of pretty good TEs—-Kellen Winslow and Junior Miller. Not many games have had that much talent at the TE position.

:lol:

was alot of talent on the field for both teams. Wilder, Winslow, Pete Woods & Phil Bradley. My dad and uncles still tell stories about that MU back field. Wilder, Earl Gant & Gerry Ellis. Thats 6 skill players just on MU's roster that went to the NFL. Another that played MLB. And we all know that Nebraska had more talent than MU. Thats alot of really good players.

 

[hskerholic]

I like how he says that TE chase Harper is a True Freshman when he is coming from Navarro Junior College. Another person who doesnt do their homework.