Duke completed 187 passes to its wide receivers last season.
Returning wide receivers accounted for 26 of those.
That’s a pretty significant talent loss.
I realize that some Duke fans discount the talent-level of Duke’s recent wide receivers and there’s some truth to that narrative.
But T.J. Rahming is a significant loss by any metric. Rahming had 75 catches last season, for 811 yards and eight touchdowns. Rahming was third-team All-ACC and ended his Duke career with 253 receptions, trailing only Connor Vernon and Jamison Crowder on Duke’s list.
Rahming played four seasons at wide receiver, three of them with Daniel Jones.