100 Days to Kickoff: Position Previews - Wide Receivers

Georgia Tech’s best season in years, the 2014 team, had a fantastic receiving corps led by future NFL receivers DeAndre Smelter and Darren Waller. The following season, they started a pair of youngsters on the outside, Ricky Jeune and Brad Stewart. This season will be their third season starting together and they have an especially difficult job with a new and unfamiliar quarterback coming in. The Georgia Tech quarterback race is wide open, but it is almost certain that whoever is starting this season will not be as effective as a passer as Justin Thomas was late in his career. This could see a return to the jump ball passing attack of the Tevin Washington era. Both Stewart and Jeune, but especially Ricky Jeune, are well-suited to that style, but will still miss the more precision attack with Thomas. On the other task that Georgia Tech wide receivers are asked to do, both Jeune and Stewart are strong blockers and I don’t have any doubt that they will set strong perimeters this season.

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