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Why K-State football coaches think the Wildcats are strongest at receiver this spring

We have reached the point of spring football practice where it no longer feels inappropriate for Kansas State’s new coaches to publicly evaluate the players they inherited from Bill Snyder.

Some are better than expected. Some are not. Everyone is starting to get a grade.

Who is getting the highest marks? One thing seems clear: many of the top-performing players of the spring are lining up at receiver. That’s the position that has impressed K-State’s new coaching staff, from head coach Chris Klieman on down, the most as April and the team’s Spring Showcase approaches.

“There are some really, really good wide receivers from a skill standpoint,” K-State offensive coordinator Courtney Messingham said earlier this week.