With little under a month away from the Associated Press issuing their preseason top 25 poll, now seems as good as time as any to start previewing positional breakdowns of this year’s team. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be covering all of the offensive and defensive positional groups, but for now we begin with the sexiest of them all, the wide receivers.
With the exception of Traveon Samuel who transferred to Troy, Louisville returns all of its receivers who recorded a pass from a year ago. A team that ranked 17th in receiving in 2017, the Cards are equipped with one of the best WR corps in college football, powered by the explosive nucleus of Jaylen Smith, Dez Fitzpatrick, and Seth Dawkins.