Last year at this time, TCU coach Gary Patterson saw something in practice he hasn’t forgotten.
“I told you guys out of spring we weren’t catching the ball,” he said. “And we didn’t catch the ball in the fall.”
TCU receivers last season cost quarterback Kenny Hill more dropped passes than any other quarterback in the country, according to a count by Pro Football Focus. Taj Williams, the Horned Frogs’ leading receiver, wound up with 39 catches — so few, it didn’t make the NCAA’s list of 203 receivers in catches per game.