% of 2022 targets returning:
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Duke, 99.1 (2nd in FBS)
VT, 74.4
Cuse, 71.7
UNC, 70.8
Mia, 69.6
FSU, 68.7
Pitt, 61.9
Wake, 60.9
Clem, 60.2
BC, 58.6
NCSU, 53.0
Lville, 48.5
UVA, 39.0
GT, 38.6
*per @ESPN_BillC
Most catches in slot, returning ACC:
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*Malik Washington, UVA – 57
Oronde Gadsden, Cuse – 49
Antonio Williams, Clem – 44
*Ryan O'Keefe, BC – 43
*Nate McCollum, UNC – 43
Jalon Calhoun, Duke – 41
Taylor Morin, WF – 38
*transfer
Most catches split wide, returning ACC:
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
*Jaylin Lane, VT – 58
*Jamari Thrash, Lou – 52
*Keon Coleman, FSU – 51
*Tez Walker, UNC – 50
Jahmal Banks, WF – 37
*Bradley Rozner, NCSU – 35
*transfer
Most catches from in-line TE, returning ACC:
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Nick Gallo, VT – 18
Gavin Bartholomew, Pitt – 18
Nicky Dalmolin, Duke – 14
George Takacs, BC – 13
Grant Misch, UVA – 12
Most catches from backfield, returning ACC:
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Will Shipley, Clem – 37
Pat Garwo, BC – 29
Alex Broome, BC – 26
Jordan Houston, NCSU – 24
Dontae Smith, GT – 18
There were 13 ACC receivers responsible for at least 20% of their teams receiving yards last year. Of that group, only Oronde Gadsden, Jalen Calhoun, Johnny Wilson and Jordan Moore return to those teams.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Duke receivers had just 11 drops on 385 targets (2.9%) last season, the sixth-best rate in the country.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Georgia Tech got 54% of its receiving yards in 2023 *after* the catch.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Wake's Jahmal Banks hauled in 63.1% of contested balls last year, best among ACC wideouts. The ACC average was 38.4%. (Note: 50/50 balls are never 50/50.)
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Tackling FSU's Johnny Wilson is hard. He had 208 yards AFTER first contact. His 4.84 yards after first contact per reception led all P5 players (min 30 catches).
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Wilson averaged 3.4 yards per route run, easily the best mark in the ACC and 5th nationally. The next closest among returning ACC receivers (min 25 catches) is Duke's Jalon Calhoun (2.54).
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Syracuse's Oronde Gadsden had 41 catches on throws 10+ yards downfield last year, tied with Purdue's Charlie Jones for the most in the country.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Josh Downs and Antoine Green accounted for 45 of UNC's 95 red-zone targets last year and 27 of 56 in the end zone.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Wake is the only team in the country that returns four players with at least 500 receiving yards from last season — despite losing their leading receiver, AT Perry.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Last year, Clemson's WRs not named Antonio Williams caught just 54.5% of their targets and has as many drops as touchdowns (10).
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Clemson's WRs have a total of 21 TD catches over the past two years combined.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Tee Higgins and Justyn Ross combined for 21 by themselves in *both* 2018 and 2019.
Jake Briningstool ran 19 routes from the slot in the red zone last year. He had 1 catch (it was a TD). He ran just 5 routes from the in-line TE spot. He had four catches, and three went for TDs.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
No ACC team threw behind the line of scrimmage last year more often than Clemson (29.5%). TCU actually threw behind the line even *more* (33%).
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Most career receptions from the outside receiver spot, active Clemson players:
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Beaux Collins, 29
Antonio Williams, 12
Adam Randall, 10
Brannon Spector, 10
Over the last 5 games of the regular season, Houston's Tank Dell was the only FBS player with more receiving yards than Jamari Thrash (614).
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
WR A: 120 targets, 94 rec, 1029 yds, 8.32 air yards/target, 2 drops, 50 1st downs
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
WR B: 120 tar, 89 rec, 969 yards, 8.26 AY/tar, 2 drops, 52 1D
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WR A is ‘22 Josh Downs.
WR B is Nate McCollum's stat line prorated over the same number of routes run as Downs.
Note: Downs had Drake Maye throwing to him.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
McCollum had 4 guys found sleeping outside The Varsity.
(Actually Pyron is pretty good, I think, and in the 3 games he played QB, McCollum’s line was 20-245-2).
Either way, McCollum has Drake Maye now.
UNC tight ends accounted for 79 catches (t-5th in FBS) and 1,087 yards (3rd) last season. All three TEs who caught passes return for 2023.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Colbie Young led all Miami receivers with 13 targets on throws of 20+ yards last season. He caught four, one for a TD.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
In 2021, Charleston Rambo had 23 such targets, catching 12.
In 2021, the Canes had 1,102 yards on deep balls (throws 20+ yards downfield).
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
In 2022, Miami had 585.
Colbie Young by month
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Sept: 0 catches, 0 yards, 0 TD
Oct: 23 catches, 326 yards, 4 TD
Nov: 9 catches, 50 yards, 1 TD
Xavier Resptrepo has more than 20 routes run in a game just three times in the past two years (Weeks 1 & 3 in 2021, Week 13 in 2022).
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Only FBS WRs to average 15 air yards per target and catch 60% of their targets last year:
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Antoine Green
Marvin Mims
Jermaine Burton
Ali Jennings
Jahmal Banks
Ali Jennings had four games with a 7-90-1 stat line last year. Only Houston's Tank Dell had more (7). Jennings didn't play the last three games of the year.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Virginia players caught just 75.5% of their catchable targets last year, worst in the ACC.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Malik Washington, now with UVA, forced 22 missed tackles (10th most among FBS WR) on 65 catches last year.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
When targeting WRs and TEs in the red zone last year, Wake Forest QBs had a raw QBR of 99.5, best in the ACC. Georgia Tech QBs had a raw QBR of 4.5, worst in the ACC and 128th nationally.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
It's tough to say much on GT's group given that Malik Rutherford is the only 1 w/serious experience in the Jackets' offense. But… I like the pieces there. Pretty high ceiling if the QB play improves.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Only 5 FBS players averaged more yards-per-reception (min 30 catches) than Bradley Rozner's 19.9 last year.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
Tentative ACC WR/TE rankings (breaks for tiers)
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
1. Wake Forest
2. Florida State
3. UNC
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4. Louisville
5. Duke
6. Pitt
7. Syracuse
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8. Virginia Tech
9. Clemson
10. NC State
11. Georgia Tech
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12. Miami
13. Boston College
14. Virginia
Tentative All-ACC
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) July 19, 2023
First team
WR: Jahmal Banks, WF
WR: Johnny Wilson, FSU
WR: Oronde Gadsden, Clemson
TE: Jake Briningstool, Clemson
Second team
WR: Jamari Thrash, Lou
WR: Ali Jennings, VT
WR: Keon Coleman, FSU
TE: All of the UNC guys?
by David M. Hale 