Name the Player You Think, Currently, Has a High Ceiling? Why?

While not an unheralded recruit, I think Tank Hawkins may contribute even this year. He is just so fast. I am not sure if he will return kicks or punts or how he will be used…heck, have him play on fg block units off the edge like Rainey did.

on offense, I suspect Trey Wilson will play more outside this year so does Hawkins get some of those quick pop passes in his place this year, using his speed to get outside in a hurry?

be interesting to see.

 

Dike at WI is actually pretty comparable to Pearsal at ASU. Ricky only started for 1 year, with his best year at ASU quite similar to Dikes best year at WI - it was the third year in their respective programs for each of them.


pearsall. 48 catches. 580 yards and 4 tds
Dike 47 catches. 689 yards and 6 tds

They also had nearly identical rushing yards and with 1 TD each.

I don’t recall what type of offense ASU ran. But I know WI offense wasn’t great for qbs (see Mertz) and last year the Fickell offense was horrid- I tried to watch a gam or two of WI (I was born there so kind of root for them) but it was like watching high school offense. So bad. So Dike’s stats suffered last year.

anyway, Pearsall left ASU with similar stats and blossomed at UF. Maybe Dike can do the same. Though….Pearsall stats were much better in year 2 at UF and Dike will only get one year.

 

there’s a decent talent pool of inexperienced guys, so I kind of expect one of them at least to make a bit of a splash this year. We have other guys who are already proven to be decent receivers. With a decent offensive line and a running game, and a balanced offense, I do not think receivers will be a problem at all.

 

Wilson may move outside, but he kind of reminds me of Wes Welker. He’s kind of hard to cover on all the short stuff. That may be his niche.

 

He'll be all over the place. We saw it last year. More outside probably if Mertz has a bit more time.

 

One of them has to step up. Hopefully, one does....its too easy for a team to shut-down a 1 WR team. Pearsall greatly benefited from Wilson's emergence. Who will Wilson benefit from is the question.

 

That wouldn’t surprise me at all, but he may be much more dangerous in the slot. It just depends on all the other guys I guess as to where he will be needed

 

Overall what I saw of their games with Dike and Mertz, Dike looked like a pretty solid receiver. Pearsall doesn't have Dike's size but is probably a better athlete and overall receiver. I think ideally Dike would be a possession guy more than stretching the field or running after catch. We have much better options in Wilson, Hawkins, and Mizell for that. I think Dike is what I hoped Burke would be and could be.

 

I'd currently say our future basketball player, Olivier Rioux. Dude needs a high ceiling just to stand up.

 

“Getting high on hopium”

I like that.