FSU football: Which position groups need most focus after spring camp?
By Kelvin Hunt
Wide Receivers
This unit was not a strength for the Noles in 2020. Outside of Tamorrion Terry, there were so many questions it wasn’t funny.
DJ Matthews and Tre’Shaun Harrison hit the transfer portal, Keyshawn Helton and Ontaria Wilson were coming off injuries that robbed them of games in 2019.
Tamorrion Terry opted out after playing hurt in a few games, and the Noles never found a passing game to complement its rushing attack outside of the screen game to running backs.
Helton and Wilson return in 2021, and outside of those two, there are no proven wide receivers for quarterbacks to target.
It’s one of the main reasons we saw so much of freshmen Malik McClain, Joshua Burrell, and Bryan Robinson coming on late in spring camp. The Noles will have help coming to the unit shortly, with transfer Andrew Parchment and highly-touted freshman Destyn Hill.
However, both will only have a couple of months to learn the playbook and all of the nuances that come with the offense.
It’s not going to be pretty relying on a ton of youth at the position early in the season, but hopefully, they’ll find some consistency as the season progresses.