August 9th, 2013 @ 11:40am
When it comes to the presence of quality wide receivers, head coach Bronco Mendenhall doesn’t hesitate; he says in 2013, BYU has “the most at any one time.”
“When you go back to the Todd Watkins and Austin Collie combination,” Mendenhall said on Thursday, “that was pretty powerful, but (there was) not much depth behind them.”
“We’re deeper than we’ve ever been with good players.”
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Led by All-America candidate Cody Hoffman, BYU’s receiving corps includes fellow returning starters JD Falslev and Ross Apo, and former tight end Marcus Mathews, who has a handful of career starts to his credit.
They are joined by new scholarship recipient Skyler Ridley, camp revelation Mitch Mathews, and a pair of players who like Ridley, came to BYU as walk-ons: Kurt Henderson and Eric Thornton, both of whom have seen meaningful reps and made big plays in camp. Freshman speedster Michael Davis and rookie walk-on Colby Pearson round out the group.
Between them are 396 career receptions, with Hoffman (203) accounting for more catches than the rest of the receivers combined.
| Wide Receivers on BYU’s 2013 Roster, Career Statistics | |||||
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| Player | Class | GP | Receptions | Yards | Receiving TD |
| Cody Hoffman | Senior | 39 | 203 | 2,718 | 28 |
| JD Falslev | Senior | 39 | 68 | 604 | 4 |
| Skyler Ridley | Senior | 13 | 20 | 206 | 1 |
| Ross Apo | Junior | 26 | 65 | 764 | 10 |
| Marcus Mathews | Junior | 24 | 36 | 441 | 1 |
| Mitch Mathews | Sophomore | 6 | 2 | 27 | 0 |
| Kurt Henderson | Sophomore | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 |
| Eric Thornton | Sophomore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Davis | Freshman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colby Pearson | Freshman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Offensive coordinator Robert Anae concedes that the position group appears strong heading into the season, but cautions that pronouncements of greatness are premature.
“Yeah, we’re talented, yes, we’re deep,” says Anae, “but I do believe those judgements are better served at the end of the year than at the beginning of the year. It doesn’t do a coach much good–or a fan base much good–to grant accomplishment at the beginning of a year; I’d much prefer to see the course of the year before that judgement is rendered.”
New receivers coach Guy Holliday has yet to establish a clear pecking order among the wideouts; multiple players have had chances to shine during camp.
He says “my depth chart is day-to-day,” and that while Cody Hoffman is the player with the deepest résumé, “a player doesn’t make a team.”
“Cody had an outstanding year last year,” Holliday said this week. “We’ll see what happens when the season starts. Does he demand double-teams? If he does, that’s fantastic; if not, we’re going to go through our reads, and if Cody catches 150 balls, I’m happy.”
“If Cody catches 15 balls and we win 13 games, we all should be happy.”
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Last season, Hoffman recorded 100 of BYU’s 296 receptions, or 33.8% of the team total. That number was the highest at BYU since Jay Miller’s 42.6% mark in 1973.
In fact, since 1972, only five BYU players have recorded seasons with 30% or more of their team’s receptions, with Hoffman and Miller joined by Logan Hunter (36.8% in 1972), Ben Cahoon (31.0% in 1997) and Austin Collie (31.4% in 2008).
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In Anae’s new up-tempo attack, the likelihood of Hoffman dominating BYU’s stat sheet like he did last season is diminished, because of the number of players needed to run the offense effectively.
“We’re making sure everyone gets reps,” said Mitch Mathews, “because it’s such a high-speed offense, you need people to step up, you need people to rotate in, and you need to feel comfortable with those guys that do come in.”
“No matter who starts, we need six guys to be able to ready to play, so you can grab your facemask, and (Holliday) can throw you in the game. He needs to be confident that when you’re in the game, you’re going to make plays.”
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Cody Hoffman was born in Crescent City, California according to http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/487636/cody-hoffman
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using the number/letter grid:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
A B C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z
Where:
A = 1 J = 1 S = 1
B = 2 K = 2 T = 2
C = 3 L = 3 U = 3
D = 4 M = 4 V = 4
E = 5 N = 5 W = 5
F = 6 O = 6 X = 6
G = 7 P = 7 Y = 7
H = 8 Q = 8 Z = 8
I = 9 R = 9
Cody Hoffman
3647 8666415 56
his path of destiny = 56 = Finesse. Decisive.
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