Ole Miss Football Position Group Preview - Wide Receivers (2024)

today's position preview is of the group that Pro Football Focus ranked as the second best in the country the wide receivers pitch near side the Harris fakes left goes right breaks in the clear he's in the end zone touchdown oh man second and nine quick to the outside here he goes Watkins scor it what an answer for Old Miss Old Miss has an elite group of returners in new faces to Electrify this oldness offense there will be no shortage of options for Jackson D to throw to this fall key returners from a season ago are Jordan Watkins and Trey Harris who elected to come back to Oxford to help lead oldness to a national championship Watkins has been a main state for Lane kien for three years now and decided to come back to Oxford after his career best year on the field thanks to Jin over the middle he got his man Watkins caught he's running down the middle of the field to the 30 the 25 the 20 15 five touchdown oh man walking caught 741 yards and three touchdowns Trey Harris returns for year two as a rebel after dropping Jaws on the field last year and with a guy like him sometimes you just need to sit back and let the tape speak for itself so here you go thre man Rush dropped eight against Dart who goes down field and a onehand effort by Harris look at this catch oh come on by Harris come on are you kidding me Harris recorded 985 yards and eight touchdowns last season for oldness he led the wide receiving core with those numbers a couple of younger guys you heard a bit of last year but we'll hear more of this season include sophomores Kaden Lee and Aiden Williams Lee played in 10 games last year and caught five passes for 114 yards and two TDS Lee's two touchdowns came against Mercer and ULM and three of his five catches last year were in the peach bow Williams turned in a freshman campaign where he played in 11 games and caught four passes for 80 yards his first career catch was this 43y versus Mercer Williams was also the second rated player in the state of Mississippi in the class of 2022 switching over to the newcomers Antoine juice Wells joined Old Miss in the off season from South Carolina and Wells missed a majority of 2023 due to injury but when he was healthy at South Carolina he hauled in 928 yards and six touchdowns for the Gamecock he spent the first few years of his career at James Madison and recorded over 12200 yards with 15 touchdowns in 2021 next is Isaiah harru from Southern Illinois harru is coming off a career best season after missing all but one game in 2022 with injury he hauled in 51 receptions last season for 706 yards and six TDS a late addition to the squad in Fall Camp is Micah Davis from Utah State Davis caught the most yards in his career last season with 628 on 36 catches and he also scored six times the Atlanta Georgia native began his career at Air Force it's a scary roster of receivers and those are just some of the guys who will be Playmakers this season others could step up and make an impact for the rebels this year too which makes this group even scarier to think about [Music]