Wide receiver Alvin Bailey catches a pass during Spring practice on April 6 while wide receivers coach Kerry Dixon looks on at Donald R. Dizney Stadium.
"There’s no reason to me you should ever drop a ball," McElwain said.
"I don’t know if sometimes the receiver’s so shocked the ball’s gotten to him or something, I don’t know, but then they react like they’ve never done it before."
If quarterbacks Will Grier and Treon Harris, one of whom figures to become the starting quarterback at some point, hope to have any success, the Gators will need a wide receiver to earn the trust of the coaching staff and the quarterback.