If you wanted to fire up a Kentucky football fan between the 2015 and 2016 season, all you had to do was say, “the wide receivers are going to be really good under Lamar Thomas.” No position group was more divisive than the wide receivers. Dropping passes is an incomprehensible phenomenon for fans. Luckily, we saw fewer drops in 2016 (even though they don’t keep stats for comparison, it’s safe to say that was the case).
With Drew Barker at quarterback, the receivers were explosive against Southern Miss, with the play of Tavin Richardson (2 big plays for 74 yards), Jeff Badet (72-yard touchdown) and Garrett “Juice” Johnson (143 yards and 2TDs) providing optimism for the future.