If you are listing players on UM’s offense who could be elite, any list should start with a player who has already proven he can be: receiver Ahmmon Richards.
Richards was exceptional in 2016, catching 49 passes for 934 yards (19.1 per catch) and three touchdowns and culminating his first season at UM by being named a freshman All American.
But Richards’ sophomore season was an adversity-filled disappointment. He sustained a hamstring injury during fall practice and was never quite the same, finishing with 24 catches for 439 yards and three touchdowns.
Then he injured the meniscus in his left knee four days before the ACC championship game.