Take a look at college football’s most recent national champions, and one constant among them has been that they’ve had elite wide receiver units.
Alabama’s offensive juggernaut this past season was led by DeVonta Smith, who became the first wide receiver to win the Heisman Trophy in nearly 30 years, while Jaylen Waddle will also soon be a first-round pick and John Metchie III also emerged as one of college football’s best young wideouts.
LSU’s dominant offense two seasons ago featured a spectacular trio of wideouts in Ja’Marr Chase (the 2019 Biletnikoff Award winner and a soon-to-be top-10 NFL draft pick), Justin Jefferson (who went on to be a Pro Bowler in his first NFL season) and Terrance Marshall (who is projected to be a first- or second-round pick in this year’s draft).