With less than two months until the Panthers begin their season at home against FCS Long Island, here’s our look at the wide receiver room in our position-by-position preview of the 2021 FIU football team.
After the JJ Holloman experiment failed to get off the ground in 2020, the Panthers will return to a receiver by committee in 2021 — but that might not be a bad thing. 2019’s leading receiver in Shemar Thornton returns following a season-ending injury before last year’s fall camp and two transfers will look to be high-impact performers in this year’s offense.
Behind that group is a litany of young receivers looking to crack the rotation.