Ranking the best wide receiver rooms in college football has taken on a greater weight in the modern game, as the offensive innovations and rule changes have favored the passing attack. The ability to overwhelm opponents with elite pass catchers has proven to be a difference maker, and the recent NFL Draft success of wide receivers has only added positional emphasis to the position at every level.
Thanks to the 7-on-7 circuit and the proliferation of specialized coaching, wide receivers are more advanced in their development than ever before. If coaches can put multiple high-level pass catchers on the field at the same time, there aren’t many defenses in the country that can counter man-to-man with high-level defensive backs. So the teams that have the best wide receiver rooms, built through a combination of recruiting and player development, have a decided advantage in one of the most important aspects of the modern game.
For the purposes of these rankings we wanted to bring the tight end position into the mix as well, though as you can see below the teams highlighted are mostly elevated because of wide receivers. If this was a tight end room ranking there would not be much of a challenger to Georgia — the Bulldogs have multiple players of Power Five starter caliber with Brock Bowers, Darnell Washington and Arik Gilbert — but as it stands that strength has the reigning champion Bulldogs just outside the top five of our rankings.
On its face, it sounds crazy for a team that just lost two first round NFL Draft picks at wide receiver to return to the next season with the best room of pass catchers in the country. But it’s not crazy, it’s the byproduct of Ryan Day prioritizing the position on the recruiting trail and the Buckeyes having one of the top wide receiver coaches in the sport in Brian Hartline. Jaxon Smith-Njigba already had his breakout performance in the Rose Bowl win…
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