Starting Wide Receivers

[ponydawg]

Didn't see it posted.....

"Der'rikk Thompson, Darius Joseph, Cedric Lancaster and Stephen Nelson will start at WR"

[ponydawg]

Thompson - Fourth on the team with 32 receptions for 459 yards (also fourth on the team) and two touchdowns (Temple, at USF)... Recorded two 100-yard games this season, including a career-high 158 yards on a career-high nine receptions against Temple.

Joseph - Played in all 12 games, starting 10... Second on the team and in SMU history with 103 receptions, for 808 yards (67.3 per game), including a long of 45 and five touchdowns... SINGLE GAME RECORDS: 12 receptions in a game twice (Montana State and at Cincinnati), good for 11th at SMU... SEASON RECORDS: 13th in 100-yard reception games (3), second in receptions (103), 17th in receiving yards (808) and second in 10+ reception games (4)... CAREER RECORDS: 12th in 100-yard receiving games (3), second in 10+ reception games (4).

Lancaster - 2013: Played in the season opener, before missing the rest of the season due to injury... Had two punt returns and two kick returns against Texas Tech... Awarded a medical redshirt.

Nelson - Junior (2013): Played in 11 games...Made 13 catches for 111 yards with a long of 17...Had a career-high 36 yards on four catches at Texas A&M.

[JoeKidd]

I was really hoping that Gaines would be the other outside receiver with his size, interesting Nelson is going to be a starter, didn't really see this coming.

[03Mustang]

Maybe Nelson complained his way into the spotlight, like he did back in 2011 to the Daily Campus.

[PonyPlayer4]

Pretty small group. I don't think there is one over 6'. I think Joseph is the tallest listed at 6', but I don't buy that.

[malonish]

Maybe Nelson complained his way into the spotlight, like he did back in 2011 to the Daily Campus.

-S.N.

[hubberlang]

Check out Daily Campus Article today about Nelson. Not sure about 2011, but if we had everyone pulling in the same direction as that guy is then we could win 9 or 10 games this year even with a bunch of 2 stars.

[PonyPlayer4]

Check out Daily Campus Article today about Nelson. Not sure about 2011, but if we had everyone pulling in the same direction as that guy is then we could win 9 or 10 games this year even with a bunch of 2 stars.

Nelson said something in 2011 regarding the team hates playing at home, and would much rather play on the road. Talked about how bad SMU fans suck.

[ghost]

Hard to fault a player for telling the truth but probably would have been best to not say anything. Funny how people make a big deal about how fast and big receivers need to be but you look at the receivers making it at smu and then later on in the NFL and they are 5-11 and under and around 170 to 180 pounds and avg upper 4.5s down to Als and ES 4.3s. Seems like shiftiness and ability to create space to get open are more important than size and speed, primarily for slot guys. Then you have the physical specimens who can make the fantastic highlight catches like the Cowboy guy but can't move the chains with the routine catches.

[JasonB]

It will be interesting to watch the group on Sunday. We know DJ is good. DT can stretch the field, but really hasn't made a huge impact. Lancaster has speed and athletic ability, but not sure about his ability to work the field.

Nelson is the wildcard. He has great hands. Can he get open? If Nelson can create space for himself on the field and become a second safety valve for Burcham, everything will be fine. But if he can't draw the attention of a safety, it could be a long game.

[Junior]

Check out Daily Campus Article today about Nelson. Not sure about 2011, but if we had everyone pulling in the same direction as that guy is then we could win 9 or 10 games this year even with a bunch of 2 stars.

yep, good article about him today. about his journey as a walk-on, etc. hard not to like a kid like that. it's the good part of college athletics.

[SMU 86]

Gaines will probably rotate in the game. With Baylor having 3 DB's starting their first game we have a decent chance to gain some good yardage on them.

[JasonB]

You've pointed that out before, and it is a good point... in some respects, if our receivers can't free up against Baylor it might be a bad sign moving forward...

[SMU 86]

And as a whole Baylor has only four returning starters on the defensive side of the ball.

[ponyscott]

Baylor believes this is the best DL rotation they haver had. Starters coming back doesn't mean much.