Last year, the Wyoming faithful wondered how we could ever replace Robert Herron.\u00a0 This year, we have to worry about replacing Dominic Rufran and Jalen Claiborne.\u00a0 Sure, they\u2019re only two players on a football team.\u00a0 However, they were numbers 1 and 2 in both receptions and receiving yards.\u00a0 Between the two of them they had 41% of the receptions and 43% of the passing yards.\u00a0 Having to replace nearly half of your production is never easy, but we definitely have the tools to do it. \u00a0Here\u2019s a few names you need to become familiar with.<\/p>\n
Wyoming\u2019s biggest receiving threat coming back is Tanner Gentry, the junior receiver from Aurora, Colorado.\u00a0 Last year we was able to haul in 32 passes with an impressive 13.6 yards per catch.\u00a0 Moving from the number 3 receiver to being the top dog, we can expect his production and targets to both increase.\u00a0 Secondly, Jake Maulhardt is going to get the starting reps in the number 2 spot.\u00a0 His massive 6\u20196\u201d frame will almost certainly help him get consistent looks in the red zone and third-down situations.\u00a0 These two can provide Wyoming fans with both comfort and confidence heading into the 2015 season.<\/p>\n
The unknowns are really what gives the entire squad a leg-up from last year.\u00a0 The Cowboys will be relying a lot upon their youth as they look to step forward, particularly in the passing game.\u00a0 Incoming freshman Dameko Doddles and Justice Murphy will have a chance to make a difference right away.\u00a0 The biggest improvement could come from junior Jacob Hollister.\u00a0 Hollister hauled in 17 passes as the number 2 tight end for the better part of the year.\u00a0 His experience and comfort within the system should equate to a bigger year statistically.<\/p>\n
The first year in Coach Craig Bohl and Offensive Coordinator Brent Vigen\u2019s offense didn\u2019t prove to be nearly as pass-happy as Dave Christensen.\u00a0 With more balance, the Cowboys won\u2019t depend nearly as much on the arm of quarterback Cameron Coffman as much as they have other quarterbacks in years past.\u00a0 However, when called upon, this young receiving corps should be able to answer the call and step into action when they\u2019re needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last year, the Wyoming faithful wondered how we could ever replace Robert Herron.\u00a0 This year, we have to worry about replacing Dominic Rufran and Jalen Claiborne.\u00a0 Sure, they\u2019re only two players on a football team.\u00a0 However, they were numbers 1 and 2 in both receptions and receiving yards.\u00a0 Between the two of them they had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[699,635,696,698,695,697,694,31],"class_list":["post-4700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wyoblog","tag-brent-vigen","tag-craig-bohl","tag-dameko-doddles","tag-jacob-hollister","tag-jake-maulhardt","tag-justice-murphy","tag-tanner-gentry","tag-wyoming-cowboys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}