It’s hard to win a national championship without elite wide receivers in this era of college football.
Ohio State continued to prove that with the Buckeyes’ title in 2025. Ohio State’s offense, led by freshman phenom Jeremiah Smith and first-round pick Emeka Egbuka, was near impossible to defend thanks to those threats on the outside.
LSU fans are familiar with the impact elite wide receivers can make. Justin Jefferson and Ja’Marr Chase formed one of the best receiver duos ever in 2019. Just a few years later, Malik Nabers and Brian Thomas Jr had a similar impact in Baton Rouge.
The SEC returns a good crop of wide receivers in 2025. Smith wasn’t the only true freshman wideout to make an impact — a handful of rookies made a strong impression down south, too.
Today, we’ll rank the 10 best SEC wide receivers entering the 2025 college football season. Let’s get started.
10. Barion Brown, LSU
Brown arrives at LSU via the transfer portal after spending the first three years of his career at Kentucky. Brown caught 51 passes for 625 yards as a true freshman in 2022 and followed it up with 43 catches for 545 yards in 2023. Brown’s production dipped in 2024, but most of that blame rests with the entire Kentucky offense.
Brown is electric with the ball in his hands. He has elite speed and averaged 6.5 yards after the catch per reception in his time with the Wildcats.
At 6-foot-1, Brown lines up in the slot and out wide. He’s a formidable deep threat and his average depth of target in 2023 was 16.6 yards. Brown should fit right in with QB Garrett Nussmeier and LSU’s offense. The coveted transfer expects a big year.
9. Cayden Lee, Ole Miss
Ole Miss is taking a big hit with receiver Tre Harris moving on to the next level, but Lee will shoulder some of the load. Lee posted some big games last year, including the LSU contest, where he…
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