Sherrone Moore throws on buffs after Michigan stuns Alabama
Sherrone Moore throws on the buffs after Michigan upset Alabama 19-13 in the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa, Fla. on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024.
Michigan football’s wide receivers struggled significantly in 2024, with no player reaching 250 receiving yards or catching more than two touchdowns.The Wolverines’ entire receiving corps was statistically outperformed by numerous individual receivers across the nation.New offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey’s scheme and the addition of transfer Donaven McCulley aim to improve the passing game in 2025.
All told, it would be difficult for Michigan football wide receivers to be less productive in 2025 than in 2024.
The Wolverines did not have a single wideout amass 250 yards — not even 20 yards a game — for the season. Nor did U-M’s wideout room have a single player catch more than two touchdowns, average better than 2.1 catches per game or haul in a 40-yard catch. Indeed, U-M was the only team in America without a single reception of at least 40 yards —the two longest catches of the year came from tight ends, and neither topped 36 yards.
Indeed, just one U-M wideout had a catch for more than 30 yards: Semaj Morgan’s 31-yard touchdown grab against Texas’ third string secondary when U-M trailed 31-6 in the closing minutes of Week 2 last season.
Over 13 games, every Michigan wide receiver on the team combined for 83 receptions for 742 yards and five touchdowns — fewer catches than 12 individual wideouts nationally, fewer yards than 100 wideouts nationally and fewer TDs than 103 wideouts.
In other words, Michigan’s entire wide receiver corps was outplayed by dozens of individuals across the nation. But the good news headed into 2025? The only direction to go is up.
Not only is new offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey’s scheme a…
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