Thursday, June 15, 2006

The Sports Network picks UMass' Receiver Corps 5th in I-AA


Matt Dougherty in his latest article at The Sports Network has picked UMass wide receivers 5th out of the 100+ teams in I-AA.

Senior Brandon London 6-4 210 leads the group with 60 catches for 774 yards and 70.4 yards/game.

J.J. Moore 6-0 201 had 27 catches for 337 yards in only 5 games. If he had not been injured, he was on course for about 60 catches and 750 yards.

Rasheed Rancher 6-5 187 had 26 catches for 425 yards and a sterling 16.3 yards/catch.

This Blog feels that the UMass receivers will be even better than 5th nationally with the addition of UConn transfer TE Rob Getek at 6-6 250 he is a load. The UMass Football Blog has high hopes that he will be the best receiving TE at UMass since Kerry Taylor was second in team receptions in 1998 (the National Championship year).

In 2005 UMass was 5th in the A10 in passing offense and 8th in total offense. The Blog thinks that's going to improve in 2006!