Cajuns WR Room

[facelessjonmoon]

The ncaa has not increased the legal amount of legal practice/prep time

Exactly. That's why they split them up into position groups to be more efficient with their film and prep time

[JMV JustMyView]

If we can't get 25k for that game , we are in trouble

It's been a while but the last 2 times we've hosted Tulane we have had great crowds and it wasn't from them bringing a large number of fans

Where does season ticket sales stand?

[Hudsheen#Fired]

FYI, just saw that Charles Robertson is academically ineligible this season

[cajun4life]

FYI, just saw that Charles Robertson is academically ineligible this season

With all the academic support we offer now you almost have to try to not be eligible.

[JamesTheJeweler]

I know we talk about the depth of the RB room with Dre'lyn, Zylan, and "Bill". But the reality is that looking at the depth in the WR room, this could be one of the best and deepest WR rooms we may have seen in a long time.

I think this room will be 6 deep, with the ability to go 8-9 deep. I think Harvey, Robert, Jacob and Lance are the top of the heap, but that room is much deeper than that. Think about this, we all know the ability that Robert Williams, Harvey Broussard and Jacob Bernard have and many on this board think that Lance LeGendre as he continues to learn the position is possibly the best of the bunch but let's dig just a little deeper. Charles Robertson showed what he could do as a freshman last year catching 17 balls for 189 yards. At 6'1 180 he has a nice frame and seems to be more of a possession guy, but had it not been for the youth of Harvey Broussard getting 24 receptions and 317 yards and 2 TD's and Robert Williams with 31 catches for 385 yards and 4 TD's, we would have been talking about Charles Robertson being the best of the young receivers. The guy I have the biggest hope for is deep on the depth chart is Jon McCall, a transfer from McNeese. He was the best receiver on McNeese's roster last year by a long way. At 6'2, 200 lbs, he comes in as a veteran with a ton of experience, McCall had 32 catches for 504 yards and 5 TD's last year, but what I like most about him is the fact that was in 10 games last year and after the first 2 weeks he had 2 catches for 36 yards and no TD's. From week 3 - week 10 he ended up with 30 catches for 468 yards and 5 TD's. Meaning he was averaging close to 4 catches a game after week 2. The minimum he caught in those games was 3 catches, but he had 4 games where he caught for more than 70 yards. He is my dark horse for surprise of the year on offense. There were also a couple of other guys who got good minutes last year in their first year with the program, Trayv'on Culbert a RS Junior JUCO transfer showed some signs last year in limited action with 4 catches for 29 yards and 1 TD in only 8 games. Jayden Johnson with 2 catches for 28 yards and Tavion Smith with 2 catches for 24 yards and a TD. Johnson is a RS Sophomore and Smith is a JUCO transfer who had a huge HS career in Miss. The other guy we cannot forget about is a guy the coaches have been raving about and that is Rahji Dennis. This is a true freshman that will get some time at some point, but this room is deep so he might be limited in his action. Long term he will be a huge part of this team.

The other room that will be interesting is the TE room. We lost a lot in that room from last year but there is some serious young talent there. We all got a glimpse of what Terrance Carter, Terrance Carter, Terrance Carter can do last year in limited action behind Neal Johnson. But the coaches are really high on RS Frehman Caden Jensen, Jathan Caldwell, Ty Stamey and Rhett Guidry, but the only one with any experience to speak of is Terrance. There will not be a lack of talent for whomever is the QB to throw to, the question is, can some of this young talent step up and how much improvement do we see from guys at the top of the depth chart.

I am excited for the WR and TE room.

Agree 100%. Was just discussing this a couple days ago. Dave, I have a sneaky suspicion we could be really good this year, if. . .the defense is as solid as we're hearing and the Oline is good. We have the weapons. Good defense, good Oline, talent and depth at RB and WR. . .and all the QB needs to do is manage and don't get cute. Could this be the year that no one saw coming?

[JamesTheJeweler]

Tulane has a good team and another good coach, but the CAJUNS WILL BEAT THE GREENIES!!!

#cULture
#WeAreLouisiana
#GeauxCajuns
#BeatGrambling

Man, that Tulane game is HUGE!!!!!! Perception wise, if we want to be seen as the "2nd best" college football team in the state.

[facelessjonmoon]

Where does season ticket sales stand?

Not sure. Good question

I have mine and looking forward to using them

[facelessjonmoon]

FYI, just saw that Charles Robertson is academically ineligible this season

That's disappointing but we should still be in a good shape at WR

[Boggs]

We can keep the receivers fresh by using them all. The decoys are important, they need to keep running their routes like they mean it and not pulling up when they know the play wasn't designed for them because often the last man in the rotation gets the ball thrown to him

[Rainman66]

Here are my takes on why I think this team will be better than the past two years.

1. More experienced talent. Two years ago, we lost 40+ players off a highly successful team. It is difficult to replace that, so a lot of talented players had to play before they were ready. They should now have the experience to add to the talent.

2. Our defense should be extremely fast, but more importantly disciplined and focused on stopping the run. What I enjoyed most about our run under Napier was how good of a tackling team we were.

3. The OL has more talent and depth than at any time under CMD. We will run the ball better, my main question mark is around pass blocking. Even under Napier, I never thought we were a great pass blocking team, LL did some amazing work back there to avoid quite a few sacks.

That's it, those three things, but those three things mean a lot when you look at how many one score games we won under Napier and conversely lost the last two seasons. Forget the opponents, tell me our record in one score games this season and I can tell you how good of a season we are going to have.

2022, 0-4 in one score games, go .500 and we are 8-5 losing 40+ players
2023, 2-5 in one score games, go .500 and we are 8-5.