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Title: Ohio State All-Decade Team - Receiver #1
Post by: ELA on October 16, 2020, 02:44:24 PM
QBJ.T. Barrett14-17
RBEzekiel Elliott13-15
RBJ.K. Dobbins17-19
WR
WR
TE
TTaylor Decker12-15
GAndrew Norwell10-13
CPat Elflein12-16
GWyatt Davis17-present
TJack Mewhort10-13
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DEJoey Bosa13-15
DTMichael Bennett11-14
DTJonathan Hankins10-12
DEChase Young17-19
LBRyan Shazier11-13
LBDarron Lee13-15
LBRaekwon McMillan14-16
CBMarshon Lattimore14-16
CBDenzel Ward15-17
SMalik Hooker14-16
SVonn Bell13-15
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KDrew Basil10-13
PCameron Johnston13-16
Title: Re: Ohio State All-Decade Team - Receiver #1
Post by: ELA on October 16, 2020, 02:56:07 PM
Lot of weirdness here.  OSU had 14 WRs earn some sort of postseason all-conference honor this decade.  Easily the most of any position group from any team.  So to find a natural cutoff, six of them received honors multiple times.

Of those 14 though, only 3 ever got onto the 1st or 2nd all conference teams, the other 11, never more than HM.  And Curtis Samuel was the only one to ever earn consensus 1st team.  Corey Brown was 2nd team, Parris Campbell was a 1st/2nd split.

Looking at the stats, I'm leaning either Devin Smith or K.J. Hill, who have very different profiles.

Smith is 5th in school history in receiving yards, and 2nd in receiving TDs, despite being 15th in receptions, thanks to a 20.7 ypc career average.  That's third in school history, and the two above him had fewer receptions.

Then K.J. Hill set the school record in receptions with 201.  Considering Michael Jenkins (157) was the last Buckeye to finish with over 150, that record might be safe for a minute.  But he averaged just 11.6 ypc, which resulted in him finishing with nearly 200 fewer career receiving yards than Smith, and 10 fewer touchdowns, despite 80 more receptions.  In fact Hill's 11.6 is the lowest of the 58 leading receivers in school history.  You have to go all the way down to #59, Ray Small, and his 659 yards on 69 receptions (10.8) to find one lower.

That said, I think on a play to play basis, Hill created so many more issues.
Title: Re: Ohio State All-Decade Team - Receiver #1
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on October 16, 2020, 03:39:15 PM
Ray Small doubled the production of Bam Childress. 
Title: Re: Ohio State All-Decade Team - Receiver #1
Post by: Abba on October 16, 2020, 04:01:14 PM
Yeah KJ was Mr. Reliable, but never really the best WR on any of the teams he was on.  I know he compiled the lifetime achievement awards, but for that reason I couldn't vote him #1.  Devin Smith is a good choice, and definitely the opposite type of player, but again I felt he was a boom or bust guy and never the best WR on his own team.  

For me, it was between Philly Brown and Michael Thomas, and I decided to go with Michael Thomas.  Those guys were both the best WR on the team for 2 years.  I guess for me, it's more the eye test than overall stats in this one.
Title: Re: Ohio State All-Decade Team - Receiver #1
Post by: MrNubbz on October 16, 2020, 05:45:03 PM
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on October 16, 2020, 03:39:15 PM
Ray Small doubled the production of Bam Childress.
Million dollar talent.....and a well you knowTook DS though Thomas and Campell are there.Don't recall Devin dropping the rock.Also surprised by Hill's speed at the combine.Devin could track the ball over either shoulder or directly overhead and looked it right into the cradle