There’s no question that Miami has a terrific starting quarterback in place, but as fall camp gets going, there are real worries about how many weapons Brad Kaaya will have at his disposal.

The Hurricanes sent Duke Johnson, Phillip Dorsett and Clive Walford to the NFL after last season, and they took 52 percent of last year’s receptions and 61 percent of Miami’s passing yards with them. So, what’s to be expected of their replacements?

According to the Miami Herald, there’s ample confidence that this year’s group of receivers can be every bit as good.

“We’re going to be good,” slot receiver Braxton Berrios told the Herald. “We’re going to be very good.”

That type of enthusiasm is expected at this point in the summer, but there are concerns.

Herb Waters is the leading returning receiver, and he accounted for just 277 yards last season -- and from Week 9 on, he had just one catch for 20 yards.

Stacy Coley has earned plenty of praise from Kaaya this offseason, and after his impressive freshman campaign in 2013, it’s easy to be optimistic. But Coley also was a non-factor virtually all of last year.

Joseph Yearby showed flashes of potential as a receiving threat out of the backfield last season -- including a big game against Duke in Week 5 -- but replacing Johnson’s versatility is a big task.

And finding a fill-in for Walford may be equally challenging. He was as productive a receiving threat as any tight end in the nation.

In fact, while Berrios may have ample praise for the receivers Miami still has, it’s the backfield and tight end spots that should be a real focus. Last season, Miami targeted backs and tight ends in the passing game 37.3 percent of the time, the second-most in the ACC, and 44 percent of the Canes’ passing yards went to backs and tight ends, the seventh-most among Power 5 schools.

What’s more, Johnson and Walford were terrific big-play threats. Only Oregon had more completions of 20-plus yards to backs or tight ends than Miami’s 26.

So can Yearby or Gus Edwards or Standish Dobard replace that production? As we noted a few weeks ago, finding impact safety valves may be crucial for Kaaya this year with an offensive line that appears weaker than last.

For Kaaya’s part, he’s not sounding too worried because what Miami has lost in top-end talent can be made up for in consistency.

"I'm not just thinking that Stacy's good at comebacks," Kaaya said. "Everyone's running really good routes, and it's helping them out. ... There are a few guys that have improved a lot."