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Tom Herman has plenty of experience working with wide receivers during his college football career. He, of course, was a receiver at Division III Cal Lutheran before getting his first job as the wide receivers coach at Texas Luthern. After a short stint at Texas, he earned his next full-time gig was as the receivers coach at Sam Houston State.



Don’t forget about his time as the offensive coordinator at Rice and Ohio State, where he won a national championship and recorded a top 10 offense in the nation. But the current group of receivers he has at Texas stands out the most in his memory.



“I’ve never been around a receiving core that deep and talented, even at Ohio State, a lot of those guys could have played there,” Herman said about his group of receivers to 104.9 FM The Horn this week.



Herman, of course, cautions that there is still a lot of work to do with the group and they have “a lot of potential to live up to.” But the unit is widely considered one of the best on Texas’ roster at the moment.



The Longhorns have eight of their top 10 receivers back from last season. That includes Armanti Foreman, who led the team with 34 receptions for 420 yards, and Devin Duvernay who was right behind him with 412 receiving yards. There’s also sophomore Collin Johnson, who tied a team-high three touchdowns and spent the spring with the No. 1 offense, and Jerrod Heard, who is projected to take a starting spot this season.



Texas lost just two receivers (Jacorey Warrick and Jake Oliver) from last year, but have Reggie Hemphill-Mapps and Davion Curtis, both of whom redshirted, stepping up. Plus, Lil’Jordan Humphrey, who made the move to running back in 2016, is back with the receivers.



That’s a lot of bodies and talent to work with, which is why Herman feels confident in his group at the moment.



“When you’re talking about from receiver one, whoever that is, to receiver No. 7, No. 8, No. 9 there’s just not a whole lot of difference,” Herman said. “I’ve been around places where receivers No. 1, 2, and 3 play 50 plays a game. Maybe No. 4 or No. 5 get in there for 10 plays a game to give those guys a spell. Once you get past No. 5 or No. 6, its like they don’t belong in college football.



“But these guys, there’s No. 9 and 10 guys that can play — that have to talent to play. Potential, all that nasty word means is that you haven’t done anything yet. The talent is certainly there, but we have to take a lot of steps, maturity wise and physicality wise.”

