The Enemy, Ranked 2023: Receiver

Previously: Quarterback, Running Back Part III of our series is unveiled today, covering the receivers for the teams on Michigan Football's 2023 schedule. As it did last year, this piece covers both wide receivers and tight ends, though it does not cover receiving running backs who catch passes (that was discussed last time). Maybe some day in the future when positionless football fully takes over we'll have to amend the format for the piece, but for now, this is what we're running with. So here we go, counting down receiver rooms from 12 to 1:    12. East Carolina As they are at QB and RB, ECU is rebuilding at the receiver position this upcoming season after losing their top three passcatchers from 2022. It will be up to the returners who spent last year low on the depth chart, as well as the P5 transfers that ECU brought in, to pick up the slack. In the returner category is deep threat Jsi Hatfield, who dealt with injuries last season and caught only eleven passes. Hatfield has caught at least one pass in four straight seasons for the Pirates, so he brings with him a glut of years in the program to draw from, but the team will need him to stay healthy. Jaylen Johnson is the leading returner after bringing in 26 balls for 340 yards and 4 TDs last season, a former Georgia transfer who started the year strong but tailed off due to injury. He too, will need to stay healthy.  In case of injury and to round out the WR group as a whole, the Pirates brought in four P5 transfers, the most notable of which are Kelan Robinson from Kansas and Chase Sowell from Colorado. Neither player has much of anything in the way of production to their name but are hoping that a drop down to a lower level will help pick things up. At TE Mike Houston does have a returner coming back in Shane Calhoun, but he too was a reserve behind '22 starter Ryan Jones. Calhoun did catch 25 passes, but will obviously be in line for a large step up in responsibility. As a unit, the receivers for ECU are seeing a high degree of turnover and will be filling in the cracks with unproven down-transfers and the promise of existing players on the roster, some of whom dealt with injury last year. That's a bit of a creaky situation and it's why they take the cellar of the list.  [AFTER THE JUMP: the next ten teams before OSU]

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