Miami football has 3 of top 10 returning WRs in ACC per PFF
Xavier Restrepo, Jacolby George and Sam Brown rank in the top 10 among ACC returning receivers in 2024. The Miami football program is the only one in the ACC with three receivers in the top 10 returning for the 2024 season. SMU is the only other ACC program with two ACC returning receivers with a top 10 Pro Football Focus grade.
Restrepo leads all the returning receivers in the ACC with an 87.4 grade. George is ninth with a 73.4 grade and Brown is 10th with a 72.9 grade. Restrepo who was second in the ACC last season with 85 receptions and 1.092 receiving yards, leads all ACC returnees with those numbers entering the 2024 season.
George had a breakout season for Miami in 2023 with 57 receptions for 864 yards and led the Hurricanes while finishing tied for fourth in the ACC with eight touchdown catches. Brown was fourth in the Big XII in 2023 with 62 receptions, finished 10th with 815 receiving yards and had three TDs.
Brown, George and Restrepo is unquestionably the best returning receiving corps in the ACC entering the 2024 season and should be one of the best nationally. Isaiah Horton provides Miami with an experienced fourth receiver in the rotation. Horton was fifth on Miami with 13 receptions for 168 yards and one TD.
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Miami only plays two of the other seven WRs in the PFF ACC rankings entering 2024. Caullin Lacy of Louisville is the second returning WR in the ACC with an 83.4 PFF Grade. Jaylin Lane of Virginia Tech is sixth with a 74,8 grade. Lane was 23rd in the ACC with 41 receptions and 538 receiving yards and istied for ninth with six TDs in 2023.
Lacy was eighth nationally with 91 receptions, seventh with 1.316 receiving yards and added seven TDs playing for South Alabama in 2023. The Miami secondary will be tested covering Lane on September 27 at Hard Rock Stadium and Lacy at Louisville on October 19.
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The Miami passing game should be significantly improved with the addition of Cam Ward at quarterback and Brown at WR and the returns of George and Restrepo in 2024. All four have a chance to earn All-ACC in 2024. Ward will be boosted by the return of three starting offensive linemen and the addition of Zach Carpenter at center.