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A Catcher on the Fly-Top WRs Still Available in the Portal

A record-setting, 1100-yard, all-conference receiver, is still up for grabs in the portal.

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By Tony Thomas

The transfer portal closes for new entries on January 2nd and there are still some quality wide receivers still available for teams looking to upgrade their skill positions. Will they find landing spots in soft green grass on the other side, or will they fall from their lofty pedestals with a resounding thud? We shall see. Below are five of the top receivers still in the portal.

Evan Stewart

Texas A&M Aggies

6’0”, 175 lbs.

Rated as the #1 wide receiver in the transfer portal, Evan Stewart caught 38 passes for 514 yards and four touchdowns in eight games this season. Stewart posted two games over 100 yards receiving, both within the first two weeks of the season (257 yards, 2 TDs). For his career in College Station, Stewart has 91 receptions for 1,163 yards and six touchdowns.

Stewart was a 5-star recruit ranked as the #1 wide receiver in the class of 2022 out of Liberty High School in Frisco, TX. Despite his “lack” of production on the field (an apparent and serious misuse of talent by former head coach Jimbo Fisher), Stewart is considered a game-changer who possesses great speed, good lateral quickness, and can juke defenders out of their cleats.

It has been reported that possible destinations for Stewart include Florida State, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Oregon, and USC.

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Jahmal Banks

Wake Forest Demon Deacons

6’4”, 205 lbs.

Rated as a 4-star portal prospect, Jahmal Banks led the Demon Deacons this season with 59 catches for 653 yards and four touchdowns. In two seasons at Wake Forest, Banks has hauled in 101 passes for 1,289 yards and 13 touchdowns.

Banks has visited Purdue, and is scheduled to meet with both Wisconsin and Notre Dame.

LaJohntay Wester

Florida Atlantic Owls

5’11”, 167 lbs.

2023 was a record season for LaJohntay Wester. Wester set the single-season school records for receptions (108) and receiving yards (1,168). His 108 catches were outstanding enough to rank #2 in the FBS. 

In addition, Wester scored on a 67-yard punt return and scored a rushing touchdown on his way to 1st Team All-AAC and 1st Team All-American honors. Wester is the career leader at FAU in reception yards (2,703), receptions (252), and receiving touchdowns (21).

Potential landing spots for Wester include Ole Miss, South Carolina, Oregon, Florida State, and Florida.

Julian Fleming

Ohio State Buckeyes

6’2”, 210 lbs.

During the 2023 season, Julian Fleming caught 26 passes for 270 yards, and zero touchdowns, with Marvin Harrison Jr., Emeka Ebuka, and Cade Stover getting the lion’s share of the targets. 

Fleming only had one game with 5 or more catches in a game, and that was in week one on the road at Indiana (6 catches). Fleming’s best season was last season: 34 catches, 533 yards, and six touchdowns, and scored at least one receiving touchdown in five straight games.

Fleming is a Pennsylvania native and Penn State appears to be the favorite landing spot, but Nebraska and head coach Matt Rhule have been in the mix for the entire portal process.

Mario Williams

USC Trojans

5’9”, 185 lbs.

In 2023, Mario Williams caught 29 of Caleb William’s passes for 305 yards and two touchdowns. In 2022, Williams caught 40 balls for 631 yards and five scores. Williams was at Oklahoma in 2021, where he caught 35 passes for 380 yards and four touchdowns. That adds up to 1,316 yards and 11 touchdowns for his college career.

Possible destinations for Williams are Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Florida State, Miami, Michigan, Oregon, Notre Dame, and West Virginia, which all offered scholarships to Williams out of high school.

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