Can Kyren Lacy be our WR1 next year? The stats...

Was discussing this with a friend today & I decided to do a little research.

My first question was, I wonder what kind of numbers Chase, Jefferson & Marshall put up in 2018?

Chase - 23 rec, 313 yds, 3 TDs
JJ - 54 rec, 875 yds, 6 TDs
TM - 12 rec, 192 yds, 0 TDs
(All in 13 games)

We all know how that turned out in 2019! LOL! My friend suggested I look at what Nabers did in 2021, when Boutte was our WR1.

MN - 28 rec, 359 yds, 2 TDs
(11 games, & this was 4th on the team)

Also BTJ last year:
BTJ - 31 rec, 361 yds, 5 TDs
(13 games)

This year, Lacy has put up:

KL - 24 rec, 463 yds, 7 TDs!
(12 games)

From what he did on the field, he just needs to clean up the drops, otherwise he has the size & talent to be our next WR1. The stats certainly support that the jump from what he put up this year to a 1,000+ yds & 10+ TDs "go to" guy is not unprecedented from the recent past.

I'd contend that he did better this year (and still has the bowl game where he may be the go to guy for a good part of the game) than Chase & Nabers did the years prior to them becoming WR1. I think both the stats & what we saw on the field show that is within reason. I also however agree with Hunt where he said earlier this week that we need to get an experienced guy from the portal to join a WR room loaded with talent, but inexperienced.

I am rooting for Lacy to be "that guy" next year & sure hope another guy or two can step up if he can't make that jump.