Six players left in our countdown of the Top 25 players in the Big East. We make the big reveal next Monday.
No. 6 Tavon Austin, WR, West Virginia
Austin is ranked pretty high on the list for somebody who had 58 catches for 787 yards and eight touchdowns last season. But we are projecting the Top 25 players of this season, and Austin is lined up to have a 1,000-yard season in the new offense Dana Holgorsen is bringing to Morgantown. In stops at Texas Tech, Houston and Oklahoma State, Holgorsen has had featured 1,000-yard receivers.
Austin is smaller than Justin Blackmon, who dominated at Oklahoma State last season, but he has the speed, quickness and chemistry with Geno Smith to be able to make the game-breaking catches in this offense. "I know what I've got to do, and I know what Coach Holgorsen expects out of me," Austin says. "I'm comfortable in the offense now. If everybody does their part, we should be all right and come out on top."
The countdown
No. 25 Dave Teggart, PK, UConn
No. 24 B.J. Daniels, QB, USF
No. 23 Tino Sunseri, QB, Pitt
No. 22 Victor Anderson, RB, Louisville
No. 21 Derek Wolfe, DT, Cincinnati
No. 20 Mohamed Sanu, WR, Rutgers
No. 19 Jarred Holley, S, Pitt
No. 18 Chandler Jones, DE, Syracuse
No. 17 Julian Miller, DE, West Virginia
No. 16. D.J. Woods, WR, Cincinnati
No. 15 Blidi Wreh-Wilson, CB, UConn
No. 14 Hakeem Smith, S, Louisville
No. 13 Mark Harrison, WR, Rutgers
No. 12 Moe Petrus, C, UConn
No. 11 JK Schaffer, LB, Cincinnati
No. 10 Sio Moore, LB, UConn
No. 9 Keith Tandy, CB, West Virginia
No. 8 Ray Graham, RB, Pitt
No. 7 Isaiah Pead, RB, Cincinnati
No. 6 Tavon Austin, WR, West Virginia
Austin is ranked pretty high on the list for somebody who had 58 catches for 787 yards and eight touchdowns last season. But we are projecting the Top 25 players of this season, and Austin is lined up to have a 1,000-yard season in the new offense Dana Holgorsen is bringing to Morgantown. In stops at Texas Tech, Houston and Oklahoma State, Holgorsen has had featured 1,000-yard receivers.
Austin is smaller than Justin Blackmon, who dominated at Oklahoma State last season, but he has the speed, quickness and chemistry with Geno Smith to be able to make the game-breaking catches in this offense. "I know what I've got to do, and I know what Coach Holgorsen expects out of me," Austin says. "I'm comfortable in the offense now. If everybody does their part, we should be all right and come out on top."
The countdown
No. 25 Dave Teggart, PK, UConn
No. 24 B.J. Daniels, QB, USF
No. 23 Tino Sunseri, QB, Pitt
No. 22 Victor Anderson, RB, Louisville
No. 21 Derek Wolfe, DT, Cincinnati
No. 20 Mohamed Sanu, WR, Rutgers
No. 19 Jarred Holley, S, Pitt
No. 18 Chandler Jones, DE, Syracuse
No. 17 Julian Miller, DE, West Virginia
No. 16. D.J. Woods, WR, Cincinnati
No. 15 Blidi Wreh-Wilson, CB, UConn
No. 14 Hakeem Smith, S, Louisville
No. 13 Mark Harrison, WR, Rutgers
No. 12 Moe Petrus, C, UConn
No. 11 JK Schaffer, LB, Cincinnati
No. 10 Sio Moore, LB, UConn
No. 9 Keith Tandy, CB, West Virginia
No. 8 Ray Graham, RB, Pitt
No. 7 Isaiah Pead, RB, Cincinnati
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