Texas Football: 3 players who could be the top wide receiver in 2020

There are three or four potential challengers that could be the most productive receiver for the Texas football program with Tarik Black now in the fold.

One of the biggest unanswered questions in the midst of the 2020 offseason for the Texas football program is who will be the top wide receiver in the coming season. Texas did help to provide more options to answer that question by hauling in wideouts like Dajon Harrison and Troy Omeire in the 2020 signing class, and mainly landing former Michigan Wolverines rising senior wide receiver Tarik Black out of the NCAA Transfer Portal.

Black was one of the bigger targets that there was bona fide rumored interest that head coach Tom Herman and Texas had in the transfer portal so far this offseason. There were also some whispers about Texas looking for linebacker help in the transfer portal, and that might still be the case. But their main target in the portal at linebacker, former North Dakota State rising senior Jabril Cox, chose to take his talents to the defending National Champion LSU Tigers over Texas.

Moreover, Texas got deeper at wide receiver by snagging Black out of the transfer portal. Adding experience and some serious talent, if nothing else, was a good move for this receiving corps. Texas lost their two most productive wide receivers from last season. And the three most productive from the last two seasons are now gone too.

Texas lost Lil’Jordan Humphrey last offseason as an early entrant into the 2019 NFL Draft. He would sign with the New Orleans Saints last year as an undrafted free agent. Texas also lost Devin Duvernay (picked by the Baltimore Ravens in the third round) and Collin Johnson (picked by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fifth round) to the 2020 NFL Draft.

Now Texas has to figure out who the next crop of top producing wide receivers will be with a new wave of talent rising to prominence on the Forty Acres.

Here’s a deeper look into the three best candidates to be the most productive wide receiver for the Texas Longhorns football program this coming season.