2005 Season Preview: Wide Receivers

NORMAN, Okla. -- SoonerSports.com will preview the upcoming 2005 football season with a detailed series leading up to the start of preseason practices. The Sooners officially report on August 3 with the first practice slated for August 4. Player previews listed alphabetically:

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2005 Wide Receivers Preview

Quentin Chaney
R-Fr. | 6-6, 211 | Tulsa, Okla.
Redshirted in 2004. Four-year starter and letterwinner in HS, also played at the free safety position...

Lendy Holmes
R-Fr. | 6-2, 191 | Dallas, Texas
Redshirted in 2004. Competed at eight different positions during his high school career...

Jejuan Rankins
Sr. | 5-11, 182 | Windsor, N.C.
Experience in 23 games last two seasons. Had 56-yard kickoff return against Houston in 2004...

Tristen Ross
So. | 6-1, 227 | Shreveport, La.
Was with the team two years ago. Had 1,482 yards and 12 TDs during his high school career...

Travis Wilson
Sr. | 6-3, 213 | Carrollton, Texas
Led the Sooners with 11 TD receptions in 2004, the second-highest total in school history...

Returning players with starting experience: Jejuan Rankins, Travis Wilson.

Unseating Mark Clayton was no small chore, but that's exactly what Travis Wilson did last year when he wrestled away the team lead in touchdown receptions. He found the end zone 11 times and established himself as one of the best in the Big 12. He will be a fixture around which this receiving corps, which lost four seniors, will build.

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Jejuan Rankins reminds some of the departed Clayton in terms of elusiveness. The door stands wide open for him to take on a far more significant role. Another interesting development is the return of Tristen Ross, who was with the team two years ago.

Otherwise, the receiving group will be young. Quentin Chaney and Lendy Holmes redshirted last season and showed promise. They will likely be integrated quickly. Also look for a highly touted true freshman crop to get a serious look.

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Related Article: Travis Wilson at 2005 Big 12 Media Day
"I have had to mature a little bit, and definitely going into this year not having a leader, the people look for in the quarterback position, he hasn't had as much experience. I feel I help out some of the younger guys a little bit more, make things a little more smooth, but the quarterback, they are great leaders and they know the role that they are taking over.

"They know what needs to be done. I mean, they are doing a great job preparing for the season coming up. They will be able to handle it their own way. I throw in my two cents now and then and try to help our team out..."

Related Article: OU Receivers Coach Darrell Wyatt
In 2004, he coached one of the nation's deepest receiving corps, which proved itself equally skilled at hitting the home run (four of his players had receptions of 40 or more yards), while also making the difficult catch and blocking for a much-improved running game.

The depth was perhaps best illustrated by the fact that Mark Clayton led the team in receptions and yards (66 for 876), Travis Wilson was first in touchdown receptions (11), while Mark Bradley had the top yards-per-catch figure (21.3)...

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