The Biletnikoff Award is given to college football’s most outstanding wide receiver. In 2007, the award was present to Texas Tech’s Michael Crabtree. This year, the Bleacher Report is putting Percy Harvin’s name up on the list as a potential winner. Of course he’ll be up against some stiff competition in Crabtree and Jeremy Maclin.
Last year, Percy didn’t have a good shot at winning the award because he was utilized heavily as a running back. If Meyer is true to his word and Harvin doesn’t carry the ball as much in 2008, that will open him up for more involvement in the passing game. Harvin is a very fast, deep threat receiver. He has potential to get 1400+ receiving yards and double-digit touchdowns if he stays healthy. And with the nation’s best quarterback, Tim Tebow, throwing him the ball, Percy could also push close 100 receptions.
It will take a magical, healthy year for Percy Harvin to win the Biletnikoff in 2008, but it’s nice to see him getting national attention at the wide receiver position.
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oh yeah! the gators are taking home all the hardware this year. Heismans, maxwells, and more. tebow and harvin are the best duo in football period. no one can stop them let alone the rest of the amazing team we have this year. rainey is a beast and murphy has terrific hands that never drop passes. If I named all of our amazing players this would be an essay so I’ll stop right there.
100 receptions 1400+ yardds? be realistic louis murphy is on the team and cornelius ingram and others. i doubt that he will reach either of those. if he was the only good player on the team maybe. but they do have talent at the receiver position.
Oh the irony: Fred Biletnikoff, who serves as the inspiration for his namesake trophy, was a former FSU wide receiver.
However, he was also a Super Bowl MVP with the Oakland Raiders and is an NFL Hall-of-Famer.
Positive signs from screwy logic, maybe?
@mel - Well he had 60 receptions last year and missed 2 games. I don’t think 100 is out of the realm of possibility.