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KU's unknown receiving corps eager to make a name for itself

Published Apr. 22, 2015 5:28 a.m. ET

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The early departure of star receiver Nigel King has left Kansas without very much experience at wide receiver, but new position coach Klint Kubiak is seeing the silver lining in the situation.

“I’d love to sit here and be coaching three guys that are coming back from 80-catch seasons,” Kubiak told KUsports.com. “We don’t have that. The good thing is, we’ve got guys with really good mindsets who have a passion to get better and a passion for the University of Kansas. They’re so eager to learn and eager to improve.”

After all, only three of the Jayhawks currently in the receiving corps caught a pass last season. The Jayhawks aren't concerned about their lack of experience, though. If anything they're thrilled about the opportunity at hand.

“It’s actually a great thing,” senior Tre Parmalee said. “Because it forces older guys like me and Rodriguez Coleman to step our game up to show [the younger guys] the right way to do things.”

Kubiak is doing his best to expedite the receivers' development in his first year in Lawrence.

“People have emerged; that’s for sure,” he said. “Now there’s guys that I want to emerge that maybe are still on the come up, so I’m really pushing hard on the gas there."

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