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Link: Javon McKinley: From Afterthought to Notre Dame's #1 Receiver
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People seem to forget that players can keep developing over the course of their career.
Last year was Asmar Bilal and Tony Jones. Dexter Williams and Miles Boykin in 2018. Durham Smythe had a really good year in 2017. Others that immediately come to mind are Jonas Gray in 2011 and Corey Mays in 2005.
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I wish he had been able to step up even one year earlier, since having both him and Chase Claypool out there at the same time would have created a lot more of a nightmare matchup for most defensive backs, in the same way that having two big bodies did in 2018 (Miles Boykin and Chase Claypool at the same time).
Still, I'm glad that he stepped up to the plate, and finally became that "go-to" #1 wide receiver that we had been sorely lacking at the beginning of this year.
I honestly thought that Braden Lenzy or Lawrence Keys would have been that guy who would have stepped up, but injuries derailed this year for them.
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