[autotag]Kayshon Boutte[/autotag] is expected to be one of the top receivers in all of college football this fall.
A preseason First Team All-SEC selection, Boutte was on pace for a monstrous 2021 season before an injury ended his campaign six games into the year. In those six games, he notched 38 catches for 509 yards and nine touchdowns.
With Boutte healthy and ready to go this fall, he’s a popular pick to win the Biletnikoff Award for the nation’s top pass-catcher. Last year, the award went to former Pittsburgh and current USC receiver Jordan Addison, instead, who crossed the 1,500-yard mark.
Though he wasn’t on pace to eclipse Addison’s yardage total, he was on pace to beat him out in terms of touchdowns. Speaking to the media at the beginning of fall camp, Boutte said he believes he would have won the Biletnikoff had he stayed healthy.
“I feel like the Biletnikoff is one of my goals,” Boutte said. “But I feel like if I didn’t have my injury last season, I was on pace to win it.”
Whether he would have beaten out Addison is unknowable, but he will have a good shot at the award if he can stay healthy this season. With that being said, he’ll still have to battle Addison, and many see the two as the nation’s best receivers.
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