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Texas Football: Sam Ehlinger and Joshua Moore recognized for efforts

The Texas Longhorns duo of Sam Ehlinger and Joshua Moore recognized for their efforts against UTEP. Ehlinger found Moore seven times.

After the first snap of the Texas Longhorns and UTEP Miners game, we knew it was going to be a special night. On the very first snap of the game, Sam Ehlinger found Joshua Moore on slant that he took 78 yards to the endzone. A great start to the Sam Ehlinger-Mike Yurcich era as it was apparent that this offense was going to attack the defense through the air.

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The combination of Ehlinger and Moore connected seven times for 127 yards and the lone touchdown. Moore finished with 92 yards after the catch in this game, most coming on one play. The two showed so much promise in this game and Moore could have had another score if Ehlinger didn’t opt to go with tight end Cade Brewer, who caught one of Sam’s five first half touchdown throws.

All in all Ehlinger completed 25 of 33 passes for 426 yards and five touchdowns. However, what he did without the benefit of play action was huge for the senior passer.

  • 19/23 passing
  • 309 yards
  • 4 touchdowns
  • 13.4 yard per attempt
  • perfect NFL quarterback rating 158.3

For his efforts, Ehlinger picked up his third player of the week honors, this time from the Earl Campbell-Tyler Rose Award.

Wide receiver Joshua Moore earned honorable mention from the Award committee.

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ESPN poll slots Kenny Golladay just outside the Top-10 WRs in NFL

ESPN polled NFL executives, coaches, scouts, and players to name the top wide receivers for the 2020 season and Detroit Lions Kenny Golladay landed just outside the Top-10.

ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler polled more than 50 NFL executives, coaches, scouts, and players to name the top wide receivers for the 2020 season ($) and Detroit Lions’ Kenny Golladay landed just outside of the Top-10.

Fowler noted that each voter submitted their top 10-15 wide receivers and then ESPN “compiled the results and ranked candidates based on (the) number of top-10 votes, composite average, interviews, and research”. The goal of this exercise was to “identify the best players right now for 2020”.

Here’s how it played out. No surprises at the top, as Julio Jones, Michael Thomas, DeAndre Hopkins, and Odell Beckham Jr. have all earned Top-4 spots. Tyreek Hill road the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory to the fifth spot, while more established receivers Mike Evans, Davante Adams, and Keenan Allen rounded out the Top-8. Chris Godwin — who was selected 12 spots ahead of Golladay in the 2017 draft — grabbed the nine spot, and Amari Cooper closed out the group.

Five players received honorable mentions, and while it’s unclear if those players were ranked in order, Golladay was the third receiver listed among them.

“He’s central to the game plan, scares you more than some of those other younger guys,” an unnamed NFL passing game coordinator told ESPN. “Big dude who can go over you.”

Golladay is coming off a career year where he led the NFL in receiving touchdowns, earned his first Pro Bowl nod, and because he is still under his rookie contract, he received a well-earned performance escalator bumping his contract from $750,500 to $2.15 million. Even with the significant contract increase, he is still massively underpaid and is in line for a contract extension in the ensuing months.

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