Jeremiah Smith Challenges Randy Moss as Top College Receiver — SkimNews
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- Randy Moss holds the No. 1 spot as the best college receiver of the last 50 years, though the author flags that his position is "under severe threat" from a current player
- Jeremiah Smith is on pace for a 2,000-yard junior campaign (potentially 2,500 with a deep College Football Playoff run), with the author projecting a three-year career finish near 4,500–5,000 yards and 50-plus touchdowns
- Ohio State is described as being on "an all-time receivers run," with Emeka Egbuka (No. 47 on this list) and Smith both appearing; Egbuka nearly carried the Buckeyes past Georgia in the 2022 CFP and recorded seven 100-yard games
- Notable exclusions from the list include Alabama's Julio Jones ("just wasn't asked to do enough"), Florida's Percy Harvin and Notre Dame's Rocket Ismail (both classified as more RBs than WRs, ending with more career rushes than receptions), plus several former Biletnikoff Award winners cut for falling short of the bar
- The expanded top 60 list adds 10 slots to the original top 50 published in 2021, ranking Dez Bryant at No. 60 and Tavon Austin at No. 40 in the visible portion
- Trevor Insley of Nevada caught 134 passes for 2,060 yards as a senior in 1999 for a 3-8 Wolf Pack team that ranked 60th in scoring offense — "and it wasn't nearly enough"
Why it matters: The ranking places a still-active junior — Smith — into the all-time GOAT debate with only three college seasons played, a projection grounded in his current pace for 2,000 receiving yards this fall. The list's strict cuts of Julio Jones and multiple Biletnikoff Award winners show the author weighting volume production alongside talent, raising the bar for any current player trying to crack the top 10.
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