Mobile native among nation’s top receivers this season
South Alabama’s Caullin Lacy runs for yardage during the South Alabama at ULM game, Saturday, October 7, 2023, in Monroe, La. The junior wide receiver has totaled a school-record five straight 100-yard games, a streak he’ll try to keep alive when the Jaguars host Southern Miss on Tuesday night at Hancock Whitney Stadium. South Alabama coach Kane Wommack expects the Golden Eagles to go all out to slow down Lacy, which few opponents have been able to do this season.
Lacy’s receiving yardage total is fourth among FBS players, behind only LSU’s Malik Nabers , Missouri’s Luther Burden and Washington’s Rome Odunze . Nabers and Burden have played one more game than Lacy, however.In receiving yards per game, he’s behind just Nabers and Odunze . And of FBS players with more than 35 receptions this season, only South Carolina’s Xavier Legette has a higher yards-per-catch average .
Lacy’s development has been even more impressive — and more necessary — given the circumstances. He joined with Jalen Wayne and Devin Voisin in 2022 to form a highly productive receiver trio for the Jaguars, a group that totaled 187 receptions, 2,502 yards and 20 touchdowns as South Alabama went 10-3.
Said Lacy, “I’m just trying to take in what I can, try to do what I can. I really just want to step up for the team and play big, do what I can, what I’m supposed to do. I don’t want to change who I am. I just want to keep doing what I’m doing.” Lacy credits wide receivers coach Michael Smith, a former All-American at Kansas State, with his development. Smith joined the Jaguars along with Wommack’s staff in 2021.
Lacy has been able to model pieces of his game after some of the top players in South Alabama history, who also happened to play his position. In addition to Wayne and Voisin, he said he’s been influenced by former Jaguars Tolbert and Kawaan Baker.
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