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It is kind of interesting (to me at least) to look at the all-time Stanford career receiving list.  This is the golden age of Stanford football and yet only two WR from the Harbaugh-Shaw era crack the top 20 in all-time Stanford receiving (by yardage or receptions): Ty Montgomery and Ryan Whalen.  If you look at the top 40, Chris Owusu, Devon Cajuste, Doug Baldwin and Richard Sherman make the list.  A total of 6 out of 40.  Plenty of factors help explain that result.  Run-first offense, NFL-caliber TE's taking receptions away, etc.  Still, I can't help but think that we've seen the best stretch of Stanford football ever and I don't think we've had a great college WR.

Many in that top 40 are from the days when passing was most of our game.  For a long time we were known for good/sometimes great quarterbacks and wide receivers and little else.  When we could muster a run game we were very good, but usually not so much.  The balanced to run-heavy game naturally cuts into passing stats.

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It is kind of interesting (to me at least) to look at the all-time Stanford career receiving list.  This is the golden age of Stanford football and yet only two WR from the Harbaugh-Shaw era crack the top 20 in all-time Stanford receiving (by yardage or receptions): Ty Montgomery and Ryan Whalen.  If you look at the top 40, Chris Owusu, Devon Cajuste, Doug Baldwin and Richard Sherman make the list.  A total of 6 out of 40.  Plenty of factors help explain that result.  Run-first offense, NFL-caliber TE's taking receptions away, etc.  Still, I can't help but think that we've seen the best stretch of Stanford football ever and I don't think we've had a great college WR.

Many in that top 40 are from the days when passing was most of our game.  For a long time we were known for good/sometimes great quarterbacks and wide receivers and little else.  When we could muster a run game we were very good, but usually not so much.  The balanced to run-heavy game naturally cuts into passing stats.