For the second straight offseason, the Missouri Tigers will be forced to go through somewhat of a rebuilding phase at the wide receiver position.

Currently, Missouri boasts three exceptional seniors at wide receiver — Bud Sasser, Jimmie Hunt and Darius White. Unfortunately for the Tigers, all three wideouts will be out of eligibility, which means change will be coming.

Current WR on roster

As of now, Missouri will have three wide receivers that should slide into much more significant roles next year — Nate Brown, Wesley Leftwich and J’Mon Moore.

Leftwich is the lone upperclassman of the group with Moore and Brown being freshman, but Leftwich hasn’t received much action so far at Missouri. Despite currently being a redshirt junior, Leftwich only caught four passes. So even though he’ll be a redshirt senior next year, experience won’t be on his side.

In fact, that’s the glaring weakness about next year’s group — the lack of experience. Between these three players, they have combined for just nine receptions, 100 receiving yards and zero touchdowns. Not much production heading into next season.

We saw during the South Carolina game earlier this season, what kind of impact those guys had in the receiving game this season — none. With Jimmie Hunt and Darius White out with injuries, Missouri’s passing game was virtually non-existent. Outside of Sasser’s six receptions, no other receiver caught more than one pass with the exception of running back Marcus Murphy, who caught two passes.

One encouraging sign for next year’s wide receivers will be the athleticism of Brown and Moore. Both stand at 6-foot-3 and should give Missouri an advantage on the outside.

Lawrence Lee, another freshman wideout, but was dismissed from the team late in the season because of disciplinary reasons, further hampering the depth at the position for 2015.

Incoming recruits

As of now, Missouri has three commitments that could impact the receiving corps in 2015. Richaud Floyd and Emanuel Hall are two receivers in Missouri’s 2015 recruiting class.

Floyd is a bit on the smaller side at 5-foot-10, 165-pounds, but with a 4.4 40-yard dash, he could easily provide some speed and playmaking aspects to a thin group of receivers.

Hall resembles Moore and Brown more in regard to size. His combination of size and speed (6-foot-2, 4.5 40-yard dash) should help him become a valuable option for the Tigers down the road. However, it’s always tough to predict whether he’ll have an immediate impact, considering Missouri did just fine relying on three receivers all throughout 2014.

The Tigers also have an athlete, Ronnell Perkins, who could be an intriguing option in 2015. He’s capable of playing both sides of the ball, and Missouri coaches have told him he can choose where he wants to play. There’s certainly an opportunity of him to get immediate playing time at wide receiver, but it remains to be seen which side of the ball he believes he’ll fit better.

Nonetheless, the Tigers’ group of 2015 receivers in the recruiting class will be another crop of under-the-radar talent. Missouri isn’t bringing in any five-star receivers like other SEC schools, so unfortunately for the Tigers, it may be another year or two before they’re able to develop depth at the receiver position.

In any case, Missouri’s 2015 receivers will be full of question marks, but then again, if we have learned one thing this season it’s to never question the talent level at Missouri.