While Missouri’s dead last ranking in passing offense last year had plenty to do with quarterback and offensive line play, the receivers also left a lot to be desired. The reality for 2016 is that Missouri only lost one scholarship receiver from last season.

Add Alabama transfer Chris Black and junior college transfer Dominic Collins and the Tigers have an influx of players at the position. J’Mon Moore, who battled a shoulder injury in 2015, and Nate Brown are the familiar faces, and only players with any level of career production.

Moore led the team with 29 catches for 350 yards and three touchdowns last season, while Brown was second with 27 catches for 326 yards and four TDs. No other receiver had more than 11 catches.

“I’m trying to be unbiased with how those guys look and what they do and their effort and attitude for the next month prior to spring football,” wide receivers coach Andy Hill told the St. Louis Post Dispatch last month. “Then once spring practice hits, it’s going to be about who’s the best guy. There’s a lot of bodies out there, and we’re going to try and make some players out of those bodies.”

Black transferred to contribute more than the 25 catches in 25 games he made at Alabama, while Collins made the cut after an exhaustive junior college search by Missouri, the Post-Dispatch reported. He was in the top two out of more than 30 possible names.

On size alone, 6-foot-7 Justin Smith from Dublin, Ga., is an intriguing possibility after he was the fifth receiver to commit to Missouri in the class of 2015. On the other end of the spectrum is Johnathan Johnson, who’s listed at 5-foot-8, was expected to contribute early, possibly in the kicking game, his high school coach told the Kansas City Star when Johnson committed.

“I think he can come in and make impact next fall, if nothing else, in the kicking game,” Melrose High (Tenn.) School football coach Eddie Woods said. “Obviously, he has to catch up to their speed, but he’s not a kid who’s going to come in timid.”

Another possible emerging contributor is Emanuel Hall, who showed flashes of potential against Vanderbilt, Mississippi State and Georgia in 2015. Beyond that, Keyon Dilosa, who is 6-foot-3, and Ray Wingo, who was the 100-meter dash champion in high school in the largest classification in Missouri, are other possibilities.

“Speed, speed, speed,” Wingo’s high school coach told the Columbia Daily Tribune.