We have a habit of making a big deal out of transfer quarterbacks. They turn into overnight superstars, and we often spend the offseason about how they’re going to become the final piece of the puzzle for their new team.

Well, today is not the day for that.

It’s time to talk about some receiver transfers instead. In case you haven’t seen, there are plenty of transfer receivers (both graduate and eligible undergraduate transfers) who are expected to make a big impact in the SEC.

Let’s break down the 5 transfer receivers who can do that in 2018:

1. Chase Harrell, Arkansas (via Kansas)

Arkansas was desperate to add some talent at receiver this offseason. Shoot, Arkansas was desperate to do that last year.

The mid-June addition of Harrell was significant in doing just that. Harrell played in a woefully bad offense at Kansas, so take his 30 career catches and 302 yards with a grain of salt. The 6-4 wideout is going to get far more opportunities playing in Chad Morris’ offense than he ever did at Kansas.

The hope in Year 1 of the Morris offense is that Harrell can help Arkansas stretch the field a bit, and create some one-on-one matchups on the outside. Whoever starts at quarterback needs to have a big, physical target and Morris is hoping that Harrell can check that box.

If he can make more catches like this, he won’t have any problems getting looks:

https://twitter.com/KU_Football/status/904126260850311168

2. Van Jefferson, Florida (via Ole Miss)

Jefferson is a curious case. That’s not just a reference to his eligibility case, which we were led to believe was all but settled after the ruling that players transferring from schools under NCAA sanctions (Ole Miss) can have immediate eligibility within the conference.

I’m talking curious from an on-field perspective. I really don’t know what Jefferson’s potential is. On one hand, this is a guy with 999 career receiving yards and he’s got 2 years of eligibility left. Jefferson played with a loaded group at Ole Miss, which suggests he’ll have less competition for targets in Gainesville.

But on the other hand, he played in an offense that threw the ball a TON, and he still only had 1 touchdown last year. Expecting the 6-2 wideout to become an immediate go-to receiver might be asking for too much, especially as Florida begins Year 1 of Dan Mullen’s offense.

We know that Jefferson has the bloodlines — his dad, Shawn Jefferson, played 13 years in the NFL and he’s currently coaching the Miami Dolphins receivers — and that he’s plenty talented. Still, questions remain about if he can elevate his production and elevate Florida’s offense in the process.

You know, assuming he’s eligible.

3. Ahmad Wagner, Kentucky (via Iowa basketball)

Wagner is far from your typical transfer. Well, unless you think someone switching from basketball to football in the middle of their career is typical.

That’s exactly what the former 2-sport star is attempting to do at Kentucky. The former Iowa basketball player has 2 years of eligibility left for football, which he hopes he’ll put to good use in the Kentucky offense. Wagner hasn’t played football in 3 years, back when he was an all-state receiver at Wayne High School in Ohio.

Even if there’s a learning curve, the reality is 6-7, 235-pound dudes don’t grow on trees, especially ones who can jump like Wagner. And oh yes, he can jump alright.

In football, this is ruled a catch (via Big Ten Network):

After spring ball, Kentucky coach Mark Stoops already said that he thinks Wagner has all sorts of potential.

“He’s really running well,” Stoops said last week on Kentucky Sports Radio. “His speeds are up (there) for a big guy. He’s big and physical. You know we’re not able to watch him with a ball right now, but our quarterbacks are telling us that he’s very comfortable going up and getting the football. We’re excited we think he has a lot of upside.”

Goodness. Stoops’ biggest obstacle might just be keeping John Calipari from stealing Wagner.

4. Alex Ofodile, Mizzou (via Oregon)

About a month after Drew Lock announced that he was returning to Mizzou for his senior year, Ofodile announced a different kind of return to Columbia. The Oregon receiver made the decision to return home to Columbia for his final 2 years of eligibility. That was huge news for Mizzou after losing J’Mon Moore.

Ofodile hasn’t had the career many thought he’d have after he was an Under Armour All-American at Rock Bridge High School in Columbia. He has just 4 career catches for 31 yards and he’s still looking for his first college touchdown. There’s reason to believe the 6-3 wideout won’t have to wait too long for that.

In players-only workouts, he already impressed his new quarterback. Lock said that Ofodile “runs like a deer” and that he thinks he’ll help Mizzou’s offense a lot. Obviously their ability to get on the same page will be critical.

Mizzou has a big play guy in Emanuel Hall and Albert Okwuegbunam is a red zone machine, but it could use a move-the-chains guy for Lock to get the offense in a rhythm. Penciling in a someone with 4 career catches for that role might sound like a stretch, but there’s plenty of potential that Ofodile’s homecoming will yield big-time results.

5. Jonathan Giles, LSU (via Texas Tech)

How high did LSU set the bar for Giles? The Tigers gave the former Texas Tech receiver the famed No. 7 and he hasn’t even played a game in Baton Rouge yet.

Why would LSU do that? Besides the fact that he caught 69 passes for 1,158 yards and 13 touchdowns as a sophomore at Texas Tech. Orgeron revealed a pretty telling detail from Giles’ redshirt season last year.

“Very confident in Jonathan Giles. Here’s a guy who we couldn’t cover last year (in practice),” Orgeron said in the offseason via The Advocate. “I know Jonathan Giles is on our starting roster on offense, one of our better players on offense and I’m glad to have him.”

Giles is plenty confident, too.

LSU fans hope that Giles’ abilities will be maximized with the addition of fellow transfer Joe Burrow. His numbers might not be what they were at Texas Tech — LSU ain’t running the Air-Raid offense anytime soon — but he can still develop into a true go-to receiver that LSU desperately needs without D.J. Chark.

I’d say the sky is the limit for Giles, but LSU basically already did that.