UCF Football: 5 spring 2019 storylines to follow

2. Receivers will have to get in sync with new QB

UCF doesn’t appear to have any legitimate pressing concerns at the moment. Another area of strength for the offense will reside in its receiving corps.

While the pair of runners might garner the attention of many opposing defenses, there should also be a threat in the passing game as well.

That’s because the Knights replenish its pass-catching targets with two of their top three wideouts from a season ago — juniors Gabriel Davis and Tre Nixon.

Davis led the team in receptions last year with 53 catches that went for 815 yards and seven touchdowns.

He is undoubtedly a big play receiver with 10 of his plays going for 20 yards or more. The one team that Davis truly excelled against last season was Memphis.

Davis gave the Tigers fits in each of the two meetings. In the regular season contest, he went for 128 yards on six catches and a touchdown and in the conference championship game, Davis had the same number of catches for 101 yards.

Joining Davis on the outside is Nixon, who is entering his second year at UCF after returning back to his home state of Florida since transferring from Ole Miss.

Nixon provided depth to the Knights passing game last season and put up decent numbers, hauling in 40 receptions for 562 yards and four touchdowns.

The one metric that really stands out is his average of 14.1 yards per catch in 2018 — an indicator that he can supply a good chunk of yardage in terms of his output.

The only lingering question that remains out of this bunch is whether they will be able to build a rapport and sync with the new quarterback following the prognosis that McKenzie Milton is probably out for the 2019 season.