Top 5 wide receivers for the 2024 college football season

College football has seen some of the most dominant offensive players over the last decade, with several quarterbacks and running backs coming to mind. However, the wide receiver position has been a supremely talented one in more recent years. 

From players like Ja'Marr Chase at LSU to Rome Odunze at Washington just this past season, there have been several NFL superstars to emerge after dominating at the collegiate level. 

With so many incredible players at the position this year, FOX Sports college football experts Michael Cohen and RJ Young each ranked their top five wide receivers ahead of the 2024 season.

Let's take a look: 

RJ: 

1. Emeka Egbuka , Ohio State

He is the most experienced pass-catcher in the best wide receiver room in the country. Prior to Hunter's arrival in the sport, he was the best all-purpose player in the nation, and he's chasing history. Egbuka needs just 78 catches to break K.J. Hill's record for the most catches by a Buckeye (201), and he needs 1,041 receiving yards to break Michael Jenkins' 21-year-old school record (2,898).

2.   Luther Burden III , Missouri

Burden enjoyed a breakout 2023 season on a Missouri team that beat Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. He accounted for 86 catches for 1,212 yards and nine touchdowns. At 5-11, 208 pounds, he doesn't have elite size.

3. Tetairoa McMillan , Arizona

His 90 catches for 1,402 yards with 10 touchdowns made him one of the breakout stars of 2023 and earned him an All-American designation. His 11 catches for 266 yards with two scores against the Sun Devils is one of the greatest performances by a wideout of the last three years.

4. Elic Ayomanor , Stanford

Ayomanor went for 294 receiving yards on 13 catches with three scores against