Darrell Stuckey knows just how good the Kansas wide receiving corps will be this season. Heck, after practicing against them for four weeks during training camp, he’s ready to let another team’s defense try and stop them.

“They could be one of the best wide receiver corps in the nation,” Stuckey said. “I firmly believe that. They are very competitive and aggressive and just have a passion for trying to help each other out and get the most yards possible. They are a phenomenal unit.”

The trio of senior Dexton Fields, sophmore Dezmon Briscoe and junior Kerry Meier should form at least one of the top wide-receiving groups in the Big 12 Conference, but it’s Fields who is set to potentially be in for a record-breaking year.

Fields needs only six touchdowns to become the Kansas career touchdowns leader and needs 962 yards receiving to become the school’s all-time leader in receiving yards. His 837 receiving yards last year were the most ever by a Jayhawk junior.

Meier wasn’t even a wide receiver when last season began but became one of the team’s most consistent weapons by the end of the year. He had 26 catches for 274 yards and two touchdowns, one of which came against Nebraska and earned him a spot on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Then there’s Briscoe, who had one of the best freshman seasons in school history in 2007. He started 11 of the team’s 13 games and was third on the team with 496 receiving yards. His seven touchdowns were a school record for a freshman in a single season.

“My coaches helped me improve one of my weaknesses last year, which was dropping a lot of balls,” Briscoe said. “I have been working a lot on that in practice, catching balls when I’m tired, and drills like that.”

A year ago, Fields, Briscoe and Meier joined Marcus Henry, who was drafted in the sixth round by the New York Jets, to help lead one of the top offenses in the nation. The Jayhawks ranked second in the nation in scoring offense and eighth in total offense in 2007, a number that could potentially be even higher in 2008.

In addition to Fields, Briscoe and Meier, sophomore Jonathan Wilson and freshman Daymond Patterson could both see time at wideout as well. Wilson is listed as a starter in the four-wide receiver set on the depth chart and could play a lot because the Jayhawks spread the field often with four and five receiver sets. Patterson, who won the job at punt returner, has impressed coach Mark Mangino with his speed and also could see some time at wideout.

Stuckey and fellow safety Justin Thornton have been facing the challenge of covering the wide receivers during training camp. Like Stuckey, Thornton knows that opposing defenses aren’t going to enjoy lining up against Kansas’ receivers.

“We’re going to be real good at wide receiver,” Thornton said. “We run that spread offense and it doesn’t even really matter who is in there at wide receiver because we have a handful of guys who can come in and make plays. Whoever is in there is going to have a chance to make plays.”

— —Edited by Brieun Scott