Here’s a fun statistical anomaly:

ACC highest % of team’s scrim yds:
Cook #FSU, 35.1%
Mizzell #UVA, 30.3
Boyd #Pitt, 26
Yearby #Miami, 24.7
Ollison Pitt, 24.4
Ford #VT, 24.3

— David Hale (@DavidHaleESPN) August 11, 2016

We all knew that Tyler Boyd was the receiving corps last season. So, I guess it shouldn’t be a shock that he was over a quarter of Pitt’s yardage — with Qadree Ollison getting nearly the other quarter.

As deep as Pitt’s running back situation is. As much as we will all cheer every time James Conner touches the ball. Pitt will need to throw the ball.

The No. 1 receiver position is set in Dontez Ford. Who is not the biggest or fastest receiver, but is the most consistent, toughest and reliable receiver on the roster. The lost spiritual successor to Derek Kinder.*

Back in the spring practices it was about waiting for the receivers to emerge.

Yet, as he prepares to enter his fourth season at Pitt, [Jester] Weah still hasn’t caught a pass, unable to effectively mix his imposing size (6-foot-3, 210 pounds) with his impressive speed.

Perhaps, his hands haven’t worked as well as his feet, but he said the problem lies elsewhere.

“It’s all in my head,” he said.

Weah, who said he spent the winter catching 100 balls a day from the JUGS machine, is getting repeated opportunities this spring to earn playing time in the fall. Injuries to Pitt’s only experienced wide receivers — Dontez Ford and Zach Challingsworth — have made room for Weah, Tre Tipton, Quadree Henderson and junior college transfer Rafael Araujo-Lopes to make a case for themselves.

Currently, Weah and Henderson are lining up with the first team, with Araujo-Lopes filling the slot in three-wide receiver alignments. Coaches insist the depth chart changes daily, however.

Weah did catch balls in the spring game. I saw it. There were witnesses.

Yet, with a week to go before the season opener, stop me if this seems familiar.

He said he, Quadree Henderson and Jester Weah are taking the bulk of reps. Canada added sophomore Rafael Araujo-Lopes and redshirt freshman Tre Tipton to the list of the five who appear to be leading the way right now.

“Those five guys have separated themselves. It’s hard to do these things. Not that anybody else isn’t doing well and getting better, but those five guys right now are getting the majority of the reps,” said Canada.

“We’re going to start creating a lot of packages that we can use based on anywhere we want. I say it all the time, you have to play five and everybody else is a wild card. Now we start deciding how those things work, the percentages, and going into a game which guys should play. It’s also predicated on what the defense it going to give us. Certain games, it will be this, certain games it will be that. But those five guys are playing well.”

Several freshmen also are getting into the mix.

At least twice this preseason, the coaching staff has singled out true freshman Aaron Matthews by name when asked how the youngest of the receivers are doing. Matthews, a standout from Clairton, is vying for some time at receiver along with two other true freshmen, Maurice Ffrench and Ruben Flowers.

Yes, the WR depth chart is still one big question mark. Only with some more names involved as the freshmen are able to compete.

Jester Weah remains oh, so intriguing and oh, so much of an unknown as to being able to hang onto a ball in an actual game that counts (“The ball is my friend. The ball is my friend.”).

I would love to say I’m not worried. That this means more from the tight ends. That things will shake out quickly. And heck with the running backs, it won’t be a shock if the run-pass ratio skews to 65-35.

But…

Football is a now a game that needs to use the passing game so much more. Even if the defense grows into the dominance a year earlier, teams have to be able to pass consistently. Not just manage the clock.

On the bright side, at least I’m not worrying about the O-line this year.

* I love Kinder and would be willing to fight anyone — well, maybe glare intently — who says anything bad about Kinder. But Kinder was by definition an ideal #2 receiver.  The guy doing the blocking and extra stuff. Gritty, sure-handed and consistent over pure talent, size and speed. Not the guy you think of as an ideal #1.