His listed weight last year was 178 and his listed weight this year is 178. Skill position players in FBS D1 programs all gain substantial muscle weight and size between the time they first report and their second year in the program. Generally between 5 and 10% of their body weight, some as much as 15% depending on the shape they are in when they report as incoming freshman, and the type training program they were in, in high school. The jump is dramatic and happens pretty much across the board. College nutrition, strength and conditioning programs are so much more targeted and different from what their bodies are used to doing when they were not on campus, that they cannot help to put on both weight and muscle, unless they are not putting in the effort in the weight room. It is 100% the result of full time, better nutrition, better training regimen, and pro level strength and conditioning programs and personnel. The fact that he does not appear to have added any muscle or size, and is now dropping passes left and right, does not speak well for his future.
Position-specific gains: A freshman wide receiver can expect to gain an average of 19 pounds of lean muscle from their freshman to junior year.
