Wednesday, August 20,1986
Sports
University Daily Kansan
15
Receivers
Continued from p. 1
"But when I came down here I liked what I saw, and the things that I could be involved with. We have talent that can probably either equal theirs or even be better than they were last year."
Quintin Smith, a highly recruited receiver from Yates High School in Houston, chose Kansas over Texas and Texas &M. Last fall, he caught 59 passes for 984 yards and 12 touchdowns for the Texas 5A state championship team.
While Harris and Smith figure to battle for playing time, there are several returning Jayhawks who want to see some combat action for the Air Force.
Ronnie Caldwell was a part-time starter last fall and caught 12 passes for 104 yards. Murphy Ray played sparingly and caught two passes for 11 yards, and Tony Harvey was moved from tailback to wide receiver during spring practice.
Mark Parks, Brad Wedel and John
Baker, who was converted from quarterback, will battle for Byrd's vacated tight end spot.
"Mark Parks finished as a starter and both of them (Parks and Wedel) have excellent experience because that year that Sylvester Byrd shredded they both played, and last year they played," Valesente said. "So they're actually going into their third year of playing."
Valesente said he also would look at freshman recruits Tracy Jordan and Craig Stopel at tight end.
In addition to a youthful receiving corp, Valesente will have a relatively untested quarterback. The present leader to replace Mike Norseth, who graduated last year, is Mike Orth.
Orth redshirted last year, but in 1984 he challenged Norseth for the starting job and played in nine of the 11 Jayhawk games. He has completed 42 of 80 passes for 607 yards and two touchdowns in two seasons.
"Mike Orth finished spring extremely well," Valesente said. "The last two weeks he was outstanding. He's been here a couple years and certainly knows our system. I have every confidence that he'll go and show the leadership and poise that I saw in the spring."
Vaughn said that there was a difference in the two quarterbacks and that Orth's inexperience wouldn't slow down the Jayhawks' passing attack.
"He was involved in the game. He did everything but play, so he's ready." Vaughn said. "Mike Orth and Norseth are two totally different quarterbacks. They're both consistent and that's the key factor. Orth throws a much harder ball which gets to the receivers quicker and gives you a better chance to do something with it."
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