University of Colorado Athletics
'Coach, It's Over': Buffs' Receiver Room Finally Getting The Band Together
August 25, 2026 | Football
BOULDER — Rashad Davis got the phone call sometime this summer, and he still tells the story with a grin.
Colorado's wide receivers coach had waited months to see his top four receivers — DeAndre Moore, Joseph Williams, Danny Scudero and Kam Perry — on a field at the same time. Injuries kept it from happening in the spring. It hadn't happened in camp. But one summer workout brought them together, and Davis' phone rang.
"I got a call from Joseph and Danny and DeAndre on the phone," Davis said. "It was like, 'Coach, it's over.' I said, 'What you mean?' ... I said, 'Okay, okay. So that's what we're talking about.' "
With the opener at Georgia Tech looming on Sept. 3, the wait is nearly done. Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders said Monday he expects the full receiver rotation practicing together by midweek — and Davis has been picturing it for a while.
"I'm very excited to have all of them on the field," Davis said. "It's gonna be extremely hard for some defenses to be able to deal with those type of guys, man."
The four arrive from four directions: Moore and Perry are veteran transfers in their fourth and fifth college seasons, Scudero a fourth-year Sacramento State and San Jose State product, and Williams the third-year returnee coming off an injury. What they share, in Williams' telling, is an understanding of how the ball gets shared in coordinator Brennan Marion's Go-Go offense, which leans on heavy personnel and rarely puts every receiver on the field at once.
"We're all super talented," Williams said. "We all got the guys who can do all type of things. So it's like we all want to see each other eat. So it's whoever we feel like is eating that game, having the best game... we let him go in and handle it. But whenever your number's called, we're all ready."
The room has its standard-setter in Moore.
"When you talk about a young man like DeAndre, the first thing that comes to mind is professional, right?" Davis said. "He's professional in everything that he does — the way he attacks practice, the way he attacks the film room, the way he attacks everything when he steps in the building."
It has its next wave, too. Second-year receivers Quentin Gibson and Quannell Farrakhan Jr. have pushed the veterans all camp, part of a group Davis says beats every other player into the building.
"They're here at 5 o'clock every morning," Davis said. "They're here before any other player. They're going over the script. They're getting extra JUGS work in, and that's just a testament to their character and who they are."
Even the room's sidelined big man is contributing. Fourth-year receiver Hykeem Williams has turned his time off into a coaching apprenticeship.
"A lot of the guys, they look at him as another coach right now," Davis said. "So you'll see Hykeem out there on the field getting guys right, correcting them if I can't get to him in time. Whenever he gets back, he's going to be ready to go."
Holding it all together is a mantra Davis repeats until it sticks — one mind, one mission; one goal, one vision — and a second one built for a position where the next play is all that matters.
"Our mentality is so what, now what," Davis said. "If you make a play, so what? Now what are you gonna do? If you drop a pass, so what? Now what are you gonna do? How are we going to respond?"
The scheme gives them reason for optimism, too. Marion built the Go-Go with a run-first reputation, but he played receiver — and Davis wants no one to forget it.
"Brennan Marion is a great offensive mind, and he's a receiver," Davis said. "He's a receiver first, correct? So we have a lot of good things in our offense that is built for the wide receiver position. So you'll see a lot of explosive plays. I promise you that."
Williams sees the same math from inside the huddle: a backfield deep enough to punish a light box, a receiver room deep enough to punish anything else.
"You think you could stack the box and try to stop the run game? We got a bunch of receivers who can go," Williams said. "So you think you could try to double-team us? We got a bunch of backs who can go. So I feel like our offense is super deadly."
Four receivers, one field, nine days. As the phone call said: it's over.
Colorado's wide receivers coach had waited months to see his top four receivers — DeAndre Moore, Joseph Williams, Danny Scudero and Kam Perry — on a field at the same time. Injuries kept it from happening in the spring. It hadn't happened in camp. But one summer workout brought them together, and Davis' phone rang.
"I got a call from Joseph and Danny and DeAndre on the phone," Davis said. "It was like, 'Coach, it's over.' I said, 'What you mean?' ... I said, 'Okay, okay. So that's what we're talking about.' "
With the opener at Georgia Tech looming on Sept. 3, the wait is nearly done. Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders said Monday he expects the full receiver rotation practicing together by midweek — and Davis has been picturing it for a while.
"I'm very excited to have all of them on the field," Davis said. "It's gonna be extremely hard for some defenses to be able to deal with those type of guys, man."
The four arrive from four directions: Moore and Perry are veteran transfers in their fourth and fifth college seasons, Scudero a fourth-year Sacramento State and San Jose State product, and Williams the third-year returnee coming off an injury. What they share, in Williams' telling, is an understanding of how the ball gets shared in coordinator Brennan Marion's Go-Go offense, which leans on heavy personnel and rarely puts every receiver on the field at once.
"We're all super talented," Williams said. "We all got the guys who can do all type of things. So it's like we all want to see each other eat. So it's whoever we feel like is eating that game, having the best game... we let him go in and handle it. But whenever your number's called, we're all ready."
The room has its standard-setter in Moore.
"When you talk about a young man like DeAndre, the first thing that comes to mind is professional, right?" Davis said. "He's professional in everything that he does — the way he attacks practice, the way he attacks the film room, the way he attacks everything when he steps in the building."
It has its next wave, too. Second-year receivers Quentin Gibson and Quannell Farrakhan Jr. have pushed the veterans all camp, part of a group Davis says beats every other player into the building.
"They're here at 5 o'clock every morning," Davis said. "They're here before any other player. They're going over the script. They're getting extra JUGS work in, and that's just a testament to their character and who they are."
Even the room's sidelined big man is contributing. Fourth-year receiver Hykeem Williams has turned his time off into a coaching apprenticeship.
"A lot of the guys, they look at him as another coach right now," Davis said. "So you'll see Hykeem out there on the field getting guys right, correcting them if I can't get to him in time. Whenever he gets back, he's going to be ready to go."
Holding it all together is a mantra Davis repeats until it sticks — one mind, one mission; one goal, one vision — and a second one built for a position where the next play is all that matters.
"Our mentality is so what, now what," Davis said. "If you make a play, so what? Now what are you gonna do? If you drop a pass, so what? Now what are you gonna do? How are we going to respond?"
The scheme gives them reason for optimism, too. Marion built the Go-Go with a run-first reputation, but he played receiver — and Davis wants no one to forget it.
"Brennan Marion is a great offensive mind, and he's a receiver," Davis said. "He's a receiver first, correct? So we have a lot of good things in our offense that is built for the wide receiver position. So you'll see a lot of explosive plays. I promise you that."
Williams sees the same math from inside the huddle: a backfield deep enough to punish a light box, a receiver room deep enough to punish anything else.
"You think you could stack the box and try to stop the run game? We got a bunch of receivers who can go," Williams said. "So you think you could try to double-team us? We got a bunch of backs who can go. So I feel like our offense is super deadly."
Four receivers, one field, nine days. As the phone call said: it's over.
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