Coming into the season having lost almost 90 percent of its production to graduation or transfer, the Cooper receiving corps was a glaring question mark for the Cougar offense.

Coach Aaron Roan believed he had the talent on hand to build a reliable group, but he wouldn’t know for sure until he saw those players perform on the field under the pressure of Friday night lights.

Three games into this season, the picture is still incomplete. But with each puzzle piece that’s been put into place, Roan has grown more and more confident that his original faith in that group was well-placed.