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added. "It's just that I knew that I was going to put in the work and show it. It's about contributing to the team and that's what I feel like I'm doing." Though in his second year at UVa, Levrone is a first‑year on the field after redshirting in 2013. A 6‑2, 210‑pound athlete who is Jennings' backup according to the depth chart, he showed flashes in the spring of what kind of career he might have in Charlottesville. During training camp, Levrone made big play after big play. Against UCLA in the opener, he did it again. Levrone, who was hampered by injuries late in his high school career at famed Our Lady of Good Counsel in Maryland, scored UVa's first touch‑ down of the 2014 season on a ball he probably had no business coming down with. Late in the second quarter, starting quarter‑ back Greyson Lambert was pulled after both of his interceptions were returned for touchdowns. Backup Matt Johns came in and the Cavaliers ran two running plays (each followed by UCLA timeouts) before deciding to throw it. Severin got loose for the first 32 yards, moving the ball to the UCLA 38‑yard line. A run by Johns for a gain of nine with less than a minute on the clock set up Levrone's big moment. Streaking down the UVa sideline, Johns gave him a chance and put the ball high and in a spot where really only Levrone could come down with it. He jumped, climbed the ladder over the corner‑ back, and hauled it in slightly over his shoulder as he spun to the turf in the end zone. In 28 seconds, the Wahoos had cut the UCLA lead to 21‑10. Lev‑ rone finished the day with three receptions for 75 yards in the losing effort. "Today we showed that we can make plays," Levrone said after the game. "It was in spurts, but we did make some really good plays, some ex‑ plosive plays that we were missing last year. The more consistent we can do it, the better our team will be as one with the defense, which was doing a great job all day." Having bigger receivers such as Levrone, Sev‑ erin and Dowling wasn't really a goal of London's or Hagans' but, as the wide receivers coach ex‑ plained, it just worked out that way. "If guys can make plays and create offense for you," Hagans said simply, "I don't really care what size they are. It just has shaken out as of late that we happened to sign bigger receivers. Whether they're big, whether they're small, it doesn't mat‑ ter to me. "Production is all that matters to me. I think we have a good mix of guys. We have different options. Whoever is making plays and producing, they will play." At the same time, as a former quarterback and wide receiver himself, Hagans said he understands that having a deep group at that position that also boasts a lot of size is a positive for the Cavaliers going forward. "It's always good to have size because when you miss, you have more area to miss when you have a bigger receiver and you feel like you can do more things," he said. "It's just a matter of picking your poison and whatever fits our offense the best." That's why during training camp, Hagans had no real issues playing any number of his guys with the first, second, or even third teams. Production "Until we do it on the field, until we prove something, then I understand why people say what they say. I know we're deep as a receiving corps. I know that. But we have to show it to people." THIRD-YEAR WIDE RECEIVER CANAAN SEVERIN