Jovon Durante is an inside receiver, and life is a lot different inside than it is outside. It sounds and it has looked like he’s doing just fine inside and that his speed and his slippery moves make him a matchup problem for larger and less-twitchy defenders. With the ball in his hands, he’s like few others on the roster.

That’s the benefit.

The drawback is getting the ball in his hands, which brings up the important matter that is the nature of the passes. They’re sharper and they’re on you quicker inside than they are outside. You don’t have as much time to spy, track and high-point a pass. You’re rarely outrunning a defender and racing underneath a lofted ball.

Durante, as you may recall, was an outside receiver last season and had some trouble with his handle, and that was something WVU certainly remembered and considered as they moved him inside.

A lot of the throws inside are sharp and sudden, and Durante had a habit of dropping passes last season. In fact, Pro Football Focus tracked Durante in 2015 and found that he dropped eight of 31 catchable passes. The 25.81 percent drop rate was the worst in the nation.

“Quick question,” said first-year receivers coach Tyron Carrier. “Have you seen us do ball drills?”

The big reason Durante was moved was because he is clearly one of the most talented players on offense. He makes the top five when you’re looking at getting your five best skill players on the field, and that’s a goal for Dana Holgorsen’s offense. But Durante wasn’t going to get above Shelton Gibson and Ka’Raun White. Not consistently, at least. Not as an outside receiver. And he’s not a better technician inside than Daikiel Shorts.

Shorts plays the Y position. Durante plays the H. Dana Holgorsen maintains the Y is the key to the offense. Carrier begs to differ.

“Well,” Carrier said, “he’s a little confused right now, because I played the H. Wes Welker played the H. He’s had some pretty good Hs.”

No arguing that. Carrier concedes the Y is “kind of the backbone of the receiving corps,” and he believes Shorts is a proper fit because the Y needs a “guy who knows exactly what he’s doing so you don’t have to second guess him and you know he and the quarterback are always on the same page.”

That, Carrier said, is why Holgorsen values the Y. “But if he’s being honest,” Carrier said, “he’s going to say it’s the H.”