Ah man! Was hoping he'd avoid the Deep South Caste stronghold
I understand and share your concerns regarding Donley. In fact it got me thinking about White WRs who have been drafted from the SEC this past century. May be missing one or two but I came up with the following very thin list:
2004-Derek Abney (KY)
2010-Riley Cooper (FL)
2011 -Kris Durham (GA)
2013-Ryan Swope (A&M)
Florida produced two more with Chris Doering-1996 and Travis McGriff-1999,
Pretty bleak. And Trey Quinn's gloomy experience at LSU serves as a cautionary tale.
But I have adjusted my mindset a touch. In order to better battle caste I think it is important to
penetrate enemy lines and the SEC is the number one enemy. For caste leaners if they see most of the top White WRs congregating in say the Big Ten they start to reason they can't cut it in the big bad SEC. When they see White skill players veering away from the black SEC it only compounds their caste think.
Perhaps I am foolishly seeing the glass half full here but there are signs things might be breaking in our favor in this depressing conference. Texas A & M WR Caleb Chapman has star potential. And Bama's WR Slade Bolden should play an expanded role this year. Missouri has WR Barrett Banister and Mississippi State has WR Austin Williams. Maybe Arkansas has a White one in the wings?
This past year Vanderbilt brought in three star WR Logan Kyle and Georgia nabbed quick three star slot Ladd McConkey.
And Donley isn't the only pro potential White WR the SEC is bringing in next season. Tennessee landed one with the very talented
Walker Merrill. Vanderbilt nabbed highly rated WR Jack Bech.
Not exactly a huge groundswell but at least a detectable pulse which given the conference is a move in the right direction.
In the next few years we will find out whether the few promising White skill players continue to flame out in the SEC or they start to break through the caste wall to some extent. It helps that Donley's dad Doug is a former pro who knows the ropes.