Mickey Joseph lost receiver Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda to the transfer portal on Tuesday. Joseph respected the wideout’s decision to transfer, but wanted to express how strong the WR room still is per 247Sports’ Brian Christopherson.

One of the reasons Garcia-Castaneda decided to transfer was that was not happy with his role on the team. Trey Palmer has emerged as the clear No. 1 wideout for the Huskers with 544 yards receiving and 3 touchdowns.

Nebraska added to its WR room after moving CB Tommi Hill to WR recently. Hill played WR in high school.

It’s still a strong room. Isaiah has that right. He wasn’t happy. He wanted to be the No. 1 guy and we couldn’t do that for him. But Isaiah’s a good kid. He’s done everything we’ve asked them to do. But that’s the reason they have the portal. I mean, coaches leave all the time. So when a kid leaves, you can’t sit back and be angry at him. You’ve got to say, ‘Hey, if I can help you in any way, let me know.’ Because that’s being real. That’s being real. Not yelling and screaming at them and saying I want you to stay here. No, if they want to leave, then they have that right to leave.

The Huskers will face Purdue next in Week 7.