All day, any day. Steve Largent was never known as a classic burner, but he was frequently wide open. Because he was a precise route runner. His career YPC numbers are similiar to Lynn Swann, who had a reputation as a deep threat.
On the B1G scale, Dave Moritz had a way of getting open deep even though he wasn't known as a burner. His career YPC at Iowa is more than a yard higher than Tim Dwight. In fact, he's second all time in YPC among the top 20 at Iowa in career receptions (Maurice Brown #1).