Also somewhat different than most others rank them 1. Michael Crabtree Texas Tech 2. Jeremy Maclin Missouri 3. Darrius Heyward-Bey Maryland 4. Kenny Britt Rutgers 5. Percy Harvin Florida 6. Derrick Williams Penn St 7. Brandon Tate North Carolina 8. Mohamed Massaquoi Georgia 9. Hakeem Nicks North Carolina 10. Juaquin Iglesias Oklahoma 11. Brian Robiskie Ohio St 12. Brooks Foster North Carolina 13. Louis Murphy Florida 14. Pat White West Va 15. Sammie Stroughter Oregon St 16. Austin Collie BYU 17. Ramses Barden Cal Poly 18. Demetrius Byrd LSU 19. Mike Thomas Arizona 20. Quan Cosby Texas 21. Brandon Gibson Washington St 22. Kenny McKinley South Carolina 23. Jarett Dillard Rice 24. Marko Mitchell Nevada 25. Darius Passmore Marshall 26. Tiquan Underwood Rutgers 27. Jamarko Simmons Western Michigan 28. Kevin Ogletree Virginia 29. Brian Hartline Ohio St 30. Patrick Turner USC 31. Mike Wallace Mississippi 32. Manuel Johnson Oklahoma 33. Deon Butler Penn St 34. Dominique Edison Stephen F. Austin 35. Jordan Norwood Penn St 36. Greg Orton Purdue 37. Aaron Kelly Clemson 38. Michael Jones Arizona St 39. Taurus Johnson South Florida 40. Quentin Lawrence McNeese St
Wow Massaquoi, Tate, and Williams all ahead of Nicks? Pat White ahead of Stroughter, Collie, and Barden. A very interesting list none the less.
That's a different list than others would make, lol. Still not buying the hype in Jeremy Maclin and Derrius Heyward-Bey. Yes they have potential to be good players but thiss is the wide receiver rankings and they're nowhere near the top in my opinion. Maclin has ran about as many routes on the tree as I have while Heyward-Bey is very inconsistent and very raw. Derrick Williams is a good player IMO but I don't rank him ahead of Nicks. If I ranked a few of the players, I'd probably put Hakeem Nicks at the top with Crabtree second and then Britt third. Odd you may consider it because Crabtree isn't at the top but right now, Hakeem Nicks is the better receiver. He's a superior route runner. I'd rank Mike Thomas much higher than that. Yes he's small but he's very productive and a helluva slot receiver.
The major college sleeper WR could well be Mike Wallace, Ole Miss. He ran nearly as fast as Heyward-Bey and has a lot of the same physical traits. Was a fine deep threat in college, and KOR, but isn't rated nearly as high in the draft. I think I will amalgamate him into my next mock draft.
Is that really a word? I would add Quan Cosby to that list my friend. That kid is very solid, and reminds me of Bess with more talent. Would love to land either in a later pick
Brandon Tate is rated way to highly, he is coming off a ACL and never ran a 40, he wasn't that highly thought of pre injury was he? I like Murphy from Florida as a sort of sleeper, but Nicks...man he could be Boldin redux.
Yes it is. Tate was rising up boards and would probably hold a late second round/top third round grade. He was averaging over 20 yards per reception and was the NCAA leader in all purpose yardage as he returned kicks and punts. He is over 6' and can run pretty well in the open field. He provided a solid outlet other than Nicks and would have been fairly highly though of IMO. I liked him a great deal.
