In Pro Football Focus’ pre-combine mock draft, the Bills take the fifth wide receiver in the first round. In that slate of guesses, it’s Clemson’s Tee Higgins.
This time around following the combine, it’s a new wideout, one that turned some heads at the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine, LSU’s Justin Jefferson.
Here’s the pick breakdown:
Jefferson ticked every box in Indy with a 4.43 40, 37.5-inch vertical and 10-foot-6 broad jump. That’s a plus athlete for the position. Jefferson’s absurd 12-of-13 contested-catch conversions last season will pair nicely with Josh Allen.
Heading into the combine, Jefferson had some solid size at 6-foot-1, great running skills, and then some good hands. Those numbers PFF mentioned have put Jefferson right in the Bills’ wheelhouse in the first round of the draft when previously he was thought of as a late first, early second-round pick.
In PFF’s mock, an interesting receiver is actually picked by the Eagles at pick No. 21, right ahead of Buffalo’s selection. Their pick is TCU’s Jalen Reagor. That allows Jefferson to fall to Buffalo, who also have a pick of the litter in Colorado’s Laviska Shenault, Baylor’s Denzel Mims and even Higgins.
The faction of Bills observers wanting a playmaker for Allen should love this mock draft. Jefferson had 111 catches in 15 games for 1,540 yards and 18 scores for the eventual national champs.
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