According to Pro Football Focus‘ metrics, the Buffalo Bills selected college football’s best wide receiver at the 2022 NFL draft.
The Bills plucked Boise State’s Khalil Shakir off the board all the way in Round 5. Level of competition will factor into both the reasoning he fell to that point and why PFF felt so highly of Shakir, but facts are facts (in a sense).
PFF is objective, but the football analytics outlet graded Shakir as college football’s best wide receiver last season:
The Buffalo Bills pick Boise State WR Khalil Shakir at No. 148 overall.
92.0 career PFF grade (highest among WRs in this draft class) 🥇 pic.twitter.com/D0hSmVa08X
— PFF College (@PFF_College) April 30, 2022
Shakir, a senior, ended his college career with his best year. He record 77 catches for 1,117 yards and seven touchdowns last season.
However, Shakir reads as a much more interesting player than just numbers. Not only is he versatile to return kicks, Shakir also is a bit of a gadget player. Shakir logged 21 carries last year.
But if Shakir does prove to even come close to being the best receiver from the 2022 draft class? The Bills will have struck gold.
Any team would take that under any circumstance, but in Buffalo’s case it might be even better. Not only do that Bills have Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis that could team up with Shakir in the receiver room, the team also has question Josh Allen slinging the ball to them.
Shakir could prove to be a profitable selection.
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