Breshad Perriman, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Before the 2019 season, you’d be forgiven for applying the “bust” label to Perriman, who the Ravens selected in the first round of the 2015 draft. He missed his entire rookie year due to injury and caught just 43 passes on 101 targets for 576 yards and three touchdowns for the Ravens over two seasons before he was released. The Redskins and Browns gave him short-term tries (well, the Redskins gave him five days and the Browns gave him most of the 2018 season) before he signed a one-year, $4 million with the Buccaneers in March, 2019. Perriman got off to a slow start in Bruce Arians’ offense, but finished the 2019 season with three straight 100-yard receiving games.
Perriman also was finally able to show some of his former 4.3 speed at 6-foot-2 and 215 pounds (why he was so highly-coveted in the first place), catching 11 passes of 20 or more air yards on 28 targets for 335 yards and three touchdowns. Moreover, Perriman — who used to have a pronounced problem with drops — mishandled just one pass in 2019, and he turned himself into a pretty decent contested-catch receiver. System and coaching will be of paramount importance to Perriman’s successful future, but it was nice to see the light go on for a short time.