Here at Touchdown Wire we tend to go to 11. In an homage to “This is Spinal Tap” we like to rank players, including draft prospects, in terms of our Top 11.
When it came to wide receivers, I needed to go past 11.
Why? Because this is a tremendous class of prospects and I wanted to include everyone who I personally would feel comfortable drafting in the first two rounds. That leaves us with 14 receivers who I truly enjoyed watching, and wanted to make sure got their just due.
We also have a player who is considered the best at his position elsewhere, but is worthy of including among receivers. You probably know who I am referring to…
It is also helpful to think of these players in tiers. The top four are the “Big Four” in my mind, and honestly you can place them in any order you want. The fourth player is a bit of a polarizing prospect, particularly after his pro day, so I might be higher on him than most. The player ranked fifth is one of the unicorns of the draft, a player on his own tier. Then the group clustered seventh through ninths are similar “offensive weapons,” but player who are likely going to be slot receivers only in the NFL. Whether the NFL values them high or not remains to be seen.
Enough chatting, let’s get ranking.
Note: The percentiles in parentheses listed next to pro day data are compared to all historical athletic testing (combine and pro day) at the respective position of the player. Kudos to Pro Football Focus, and their Pro Day Schedule and Results Tracker, for this. As there was no scouting combine in 2021, and pro day schedules vary, we may not have all testing information for all prospects at publication time. For offensive tackles whose positional specificity is in question, we will include percentiles for both positions per PFF’s data.