Name your sleepers in the upcoming draft...
Wiley is a GREAT sleeper pick. He absolutely destroyed Baylor. All the knocks I have seen from draft gurus and scouts are things that are fixable. The knocks are mostly, lack of strength for his frame and sloppy and predictable route running were the only things frequently listed. Really high Football IQ guy. Not listed in this overview but consistent in every eval I have seen on him (and consistent with the 2 or 3 games I watched him play) due has GREAT hands, Huge catch radius, and wins almost every 50/50 ball.
If this guy can end up in the slot with a nickelback or safety covering him, he will eat their lunch.
He was a multi-sport athlete in high school. Like Jimmy Graham, he was a basketball player, but he also ran track.
I'm gonna go with Devontez Walker, WR, North Carolina. He's blazing fast, 4.3 speed at 6'2". He a natural playmaker, spent a couple years at Kent State then played for North Carolina. He needs work to learn to run more routes and work short and intermediate stuff better in order to be a complete WR, but would be a great complementary WR to a team with an established #1. He kills it on the deep stuff, but historically doesn't run the full route tree. He had some growth as a WR in college so that shows he's willing to work and can potentially become a complete WR (with 4.3 speed.) He's a bubble top 100 guy and could really make some noise if he lands in the right situation.
3. TE Jared Wiley - TCU: 6'6, 249. Ok, perhaps not ideal as a blocker, but willing. However, as a receiver he's pretty much NFL Ready, IMO. This past season Wiley had 47 receptions for 520 yards and 8 TD's. He's a former QB that understands the position and where he needs to be to get open. He ran a 4.62-40 at the combine which is close to Jimmy Graham's 4.56, and notably both Wiley and Graham actually came in at 6'6" at the combine while Jimmy weighed in at 260 compared to Wiley's 249. Graham had a slightly better vertical (38.5 to 37.0), 10-yd split (1.58 to 1.62) and 3 cone (6.9 to 7.19), so they were close on the measurables. Not saying that he is the next Jimmy, just that Wiley isn't far off, and it gives us an idea of his ceiling. His film, to me, looks a good bit better than the write up below suggests. I see a guy with upside, and I think he's future starter material for some team.
Wiley is a GREAT sleeper pick. He absolutely destroyed Baylor. All the knocks I have seen from draft gurus and scouts are things that are fixable. The knocks are mostly, lack of strength for his frame and sloppy and predictable route running were the only things frequently listed. Really high Football IQ guy. Not listed in this overview but consistent in every eval I have seen on him (and consistent with the 2 or 3 games I watched him play) due has GREAT hands, Huge catch radius, and wins almost every 50/50 ball.
If this guy can end up in the slot with a nickelback or safety covering him, he will eat their lunch.
He was a multi-sport athlete in high school. Like Jimmy Graham, he was a basketball player, but he also ran track.
I'm gonna go with Devontez Walker, WR, North Carolina. He's blazing fast, 4.3 speed at 6'2". He a natural playmaker, spent a couple years at Kent State then played for North Carolina. He needs work to learn to run more routes and work short and intermediate stuff better in order to be a complete WR, but would be a great complementary WR to a team with an established #1. He kills it on the deep stuff, but historically doesn't run the full route tree. He had some growth as a WR in college so that shows he's willing to work and can potentially become a complete WR (with 4.3 speed.) He's a bubble top 100 guy and could really make some noise if he lands in the right situation.