RGIII, selected with the second overall pick in the 2012 draft out of Baylor, had a dominant running style, and he could get the ball to all areas of the field, though he didn’t have what you would call a cannon for an arm. Daniels, our top player in this class, has a lot of the same attributes. He’s more of a designed runner than a scrambler, and he throws the best deep ball of any draftable quarterback in 2024.

Patrick Mahomes comparisons are common with Williams because of his mobility, his control of the ball, and the multiple angles with which he throws. I’m not quite that enraptured, but there are elements of Williams’ style that reminds me of Aaron Rodgers — Williams has the potential to make truly special downfield throws inside and outside the pocket, and that’s something Rodgers definitely developed over time.

Nabers is the most complete receiver in this class. He’s got legitimate third-level speed, he’s a dawg in traffic, and you can have him run just about every route. Those traits bring Justin Jefferson, the Minnesota Vikings’ star, especially Nabers’ ability make his speed cuts upfield without slowing his gait. That’s tough for cornerbacks to deal with.

In Harrison’s case, there’s everything in the world to like except for the fact that he doesn’t have absolute third-level speed to scald safeties downfield. But as a route-runner with pinpoint understanding of every nuance, toughness in traffic, and the ability to get open in all kinds of ways, he brings Larry Fitzgerald to mind. Fitzgerald was selected by the Arizona Cardinals with the third overall pick in the 2004 draft, and put up 58 catches for 780 yards and eight touchdowns in his rookie season. In 2005, he bagged a league-high 103 receptions for 1,409 yards and 10 touchdowns — the first of many remarkable seasons for the future Hall of Famer. Like Harrison, Fitzgerald had all the tools you could want… except that his speed was more gliding than explosive.

At 6′ 2⅞” and 218 pounds, Odunze is as ruthlessly competitive as any receiver (heck, any player) in this draft class, and his physical abilities allow him to win contested catches by just going Full Godzilla right over defenders. In that regard, he’s very much like DeAndre Hopkins, selected by the Houston Texans with the 27th pick in the 2013 draft. In his prime, Hopkins put up his numbers by bullying cornerbacks, running sharp routes, and winning downfield… though nobody would call him a pure burner. That’s Odunze’s playing profile to a T.

Mitchell may have been downgraded to some because he did his thing in the MAC for the most part, but he then blew up at the Senior Bowl, and everybody knew that the combination of size (6′ 0⅛”, 193 pounds), speed (he ran a 4.33 40-yard dash at the combine with a 1.51-second 10-yard split), and coverage acumen (he allowed 27 completions on 62 targets for 290 yards, 67 yards after the catch, no touchdowns, one interception, and 14 pass breakups, and an opponent passer rating of 51.1 in the 2023 season) was for real. In his enveloping, claustrophobic coverage style, Mitchell brings a young Richard Sherman to mind.

George Kittle was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the fifth round of the 2017 draft out of Iowa because… well, Iowa’s offense is Iowa’s offense, and ever shall it unfortunately be so. Kittle never had more than 22 catches in a season, and he was unable to show off his vertical ability as a receiver. Brock Bowers had better numbers for the Georgia Bulldogs, but more is said about his blocking and short-to-intermediate catching ability, because though he has every tool to take defenders deep, he wasn’t asked to do it often enough. As the 49ers did with Kittle, Bowers’ NFL team should reap the benefits of Bowers’ skill set in a more expansive and explosive passing game.

Fautanu might be the best of the offensive tackles in this class in time, though some would like him to move to guard to take the best advantage of his frame — 6′ 3¾” and 317 pounds, with a 81½” wingspan, which is 41st percentile. His height is third percentile for offensive tackles since 1999. But it’s not always the way. Bakhtiari, selected in the fourth round of the 2013 draft out of Colorado by the Green Bay Packers, became a three-time Pro Bowler and a two-time first-team All-Pro with less than desirable measurables he was able to transcend with power, agility, and intelligence. Fautanu has all three of those attributes right now.

Arnold, who allowed 41 catches on 79 targets for 441 yards, 250 yards, two touchdowns, five interceptions, 13 pass breakups, and an opponent passer rating of 50.7 last season for Alabama in 2023, is an aggressive press cornerback who can also play well in zone. His fever-pitch playing style brings the New Orleans Saints’ Marshon Lattimore to mind, and Lattimore (selected by the Saints out of Ohio State with the 11th overall pick in the 2017 draft) has been an impressive lockdown guy over his last two seasons.

Verse totaled 11 sacks and 62 total pressures in 2023 for Florida State, and while has speed to and through the pocket, power is really his game — his bull-rush is estimable, and he can just throw blockers around at times. When I really got into his tape, I was quickly reminded of Ryan Kerrigan, who was selected with the 16th overall pick in the 2011 draft out of Purdue, and led with power as Verse does. Kerrigan had five 10-sack seasons in the prime of his career, and Verse has that kind of NFL potential.

Fuaga never allowed a sack for Oregon State in 734 pass-blocking snaps over three seasons, and he did all of that at right tackle — he never played a snap anywhere else. But when you watch his movement skills, it’s clear that he has the potential to move to the other side. Tampa Bay’s Tristian Wirfs, selected with the 13th overall pick by the Buccaneers in the 2020 draft out of Iowa, played exceedingly well at right tackle for his first three NFL seasons with a similar physique and playing style, and was able to move to the left side pretty seamlessly in 2023.

If you need a nasty earthmover on the inside of your defensive line, you can’t do much better in this draft class than Newton, who totaled eight sacks and 42 total pressures for the Fighting Illini last season. Newton might not tick every NFL team’s boxes as an interior disruptor at 6′ 1⅝” and 304 pounds with a 75⅞” wingspan (sixth percentile among defensive tackles since 1999), but when he gets on the field, it’s hard to see the measurables as a problem. Geno Atkins had similar concerns about his size and wingspan as a prospect, which is why he lasted until the 120th pick in the fourth round of the 2010 draft. All Atkins did from then was to make eight Pro Bowl squads and earn two First Team All-Pro nominations. Sometimes, you have to understand the value of the player as opposed to wondering whether he meets your pre-determined guardrails.

Last season for Alabama, Dallas Turner totaled 11 sacks and 55 total pressures with a playing style that is all about speed and bend to the pocket. He’s one of the most explosive players at his position in this class, and in that way, he reminds me a lot of Burns, who was selected by the Carolina Panthers with the 16th overall pick in the 2019 draft, and signed a five-year, $141 million contract with the New York Giants after a recent trade.

Latu does have some injury concerns — he was medically retired by Washington after neck fusion surgery before he got another chance with UCLA — but on the field, you won’t find an edge-rusher with more pass-rush plans in this draft class. In that regard, he reminds me a lot o Maxx Crosby, who the Raiders selected in the fourth round of the 2019 draft, and has become one of the NFL’s premier pass-rushers. Like Crosby, Latu comes off the snap with nice speed, and from there, he’s got the whole book of moves to throw at you.

Evaluators are torn on Penix due to his injury history — he had season-ending injuries in all four of his seasons at Indiana — but he was healthy and quite effective during his two seasons with the Washington Huskies. Penix’s tape tends to remind one of another quarterback who has put things together quite nicely in the city of Seattle after a difficult start, and that’s Geno Smith of the Seahawks. Penix was the NCAA’s most prolific deep thrower last season with 117 (!!!) attempts of 20 or more air yards, and Smith is one of the NFL’s best downfield passers. Penix’s primary NFL adjustment will have to be accuracy with bodies around him, and while Smith has enjoyed quite the career renaissance in Seattle, he has had issues with that as well.

Clemson’s Nate Wiggins projects well as an aggressive defender with a play style that belies his size (6′ 1⅜”, 173 pounds) in the same ways that Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie did in his long NFL career. The Arizona Cardinals selected the 6-foot-2, 184-pound Rodgers-Cromartie with the 16th overall pick in the 2008 draft out of Tennessee State, and he responded by being stingy in coverage with a similarly aggressive style at his best.

Fashanu never allowed a sack in 733 pass-blocking snaps over three seasons for the Nittany Lions, and at 6′ 6″ and 312 pounds, he looks the very model of a modern left tackle with his speed and agility. There are some technique issues to work out, but in time, Fashanu could remind some of Darrisaw, who was selected by the Minnesota Vikings with the 23rd pick of the 2021 draft out of Virginia Tech. Darrisaw is a lighter tackle at 315 pounds, and he’s had few consistency issues in pass protection, but he’s that same type of athletic blocker.

Brandon Aiyuk has become one of the NFL’s most well-developed receivers, and Thomas has that same sort of potential. Thomas feasted on go and hitch routes from Jayden Daniels last season, with a nice side of dig routes he could take upfield. In time, he could have not only Aiyuk’s athletic and route profile, but his refinements as well. It’s a bit of a projection, but when Aiyuk was selected with the 25th pick in the 2020 draft, he wasn’t necessarily seen as a top-tier receiver, either.

There aren’t a lot of wildly successful NFL offensive tackles over 6-foot-8, and Alt stands in at 6′ 8⅝” and 328 pounds. He’ll have to make sure he keeps his leverage together — if so, he can be a dominant pass- and run-blocker. Decker, selected by the Detroit Lions with the 16th overall pick in the 2016 draft out of Ohio State, has some of the same issues at 6-foot-7, but can be a plus factor on the left side.

Murphy totaled six sacks and 45 total pressures for the Longhorns last season with an enticing combination of forklift power and gap-shooting speed. This brings to mind Grady Jarrett, who was selected in the fifth round of the 2015 draft out of Clemson, and has gone on to make two Pro Bowls. When someone tells you that Murphy is “too small” to make it in the bigs, remind them of Jarrett.

I’ve heard comps to Josh Allen and Justin Herbert in the case of Maye, but I’m not sure his game is that refined. Yes, he has a power arm and a lot of athleticism, but there’s a lot he needs to work on as a thrower of the football, especially in the short and intermediate areas. I tend to think of Tannehill, who had some good seasons with the Tennessee Titans, but was never able to put it all together on a consistent basis.

Latham is an absolute hoss at 6′ 5¾” and 342 pounds, and he’s more agile than you might expect given his building-like frame. Glenn, selected in the second round of the 2012 draft out of Georgia by the Buffalo Bills, came into the NFL at 6-foot-5 and 325 pounds, and had a series of fine seasons in Buffalo when his technique aligned with his size and athleticism. Latham looks to be on a similar track.

Guyton is one of my favorite players in this draft class — while he has a few things to polish up, he’s an outstanding pass-blocker with some run-blocking strength. He brings to mind Lane Johnson, who also went to Oklahoma, also plays right tackle, and has become a five-time Pro Bowler and a two-time First-Team All-Pro because he was able to marry his strength and technique to his skills inline and on the move.

Alex Mack, selected by the Cleveland Browns in the first round of the 2009 draft out of Cal, was one of the NFL’s best power-blocking centers in the NFL for quite a while. Jackson Powers-Johnson shows Mack’s immovable acumen, with more athleticism than you have any right to expect from a guy standing 6′ 3⅜” and weighing 328 pounds. As much as any player in this class, Powers-Johnson is NFL-ready right now… just plug him in and make your entire interior offensive line a whole lot better.

Oregon’s offense was less about explosive plays downfield and more about timing and rhythm, but Franklin still managed 18 explosive receptions last season. His combination of downfield speed and slippery route acumen brings Washington’s Terry McLaurin to mind. McLaurin has become a great receiver in the league; he’ll be even more productive if he ever gets an above-average quarterback throwing him the ball.

Mitchell caught 55 passes on 86 targets for the Longhorns last season for 845 yards and 11 touchdowns, and he projects very well to the next level as a downfield weapon with speed cuts for days. Addison, selected by the Minnesota Vikings with the 23rd pick in the 2023 draft, was able to use his own estimable deep speed to work well in Kevin O’Connell’s complex passing game last season, and in the right system, Mitchell could easily be a similar vertical component.

Prescott was selected in the fourth round of the 2016 draft out of Mississippi State because nobody was sure what to do with him. Obviously, Prescott had the answers over time. Nix reminds me of Prescott in his on-field intelligence (particularly his ability to make pre-snap reads and turn them into post-snap decisions), velocity to throw the ball to all areas of the field, and a surprising mobility that allows him to get out of the pocket when need be, and to succeed in the designed run game.

Over the last two seasons, Georgia head coach Kirby Smart and his staff asked Bullard to almost completely change his playing style from a slot/box player in 2022 to a free safety in 2023, and Bullard nailed it all. When you watch Bullard’s versatility and playing personality, it’s easy to think of Winfield, who the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected out of Minnesota with the 45th overall pick in the 2020 draft. Winfield has been a success wherever he’s been aligned, and Bullard has already proven in perhaps the NCAA’s best defense that he can do the same.

McKinstry comes into the NFL with a versatile style, and the ability to shut down opposing receivers in just about any defensive scheme. Proof positive: He was targeted 22 times in press coverage last season, and 22 times in off coverage. There are a few things McKinstry needs to clean up, but in terms of size and what the tape shows, the 5′ 11½”, 199-pounder reminds me of A.J. Terrell, who the Atlanta Falcons selected out of Clemson with the 16th pick in the 2020 draft. When he’s on his game, there’s no scheme in which Terrell can’t excel.

Robinson had three sacks and 26 total pressures in an injury-abbreviated 2023 season, but the metrics don’t concern me as much as the fact that his speed-rush game doesn’t always work — he can be eclipsed out of the rush by tackles and more persistent tight ends. As long as he’s set up in the NFL as a speed end as opposed to a do-it-all guy, he’ll be fine. In that regard, he’s a lot like Shaquil Barrett, who was an undrafted free agent out of Colorado State. The 2015 Denver Broncos took a flier on Barrett, and after a couple of seasons putting it together, Barrett had his first of four seasons of 10 or more sacks with the Broncos, and later, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The question with DeJean is whether he’ll be asked to be a cornerback or a safety at the next level. Based on the tape, I’d like him as a primary cornerback with some ability to move to other positions. Others aren’t so sure, and would like to move him elsewhere on a more permanent basis. In that regard, some people have compared DeJean to Brian Branch, who had an amazing rookie season with the Detroit Lions in 2023. I don’t think that DeJean has Branch’s athletic juice, but he can win as a zone cornerback with some safety and STAR reps. I would more comfortably compare DeJean to Trayvon Mullen, who played incredibly well for the Clemson Tigers from 2016-2018, was selected by the Raiders in the second round of the 2019 draft, and then struggled to maintain his college level of play through injuries and schematic issues. Hopefully, DeJean has a better NFL landing spot than Mullen did.

McConkey might be the best route-runner in this class, and since he’s white, he’s been compared to everyone from Cooper Kupp to Julian Edelman. Those comps are easy to make, but when I studied McConkey’s tape, I was reminded of Amon-Ra St. Brown, who has become the Detroit Lions’ volume target since they selected him in the fourth round of the 2021 draft out of USC. Like St. Brown, McConkey has the potential to be an NFL team’s No. 1 receiver despite the fact that he doesn’t resemble one from a size/speed perspective. What both players have is a seamless ability to get open all over the field, and the tenaciousness to win contested balls that other, bigger receivers might struggle to catch.

Dadrion Taylor-Demerson is my favorite safety in this draft class because of the ridiculous speed that allows him to play single-high deep third to both boundaries, easily carry tight ends and slot receivers up the chute, and recover quickly if he does get beaten early on a route. I had a similar feeling about Jalen Pitre when Pitre came out of Baylor, and the Houston Texans took him in the second round of the 2022 draft — this is a guy who just has range for miles. Pitre improved in coverage in his second NFL season. Taylor-Demerson’s aggressive daredevil style will have him missing the occasional landmark in coverage, but he’ll be a force once he puts it all together.

Linebackers may have been devalued over the last decade or so as defensive tone-setters, but don’t tell a defensive coordinator that when he’s ruefully looking at his roster, and he doesn’t have one of those modern ‘backers who can rush the passer from the edge, plow through run fits in the slot, and carry tight ends and slot receivers from flat routes to hook/curl areas. Payton Wilson can do all of the above, and he is very much like Frankie Luvu in that regard. An undrafted free agent out of Washington State, Luvu put his game together over three seasons with the New York Jets, perfected it over the next three seasons with the Carolina Panthers, and just signed a three-year, $36 million contract with the Washington Commanders.

See, if you’re really good, you can avoid being devalued!

Mims hits everybody’s top 50 list despite an alarming lack of experience, and an injury history that gives similar pause. Why? Because his spider chart looks like science fiction, and his measurables are similarly not of this earth. So, when projecting Mims to the next level, it’s instructive to point to another athletic marvel who blew up the combine and had a ways to go on the field. Let’s choose Terron Armstead, who owned the 2013 scouting combine and was selected in the third round of that draft by the New Orleans Saints out of Arkansas Pine-Bluff. Armstead has never allowed more than five sacks in a season since, and though they have totally different body types, Mims could avoid growing pains as Armstead did in the right offense.

You can throw Deebo Samuel in here as well, because at 6-foot-1 and 221 pounds, Legette did NOT make life easy for opposing defenders when he was South Carolina’s top target in 2023. But I’m reminded of A.J. Brown when I watch Legette’s ability to win contested catches up the field. and the ability to turn just about any play into a house call. Legette caught 71 passes on 97 targets for 1,255 yards and seven touchdowns last season, and he does project as an unholy combination of those two star receivers.

Last season for the Utes, Bishop allowed 14 catches on 26 targets for 170 yards, 58 yards after the catch, two touchdowns, two interceptions, one pass breakup, and an opponent passer rating of 67.8. As a free safety who can also play everywhere from the slot to the box and do it all well, he reminds me in size and playing personality of Jordan Whitehead, who was taken in the fourth round of the 2018 draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and has transcended that draft position with the Bucs and the New York Jets by becoming one of the NFL’s more unheralded multi-position guys. Whitehead is now back with the Bucs after signing a two-year, $9 million contract in March.

McCarthy is the ultimate “eye of the beholder” quarterback in this draft class. If you’re into a guy in a winning program who can adhere to a tightly structured Jim Harbaugh-led system and didn’t have to throw the ball a lot, you may find him appealing. Personally, I see McCarthy as a spot starter as opposed to a franchise guy. He reminds me a lot of Alex Smith, who was selected with the first overall pick in the 2005 draft, had a few rough seasons to start, and was finally able to make the most of his talents with Harbaugh with the 49ers before Colin Kaepernick came along, and in Kansas City under Andy Reid while Patrick Mahomes sat for most of his first NFL season. So… if your ultimate ideal is to have a placeholder for your franchise athletic quarterback down the road, perhaps McCarthy holds the key!

Brooks is the consensus top running back in a class where no backs might be selected in the first two rounds. That’s not due to a lack of ability on Brooks’ part; it’s more that there’s no true franchise tone-setter as Bijan Robinson was last season. But Brooks, who gained 1,135 yards and scored 10 touchdowns on just 187 carries last season, is an ideal back for any NFL team with the outside zone run game as a feature. In that regard, and in his ability to create explosive plays on the ground, he’s a lot like Raheem Mostert, who scored a league-high 18 touchdowns on the ground (tied with Christian McCaffrey, another outside zone runner) and totaled 1,045 yards on just 217 carries.

I tend to avoid same-school comparisons when it comes to draft prospects unless they’re obvious and there’s no better option; any kind of helmet-scouting is pretty ridiculous. But in the case of the 6′ 5⅛”, 285 pound Darius Robinson, I was reminded quickly of Aldon Smith, the Missouri alum selected with the seventh pick in the 2011 draft by the San Francisco 49ers. That Robinson can approximate Smith’s speed and power off the edge when Smith stood 6-foot-4 and weighed 263 pounds, and because Robinson brings a ton of multi-positional versatility to the table, one tends to think that Robinson might turn out to be a real NFL star without a first-round grade attached to his name.

In an NFL where nickel is the new base defense because defenses are dealing with 2×2, 3×1, and empty sets more often than ever before, if your defense doesn’t have a consistent slot defender, your defense is going to be sucking wind against tight ends and slot receivers more often than not. Enter Michigan’s Mike Sainristil, who was one of the Wolverines’ savviest and most productive defenders on the way to their 2023 national championship. Last season, primarily in the slot, the 5′ 9½”, 182-pound Sainristil allowed 29 catches on 50 targets for 412 yards, 216 yards after the catch, four touchdowns, six interceptions, six pass breakups, and an opponent passer rating of 71.8. Mike Hilton, who has become one of the NFL’s best slot cover guys since he caught on as an undrafted free agent in 2016, is a close comp, and would be regarded completely differently were he to come into the league in 2024.

Marshawn Kneeland has one playing style: All go, all the time. It makes his tape tremendously fun to watch, and it’s all validated by his production. Last season for the Broncos, he had six sacks and 37 total pressures on just 288 pass-rushing reps. Kneeland has dominant reps everywhere from the edge to defensive tackle to nose shade, and at 6-foot-3 and 267 pounds, he compares favorably to Za’Darius Smith, who has been one of the league’s best multi-gap disruptors with the Baltimore Ravens (who selected him in the fourth round of the 2015 draft out of Kentucky), the Green Bay Packers, the Minnesota Vikings, and now, the Cleveland Browns. Both Kneeland and Smith have a great combination of speed, power, and the mentality to dominate the rep.

It’s been a long, strange trip for Rattler, who was a highly prized high-school prospect, but transferred from Oklahoma to South Carolina after he lost his starting job to Caleb Williams. Rattler has been an up-and-down quarterback through most of his time in college, but he put it together really well in 2023 despite the fact that he was playing behind what may have been the NCAA’s worst offensive line, and with one functional receiver in the aforementioned Xavier Legette. Like Mayfield, another former Oklahoma quarterback, Rattler has good mobility, the ability to win in the designed run game, and enough velocity to get the ball where it needs to go. Also like Mayfield, Rattler has a rogue gene in his playing style that will probably drive his NFL coaches nuts at times.

The NFL is more open to smaller speed receivers than it was in previous eras; you need look no further than the three-year, $75 million contract extension signed this week by Philadelphia Eagles receiver DeVonta Smith. At 6-foot-0 and 170 pounds, Smith’s frame would have older NFL guys thinking that he’d dry up and blow away at the highest level, but that’s not been the case. The 5′ 11¼”, 165-pound Xavier Worthy, who broke the scouting combine record with a 4.21-second 40-yard dash, chose Texas specifically because he wanted to be developed by head coach Steve Sarkisian as Sarkisian developed Smith back when Sark was Alabama’s offensive coordinator. So, this is about as easy a comp as we’ll ever make.

You don’t see a lot of left tackles succeed as flexible and athletic pass-protectors at 6′ 7½” and 331 pounds — most guys that size tend to win with more power — but Paul is an exception. Last season for the Cougars, he allowed one sack and nine total pressures in 496 pass-blocking reps, and he can also get it done when it’s time to get nasty. The closest comp to Paul that I had from a playing perspective was Andrew Whitworth, who excelled at both guard and tackle through his estimable 16-year career. Paul is a bit more athletic, but he’s a unique player in his own right, so the perfect comp in this case isn’t the easiest thing.

Rakestraw is a tough, tenacious defender who played primarily in the slot for the Tigers last season, allowing 18 catches on 28 targets for 197 yards, 100 yards after the catch, one touchdown, no interceptions, two pass breakups, and an opponent passer rating of 96.9. If he gets his ball skills together, Rakestraw has the size and playing personality to excel in the slot as an NFL defender as Taron Johnson of the Buffalo Bills has since the Bills got him as a fourth-round pick in the 2018 draft out of Weber State.

Among all linebackers in this draft class, nobody has Edgerrin Cooper’s speed to the ballcarrier, and his “See guy/hit guy” playing personality is singularly impressive. Cooper reminds me a lot of Shaquille (formerly Darius) Leonard, who was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the second round of the 2018 draft out of South Carolina State. The two players are similar size-wise, and at his peak, Leonard had an equivalent ability to rocket across the field to limit all kinds of potential opponent excursions.

Had Jordan Travis not suffered a brutal leg injury against North Alabama in November of the 2023 season, it’s my belief that he would have shaken up the second tier of the 2024 quarterback draft discussion. At 6′ 1⅛” and 200 pounds, Travis isn’t the biggest guy, but he can make all the throws, and he was a dynamic runner for the Seminoles last season. He reminds me of Tua Tagovailoa in overall size, understanding of NFL passing concepts, and mobility.

Melton isn’t thought of as one of the 2024 draft class’s top cornerbacks, but there are few in this class who can match and carry receivers as well as he can. Equally adept in press and off coverage, though prone to a few missteps and extra cushion in the open field, he brings James Bradberry to mind, as Bradberry had those attributes in his prime for the Carolina Panthers, New York Giants, and Philadelphia Eagles

Georgia’s Brock Bowers is the slam-dunk No. 1 tight end in this class, and after that, it all depends on what type of player you like. I’ll take Texas’ Ja’Tavion Sanders in the second slot. Last season, Sanders totaled 45 catches on 67 targets for 682 yards and two touchdowns in a loaded receiver group. In an offense that allows him to use his size and acceleration for more big-time plays, he could be a lot like David Njoku, the remarkably athletic but somewhat inconsistent tight end for the Cleveland Browns, who can scald the field when he’s on his game.