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Should you draft a wide receiver in the top 10 picks of the NFL Draft?
NFL catch leaders at WR / Round drafted
1. Stefon Diggs / Rd5
2. Davante Adams / Rd2
3. DeAndre Hopkins / Rd1
4. Allen Robinson / Rd2
5. Keenan Allen / Rd3
6. Tyler Lockett / Rd3
7. JuJu Smith-Schuster / Rd2
8. Robby Anderson / UDFA
9. Amari Cooper / Rd1
10. Cooper Kupp / Rd3
1. Stefon Diggs / Rd5
2. Davante Adams / Rd2
3. DeAndre Hopkins / Rd1
4. Allen Robinson / Rd2
5. Keenan Allen / Rd3
6. Tyler Lockett / Rd3
7. JuJu Smith-Schuster / Rd2
8. Robby Anderson / UDFA
9. Amari Cooper / Rd1
10. Cooper Kupp / Rd3
2010-2020 WRs drafted Top 10
AJ Green
Julio Jones
Justin Blackmoon
Tavon Austin
Sammy Watkins
Mike Evans
Amari Cooper
Kevin White
Corey Davis
Mike Williams
AJ Green
Julio Jones
Justin Blackmoon
Tavon Austin
Sammy Watkins
Mike Evans
Amari Cooper
Kevin White
Corey Davis
Mike Williams
There are exceptions—players like Julio or Calvin Johnson only come around so often and their value dictates a top five grade—but more and more I lean toward not drafting WRs early and maybe not drafting them Rd 1 at all.
Perhaps it's unfair to look at the 234 picks outside of Round 1 each year and find more value than the 32 players drafted in the first, but WR is not a premium drafting position any longer.
Teams will still draft them early, but I think we start to see fewer top 10 picks at WR
Teams will still draft them early, but I think we start to see fewer top 10 picks at WR
and this (plus more) is what you can expect starting February 11 at my new site—The Draft Scout. http://www.thedraftscout.com/p/coming-soon
