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Originally Posted by Detoxing
And i think the on the field stuff is what caused him to go undrafted. Coupled with the injuries of course.
Even if you watch his Freshman year that really built the hype, there wasn't really a ton of NFL level, "Wow" catches. A lot of plays where he was simply running wide open, un covered.
I mean i hope im wrong. Totally hope i'm wrong. I'm just not sold.
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Likewise.
If he'd have popped as an explosive threat on tape, even as a Freshman, and demonstrated that he was at/near those levels when he came back from the neck issue - he'd have been drafted. Hell, he'd have been drafted high. Just look at Jameson Williams.
Instead I think he's a guy who's stock would've fallen as more tape got out on him. He wasn't going to get MORE athletic than he was as a Freshman. And there'd have been more and more examples of him simply not showing burst on tape.
Had he not been injured at all and had a full college career, I think he'd have likely slid into the 3rd/4th rounds as teams started to recognize his athletic limitations more and more. Try as I might, I just cannot see the "this guy was a 1st round talent who we got as a UDFA!" hype that others are tossing out there.
And that's not to say the injuries didn't impact his draft stock - I think they did. But they didn't send him from the 1st round to being undrafted.