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My personal 2025 WR rankings: #12B Elijah Badger WR Florida (RD 5-6) - Transfer from ASU - returned kicks for ASU and averaged 28.9 yards per return - Second is SEC for YPC this year What does he do on film? - 5:22 jet sweep, multiple missed tackles forced - 6:18 awareness against the zone defense to keep moving to the open zone - 7:20 finished with the easy touchdown vs cover 0 - 12:10 keeps working to QB throwing lane as pocket collapses, rewarded with big catch and run - 29:30 quick break behind the zone defender, crosses to the other side of the field for crucial first down catch - :26 looks familiar right? Jet sweep forcing several missed tackles - 1:10 beats the CB good position with awesome hands catch for the first down - 1:21 finds the hole in coverage down field for 4th down conversion. Notice his awareness of the defenders around him to pick up extra yardage when surrounded by USC defenders - 3:29 first off Skattebo is so fun. Badger is so elusive for his size. Weaknesses: - Production throughout his career was mid - Will be 24 this summer Conclusion: A former 4-star recruit, he caught passes from Jaden Daniels in 2022 which may have been his best year. What I like about Badger is he can play anyway you need him. Last year he had a 7.3 aDOT, this year his aDOT was 17.3. If you need him to make a play on a jet sweep he can do that, if you need him to make a short catch and make a couple defenders miss he can do that, and if you need him to just win downfield he can do that too. This year when he was used on many more deep routes he had 0 drops, a near 70% contested catch success rate, and the fifth best YPRR in the class. If there is to be a Khalil Shakir day 3 surprise breakout WR, I would put my chips on Badger pre-draft

My personal 2025 WR rankings #12A Jaylin Noel WR ISU (RD 2) - Best WR combine performance - Improved each year in college - Offers punt return value What does he do on film? Speed: - :20 just runs around the linebacker and then the safety - 1:00 Easily beats the press and stacks the DB - 1:29 angle route, just spins momentum in other direction for big yac - 2:02 just too fast up the seam for coverage to rotate quick enough. TD. - 3:17 man coverage without safety help is a bad proposition - 4:36 sheds the jam by the linebacker, hits the out and up Weaknesses: - Can masquerade outside every so often, but is a speed slot player - More fast than elusive with only a handful of forced missed tackles Conclusion: Noel was asked to take the top off the defense and he did that consistently, his speed is truly dangerous. Most of his routes are deep down the field but has shown good out routes and other shallow routes but value is in stretching the defense vertically. Noel’s physicality against presses and jams should guarantee immediate success in the NFL. His slot alignment and being pigeonholed into this role is what ranks him this low compared to other receivers who have shown a bit more alignment versatility.

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My Personal 2025 WR Rankings: #13 Dont’e Thornton WR Tennessee (RD 2-3) - Oregon transfer - Helped take care of 4 younger siblings while his father was in prison - 2 time SEC academic honor roll What does he do on film? You have to have Safety help over the top - 1:43 RPO draws safety toward the LOS and Thornton fills the vacated space for another easy touchdown - 6:34 copy and paste - 6:48 ditto Deep ball tracking - 1:33 Thornton is excellent at tracking the ball in the air - 3:46 late hands and cradles the ball as he runs full speed while being dragged down from behind Weaknesses: - Is not going to shake a tackler but will politely fall forward - College offense schemed open looks rather than Thornton creating separation via route running Conclusion: Being 6’5’’ and running a 4.3 is a superpower. One that forces teams to account for you each snap you are on the field. He also is a pretty good run blocker which will be important for him to stay on the field in 2 WR sets. But Thornton comes with many questions that can’t be answered by his measurements. Despite his size, he was never used much as an end zone target and his contested catch rate varied wildly from year to year. He also was only used on a few routes, and not having a more varied route tree will make covering him easier than it should be in the pros. Thornton is a package player with a very important role in an Offense (Tennessee used him as such as he wound up with the 4th most WR snaps on the team). I think a Christian Watson role may be where he carves out his niche.

With the 22nd pick in the 2025 TSW Mock Draft, the Los Angeles Chargers select Tyler Booker, OL, Alabama. Though fans may clamor for a flashier pick at WR, TE, or Edge, the Chargers fix their biggest weakness. Zion Johnson has been very bad and interior pass protection was a key factor in the most recent playoff loss. Zion Johnson has been rumored to be moved to Center, Mechi Becton was signed to shore up RG and now we add the best OL in the draft to fill LG. Things are finally turning up Chargers! The Green Bay Packers and @EmotionallyUnstable are now on the clock.

Keon had a 1.89 yprr vs zone and his career yprr was 1.87

Bond may wind up great because he has talent but the precedent isn’t there. It’s used mostly in Fantasy Football but having above a 2.0 career YPRR and above a 2.20 YPRR vs zone is critical to hit at least one threshold if you want to be in the bucket of all the best receivers. Their have been some outliers - DK Metcalf, BTJ but both were significantly bigger players than Bond is. BUT, if you just count the games this year where he was healthy, he outperformed Matthew Golden and easily cleared both of those thresholds. So that is why you get the variance. Some teams will see him for what he is. Some will see him for what he could be. For me, a smaller WR (I like above 190 pounds and 9 inch hands), with questionable production, injury concerns and character concerns is a bad mix. But if the Bills draft him, I think the character concerns were probably overblown and would have more confidence in him reaching that ceiling.

My personal 2025 WR Rankings: #14 Isaiah Bond WR Texas (RD 2-3) - Youngest receiver in the draft - Poor advanced metrics - Played with two very poor QBs What does he do on film? Can he play bigger than his size? - 8:39 lower the shoulder and set the tone - 11:31 shallow crossing route in the end zone, goes up for the poorly thrown ball and hangs on after being flipped by the defender - 19:15 the catch or route are not impressive, but how the defender came out of the play worse after hitting Bond is. We are all here for the long ball: - 2:46 Free release out of the stack and the CB just can’t keep up - 9:17 moving at a different speed than his defender - 10:20 nice tempo to start his route before attacking the shoulder and torching Jahdae Barron - 20:07 But literally no one within 5 yards of him. - 2:44 just toasted his DB 1 vs 1 Weaknesses: - Measured in smaller than expected with only 8.5 inch hands - Not a natural hands catcher - Rumors of big time character concerns - Limited catch radius on poorly thrown balls - Basically non-existent contested catch ability or broken tackle ability Conclusion: If you draft Bond, you are drafting a shadow of Jaylen Waddle. Waddle was a top 10 pick and Bond you can get on day 2. Right now, Bond is a very limited receiver. His best uses are to send him deep or use him on crossers to try and get him an easy catch and some open space. But the speed is natural and effortless, I know other people had faster 40s than Bond, but I will take Bond in any foot race on the football field. Texas used him like they used Worthy last year and using him like the Chiefs did Worthy this year would be the best way to acclimate Bond to the NFL.

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My personal 2025 WR rankings: #15 Tai Felton WR Maryland (RD 3-4) - Tied for first in the class for both first downs and touchdowns inside the redzone this year - Dropped his average depth of target from over 15 to below 10 this year What does he do on film? One of the best YAC players in the draft - 6:24 his acceleration is great. So if you miss the tackle he gets up to full speed very quickly - 9:53 able to squeeze between two defenders in the zone, leave them in the dust and get into the next level of the defense - 10:27 so quick turning the corner and getting upfield - 15:10 gets upfield so quickly after the catch Weaknesses: - Inconsistent hands led to some bad drops - Had a high drop rate for someone with a low Air yards per Target - Light and got thrown around when trying to block Conclusion: Maryland really seemed to lean into what Felton does best by dropping his aDot and peppering him with screens, crossers and slants in 2024. An excellent runner with the ball in his hands who could fill a Khalil Shakir type of role for a team. Likely to be a majority slot player, his red zone efficiency in college gives him a chance to eventually emerge as a starter for a team. A low contested catch rate and poor blocking likely prevents him from being on the field in 2 receiver sets.

My personal 2025 WR rankings: #16 Nick Nash WR SJSU (Rd 4-5) - Played three years as a QB at San Jose - Began playing WR in 2023, and earned the triple crown of receptions, yards and touchdowns in 2024 What does he do on film? Deceptive - 2:18 gets on the corners toes, takes several hesitation steps before attacking the corners outside shoulder. The corner is thrown off balance and a long completion ensues - 2:25 curls the route like he is taking it to the corner of the end zone before breaking inward. Huge hops to snare the touchdown. - 3:52 out of stacked formation paces the route as he approaches the corner before changing gears for a long PI penalty Good in the red zone - 6:48 and 7:16 same play to either side of the field. Crisp route making excellent use of the pick and resulting in a touchdown each time - 7:08 he does an excellent job making sharp cuts which creates separation even in areas like the red zone Weaknesses: - You can tell he wasn’t always a receiver. - - He lacks power in his leg drive and isn’t very fast which leads to very little yac - His focus is on running his route, when the play breaks down he just doesn’t really adjust and get involved Conclusion: If Sean McVay drafts him, oh boy. He is still very raw as a receiver, but his second year ever doing it he led the country in all three major receiver categories. Personally I think the way he runs is pretty impressive for a bigger guy, his short and choppy steps really allow him to be precise with his routes. He is not a burner and only played in the slot so he won’t be a fit for everyone but their is very high end potential here if drafted by the right team.

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#17 Pat Bryant WR Illinois (Rd 4-5) - Recruited to Illinois by Lovie Smith - Top 5 in class in both man and zone yards per route run What does he do on film? Physicality - 5:16 hand fights with the CB to the catch point and then decisively rips the ball down - 7:12 he isn’t going to run away from every defender but will lower his shoulder if he can’t - 7:40 knocks over two attempted tacklers - 7:54 violently runs through the DB sending him flying - 13:55 stiff arms the defender into another defender, sending him flying Not his strength, but there is some manipulation of CBs - 5:29 attacks the outside shoulder to flip the CB, then gets upfield to the inside - 11:35 makes the same move in reverse and takes the catch for a long touchdown - 12:16 had the CB thinking 2 different routes were coming before finally getting upfield for the big gain - 16:32 gets the CB to bite on the curl then beats him for a long completion Weaknesses: - Pushed off a lot to create separation downfield at the catch point - Stiff athlete leaves some plays unmade - Most of his production came against the worst teams on his schedule Conclusion: Romeo Doubs with more juice. A “sacrificial X” who can make teams account for the position but does not have the speed to draw extra coverage. His worst statistical games this year were against all the better teams Illinois faced and the games where his QB struggled the most. To me he is a cog in an offense, but not a playmaker that you can run your offense through to get an offense moving. Fun player to watch and someone who will have a long career in the NFL