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There are some promising rookie receivers who were selected in the second round. Brian Quick (Rams) and Stephen Hill (Jets) should start right away. Rueben Randle of the Giants should fill Mario Manningham’s spot and he supposedly looks good. And Alshon Jeffrey may start for the Bears.
The reality, though, is that the odds are stacked against you trying to latch onto a successful receiver picked at that point in the draft. It just doesn’t happen often.
In the last 10 years, there have been a few. Anquan Boldin was great. Eddie Royal and DeSean Jackson. Torrey Smith was OK last year.
But there have been 44 receivers selected in the last 10 years, and that’s about it as far as success stories.
Note, by the way, that on the stats below, “touchdowns” includes other scores. Jackson, for example, caught only 2 TDs; he also scored on a run and a punt return that season.
2ND-ROUND RECEIVERS, 2002-2011
No Yds TD Pts Year
101 1377 8 185.7 2003 Anquan Boldin (Ariz.)
91 980 5 128.0 2008 Eddie Royal (Den.)
50 841 7 126.1 2011 Torrey Smith (Balt.)
62 912 4 115.2 2008 DeSean Jackson (Phil.)
44 733 6 109.3 2002 Antonio Bryant (Dall.)
47 754 5 105.4 2004 Keary Colbert (Car.)
48 607 6 96.7 2011 Titus Young (Det.)
53 674 3 85.4 2008 Donnie Avery (St.L.)
37 420 7 84.0 2002 Andre Davis (Clev.)
61 709 2 82.9 2011 Greg Little (Clev.)
45 632 3 81.2 2006 Greg Jennings (G.B.)
43 571 4 81.1 2005 Reggie Brown (Phil.)
34 624 3 80.4 2009 Mohamed Massaquoi (Clev.)
47 489 3 66.9 2002 Antwaan Randle El (Pitt.)
31 396 4 63.6 2007 Sidney Rice (Minn.)
37 514 2 63.4 2002 Josh Reed (Buff.)
43 489 2 60.9 2002 Deion Branch (N.E.)
41 483 1 54.3 2002 Jabar Gaffney (Hou.)
18 297 4 53.7 2003 Tyrone Calico (Tenn.)
25 395 2 51.5 2010 Arrelious Benn (T.B.)
33 366 2 48.6 2008 Jordy Nelson (G.B.)
31 385 1 44.5 2004 Darius Watts (Den.)
25 375 1 43.5 2011 Randall Cobb (G.B.)
16 209 3 38.9 2003 Bethel Johnson (N.E.)
22 208 3 38.8 2002 Reche Caldwell (S.D.)
13 152 3 33.2 2006 Chad Jackson (N.E.)
21 209 1 26.9 2010 Dexter McCluster (K.C.)
18 230 0 23.0 2005 Mark Bradley (Chi.)
21 227 0 22.7 2010 Golden Tate (Sea.)
15 148 1 20.8 2005 Roscoe Parrish (Buff.)
9 87 2 20.7 2008 James Hardy (Buff.)
15 120 1 18.0 2008 Devin Thomas (Wash.)
7 106 0 10.6 2009 Brian Robiskie (Clev.)
3 37 1 9.7 2003 Taylor Jacobs (Wash.)
6 73 0 7.3 2007 Dwayne Jarrett (Car.)
6 64 0 6.4 2008 Limas Sweed (Pitt.)
8 63 0 6.3 2007 Steve Smith (NYG)
3 59 0 5.9 2005 Vincent Jackson (S.D.)
2 37 0 3.7 2002 Tim Carter (NYG)
5 36 0 3.6 2005 Terrence Murphy (G.B.)
5 25 0 2.5 2006 Sinorice Moss (NYG)
3 18 0 1.8 2008 Malcolm Kelly (Wash.)
1 2 0 .2 2008 Jerome Simpson (Cin.)
0 0 0 .0 2004 Devery Henderson (N.O.)
—Ian Allan
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