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Jaguars rookies / 2nd-round wideouts

The Jaguars will likely have a rookie wide receiver in the starting lineup this season, either Marqise Lee or Allen Robinson. Maybe both, if the multi-week hamstring injury suffered by Cecil Shorts III last week lingers. Both Lee and Robinson were selected in the second round of May's draft. What can be expected from those rookies?

Over the last 10 years, there have been 40 wide receivers selected in the second round of the regular draft. (We're excluding supplemental pick Josh Gordon, though he did cost the Browns a second-round pick the following season, and did very well as a rookie.)

Of those 40 wideouts, only 5 reached 700 receiving yards in their rookie seasons, and only 2 caught more than 5 TDs. More than two-thirds (28 of 40) didn't even reach 400 yards in their rookie seasons.

Certainly, Lee or Robinson will be in good position to have the opportunity to beat the odds for rookie second-rounders. Still, it's tough for those kind of players to come into fantasy value right off the bat.

The table below shows the first-year number for second-round wideouts drafted from 2004 through 2013.

ROOKIE NUMBERS, 2ND-ROUND WIDEOUTS, 2004-2013
YearPkPlayerTeamNoYdsTD
200842Eddie RoyalBroncos919805
200849DeSean JacksonEagles629124
201158Torrey SmithRavens508417
200462Keary ColbertPanthers477545
201159Greg LittleBrowns617092
200833Donnie AveryRams536743
200652Greg JenningsPackers456323
200950Mohamed Massaquoi Browns346243
201144Titus YoungLions486076
201341Robert WoodsBills405873
200535Reggie BrownEagles435714
201359Aaron DobsonPatriots375194
200744Sidney RiceVikings313964
201039Arrelious BennBuccaneers253952
200454Darius WattsBroncos313851
201164Randall CobbPackers253751
201245Alshon JefferyBears243673
200836Jordy NelsonPackers333662
201334Justin HunterTitans183544
201254Ryan BroylesLions223102
201263Rueben RandleGiants192983
201243Stephen HillJets212523
200539Mark BradleyBears182300
201060Golden TateSeahawks212270
201036Dexter McClusterChiefs212091
201233Brian QuickRams111562
200636Chad JacksonPatriots131523
200555Roscoe ParrishBills151481
200834Devin ThomasWashington151201
200936Brian Robiskie Browns71060
200841James HardyBills9872
200745Dwayne JarrettPanthers6730
200853Limas SweedSteelers6640
200751Steve SmithGiants8630
200561Vincent JacksonChargers3590
200558Terrence MurphyPackers5360
200644Sinorice MossGiants5250
200851Malcolm KellyWashington3180
200846Jerome SimpsonBengals120
200450Devery HendersonSaints000

--Andy Richardson

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