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Wide receivers: Final year of college

Most 1,000-yarders work out well

Four wide receivers were selected in the first round of April's NFL Draft. All four of them put up strong numbers in their final year of college, going over 1,000 receiving yards and catching double-digit touchdowns. How might their NFL careers turn out?

The recent track record of first-round picks who went over 1,000 yards in their final year of college is favorable. Very few of those players have busted. Certainly a few have been just mediocre, but the vast majority of them have been good or great.

Since 2000, there have been 42 first-round wide receivers who also went over 1,000 yards in their final college season. By our count, only seven of those wideouts were out and out bad in the NFL; never did much of anything. Seven more (drafted in 2015 or this year) the jury is still out on. The other 28 have been either good or great NFL receivers.

The list is below, sorted by final year of college yardage totals.

1ST-ROUND WRS, 1,000 YARDS IN FINAL COLLEGE SEASON, 2000-
YearPkPlayerNoYdsTDNFL
201420Brandin Cooks, N.O.128173018Good
20154Amari Cooper, Oak.124172716Good
200219Ashley Lelie, Den.84171319So-So
20043Larry Fitzgerald, Ariz.92167222Good
201220Kendall Wright, Tenn.108166314So-So
200413Lee Evans, Buff.7515459Good
20125Justin Blackmon, Jac.121152218Good
20144Sammy Watkins, Buff.101146412Good
200527Roddy White, Atl.71145214Good
20157Kevin White, Chi.109144710?
201327DeAndre Hopkins, Hou.82140518Good
20147Mike Evans, T.B.69139412Good
200930Kenny Britt, Tenn.8713717So-So
200431Rashaun Woods, S.F.77136715Bad
201615Corey Coleman, Clev.74136320?
20032Charles Rogers, Det.68135113Bad
20053Braylon Edwards, Clev.97133015Good
201622Josh Doctson, Wash.79132714?
200510Mike Williams, Det.95131416Bad
200125Freddie Mitchell, Phil.6813148Bad
201520Nelson Agholor, Phil.104131312?
200727Robert Meachem, N.O.71129811So-So
20138Tavon Austin, St.L.114128912Good
200021Sylvester Morris, K.C.69128615Bad
201230A.J. Jenkins, S.F.9012768Bad
200919Jeremy Maclin, Phil.102126013Good
201621Will Fuller, Hou.62125814?
200929Hakeem Nicks, NYG68122212Good
20072Calvin Johnson, Det.76120215Good
200910Michael Crabtree, S.F.97116519Good
201022Demaryius Thomas, Den.4611548Good
201623Laquon Treadwell, Minn.82115311?
201412Odell Beckham Jr., NYG5911529Good
201213Michael Floyd, Ariz.10011479Good
20116Julio Jones, Atl.7811337Good
20049Reggie Williams, Jac.8911098Bad
20033Andre Johnson, Hou.5210929Good
20047Roy Williams, Det.7010799Good
200415Michael Clayton, T.B.78107910So-So
20019Koren Robinson, Sea.62106113Good
201526Breshad Perriman, Balt.5010449?
201428Kelvin Benjamin, Car.54101115Good

--Andy Richardson

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