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August 10, 2016

New York Giants

Sterling Shepard could be rare instant-impact rookie

Plenty of nice things have been written and said about Sterling Shepard. He’s been everything the Giants were hoping for thus far, working with the first-unit offense all along. With that team also having a good passing system, we’re ranking him ahead of three wide receivers selected in the first round – Laquon Treadwell, Josh Doctson and Will Fuller.

That’s a little nerve-racking, since wide receivers selected in the first round are supposed to be better than those selected in the second. But there are always exceptions, with Anquan Boldin leading the way with 101 receptions back in 2003 (the Cardinals actually drafted a wide receiver in the first round that year – Bryant Johnson).

While it’s nice to select a can’t-miss star who was drafted in the top 10 overall, there aren’t a lot of those guys. And eventually you have to get down to what the players are doing on the field and how they’re being used.

It’s early, and Shepard hasn’t done much of anything yet against a real live opponent, but he seems to be on pace to be an above-average rookie. And while Shepard wasn’t selected in the first round, he was at last chosen early in the second round.

In the last 10 years, 79 wide receivers have been chosen in the first two rounds. Of this group, 7 of the top 17 are players who weren’t chosen until the second round.

Here are those 79 players, with the second-round choices in bold. They are in order of fantasy points, with 1 point for every 10 yards and 6 points for each touchdown.

WIDE RECEIVERS (2006-2015)
Year	Pk	Player	No	Yards	TD	Points
2014	12	Odell Beckham Jr., NYG	91	1,305	12	202.5
2014	7	Mike Evans, T.B.	68	1,051	12	177.1
2014	28	Kelvin Benjamin, Car.	73	1,008	9	154.8
2011	4	A.J. Green, Cin.	65	1,057	7	147.7
2011	6	Julio Jones, Atl.	54	959	8	143.9
2015	4	Amari Cooper, Oak.	72	1,070	6	143.0
2014	42	Jordan Matthews, Phil.	67	872	8	135.2
2014	4	Sammy Watkins, Buff.	65	982	6	134.2
2007	23	Dwayne Bowe, K.C.	70	995	5	129.5
2008	42	Eddie Royal, Den.	91	980	5	128.0
2009	22	Percy Harvin, Minn.	60	790	8	127.0
2011	58	Torrey Smith, Balt.	50	841	7	126.1
2012	5	Justin Blackmon, Jac.	64	865	5	116.5
2008	49	DeSean Jackson, Phil.	62	912	4	115.2
2009	29	Hakeem Nicks, NYG	47	790	6	115.0
2012	supp	Josh Gordon, Clev.	50	805	5	110.5
2014	63	Jarvis Landry, Mia.	84	758	5	105.8
2007	2	Calvin Johnson, Det.	48	756	5	105.6
2010	24	Dez Bryant, Dall.	45	561	8	104.1
2009	19	Jeremy Maclin, Phil.	56	773	4	101.3
2013	29	Cordarrelle Patterson, Minn.	45	469	9	100.9
2006	25	Santonio Holmes, Pitt.	49	824	3	100.4
2011	44	Titus Young, Det.	48	607	6	96.7
2013	27	DeAndre Hopkins, Hou.	52	802	2	92.2
2009	30	Kenny Britt, Tenn.	42	701	3	88.1
2012	20	Kendall Wright, Tenn.	64	626	4	86.6
2008	33	Donnie Avery, St.L.	53	674	3	85.4
2011	59	Greg Little, Clev.	61	709	2	82.9
2006	52	Greg Jennings, G.B.	45	632	3	81.2
2009	50	Mohamed Massaquoi, Clev.	34	624	3	80.4
2014	20	Brandin Cooks, N.O.	53	550	4	79.0
2015	40	Dorial Green-Beckham, Tenn.	32	549	4	78.9
2013	8	Tavon Austin, St.L.	40	418	6	77.8
2015	41	Devin Funchess, Car.	31	473	5	77.3
2013	41	Robert Woods, Buff.	40	587	3	76.7
2013	59	Aaron Dobson, N.E.	37	519	4	75.9
2007	32	Anthony Gonzalez, Ind.	37	576	3	75.6
2009	10	Michael Crabtree, S.F.	48	625	2	74.5
2012	13	Michael Floyd, Ariz.	45	562	2	68.2
2015	14	DeVante Parker, Mia.	26	494	3	67.4
2014	61	Allen Robinson, Jac.	48	548	2	66.8
2007	44	Sidney Rice, Minn.	31	396	4	63.6
2014	53	Davante Adams, G.B.	38	446	3	62.6
2007	9	Ted Ginn Jr., Mia.	34	420	3	60.0
2013	34	Justin Hunter, Tenn.	18	354	4	59.4
2012	45	Alshon Jeffery, Chi.	24	367	3	54.7
2010	39	Arrelious Benn, T.B.	25	395	2	51.5
2008	36	Jordy Nelson, G.B.	33	366	2	48.6
2014	39	Marqise Lee, Jac.	37	422	1	48.2
2012	63	Rueben Randle, NYG	19	298	3	47.8
2011	64	Randall Cobb, G.B.	25	375	1	43.5
2012	43	Stephen Hill, NYJ	21	252	3	43.2
2012	54	Ryan Broyles, Det.	22	310	2	43.0
2010	22	Demaryius Thomas, Den.	22	283	2	40.3
2015	20	Nelson Agholor, Phil.	23	283	1	34.3
2006	36	Chad Jackson, N.E.	13	152	3	33.2
2014	45	Paul Richardson, Sea.	29	271	1	33.1
2011	26	Jon Baldwin, K.C.	21	254	1	31.4
2015	29	Phillip Dorsett, Ind.	18	225	1	28.5
2012	33	Brian Quick, St.L.	11	156	2	27.6
2010	36	Dexter McCluster, K.C.	21	209	1	26.9
2007	30	Craig Davis, S.D.	20	188	1	24.8
2010	60	Golden Tate, Sea.	21	227	0	22.7
2008	41	James Hardy, Buff.	9	87	2	20.7
2009	7	Darrius Heyward-Bey, Oak.	9	124	1	18.4
2008	34	Devin Thomas, Wash.	15	120	1	18.0
2015	37	Devin Smith, NYJ	9	115	1	17.5
2009	36	Brian Robiskie, Clev.	7	106	0	10.6
2007	45	Dwayne Jarrett, Car.	6	73	0	7.3
2008	53	Limas Sweed, Pitt.	6	64	0	6.4
2007	51	Steve Smith, NYG	8	63	0	6.3
2006	44	Sinorice Moss, NYG	5	25	0	2.5
2014	56	Cody Latimer, Den.	2	23	0	2.3
2008	51	Malcolm Kelly, Wash.	3	18	0	1.8
2008	46	Jerome Simpson, Cin.	1	2	0	.2
2015	7	Kevin White, Chi.	0	0	0	.0
2015	26	Breshad Perriman, Balt.	0	0	0	.0
2012	30	A.J. Jenkins, S.F.	0	0	0	.0
2007	27	Robert Meachem, N.O.	0	0	0	.0

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