2018 NFL Draft – Wide Receiver

Complete NFL Draft Rankings – WR:

You are currently viewing the 365 best wide receivers in the 2018 NFL Draft. Our top wide receiver prospects are selected after thousands of hours carefully scouting the best pass catchers in college football. Even though only about 30 will get selected in the draft, dozens more are signed as free agents, and many more receive a training camp invite. Find who is a first round talent, and who is likely nothing more than a training camp body. Find draft sleepers, draft stars, who will be a bust, and who is being undervalued.

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(Last Updated: April 26, 2018)

2018:  | QB | WR | RB | FB | TE | OT | G | C | DT | DE | OLB | ILB | S | CB | K | P | LS | OVERALL |

In a weak year for wide receivers, DJ Moore tops the position group. The Maryland product has a muscular build that is almost like a running back, weighing 210 pounds at only 6’0". He doesn’t have great height, but plays bigger than he is. He has very quick feet that make him an incredibly dangerous route runner out of the slot. Moore has good hands, and is able to get separation consistently. He had over half of his team’s receiving yards which is insane. Even as the sole target, defenses couldn’t slow him down.

2017 Stats

12 games played, 1033 receiving yards, 8 receiving touchdowns, accounted for 53.2% of team’s receiving yards, 61 rushing yards.

Calvin Ridley is a great athlete with very quick feet, but his 31-inch vertical was one of the worst at the position, and really minimizes his catch radius. He runs a complete route tree which you don’t see very often in college, and he has been a big name at Alabama since the first day he arrived on campus. Ridley’s play speed and route running make him a good prospect, but he has struggled a bit against tough press corners. The NFL is filled with them, so he’ll struggle against #1 corners until he gets stronger.

2017 Stats

14 games played, 967 receiving yards, 5 receiving touchdowns, accounted for 34.9% of team’s receiving yards, 17 rushing yards.

Big-bodied wide receivers tend to have the highest ceilings, and Sutton is the best big-WR in the draft. Sutton has the strength to fight through contact and make contested catches, and is surprisingly quick. His 6.57 time on the cone drill shows his incredible foot speed, although he doesn’t always play with that same speed. Sutton will have to learn size alone won’t get it done as an NFL receiver, as he tends to try and box-out a small corner instead of finding open space. His blocking and catch radius make him a great prospect, still.

2017 Stats

13 games played, 1085 receiving yards, 12 receiving touchdowns, accounted for 28.4% of team’s receiving yards, 2 rushing yards.

Christian Kirk is an all-purpose player who burst on to the scene as a freshman at A&M. He has a strong frame that helps him play bigger than he actually is, and he is a dangerous return specialist. Kirk had over 1000 receiving yards as a freshman, and broke 900 the other two seasons. Most of these yards came from specialty plays that involved rubs, however, so he has rarely had to beat corners 1-on-1. He has great balance that allows for quick cuts, and is pretty consistent catching the ball. Kirk’s measurements weren’t impressive, but he plays faster than the numbers indicate.

2017 Stats

13 games played, 919 receiving yards, 10 receiving touchdowns, accounted for 28.1% of team’s receiving yards, 31 rushing yards.

Anthony Miller is an incredibly productive wide receiver with insanely large hands. His final two seasons at Memphis he combined for almost 2,900 receiving yards, doing so as an effective deep threat and screen or slot receiver. Miller is a highly competitive former walk-on who is incredibly fast out of cuts and has the quickness to excel on short routes. The biggest problem for Miller is a lack of speed. Although he is quick, he takes short steps and can’t take a top off the defense at the NFL level. This limits his potential, but he’s still a competitor with good hands and route running ability.

2017 Stats

13 games played, 1462 receiving yards, 18 receiving touchdowns, accounted for 33.6% of team’s receiving yards, 25 rushing yards.

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2018:  | QB | WR | RB | FB | TE | OT | G | C | DT | DE | OLB | ILB | S | CB | K | P | LS | OVERALL |