Patraw's Rankings 2022 NFL Draft: Wide Receivers
With the NFL Draft just 14 days away, it's time to finalize the rankings and make some tough decisions on where to rank these prospects. We jump to the wide receiver position, where I dive a little deeper, giving you my top 22 receivers and the round I would feel comfortable drafting them.
Lately, the class of wide receivers seems to get deeper every year and 2022 is no different. With five receivers receiving first-round grades, wide receiver-needy teams will be thrilled heading into the draft. After seeing players like Tyreek Hill and Davante Adams receive massive contracts this offseason, you wonder how to value top-tier talent for receivers in the NFL. Do you pay your top guy, who has proved himself and earned that type of money, or do you move on and reload with younger, cheaper talent?
A lot of circumstances factor into that question. Take a look at the Packers, for instance. Their salary-cap situation wasn't in their favor to keep Adams, so trading him for future assets and potentially grabbing a cheaper option in the draft was the right move for them. They can feel confident that they will find a replacement for Adams in the 2022 draft. That's not to downplay the talent level of Adams, and it likely won't come to fruition in Year 1. Still, there's plenty of optimism about this receiver class that you can eventually come close to replicating his production to some degree and the same can be said for the Chiefs and Hill.
I tried to keep the rankings limited to 10, but with the depth of talent at both outside and inside receivers, I had to go deeper in the rankings. As you can see, plenty of prospects could potentially go later in the draft that could make an impact early in their career.
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1. Garrett Wilson, Ohio State
Age: 21.7 | HT: 5116 | WT: 183 | Round Grade: 1
2. Jameson Williams, Alabama
Age: 21.1 | HT: 6014 | WT: 179 | Round Grade: 1
3. Drake London, USC
Age: 20.7 | HT: 6037 | WT: 219 | Round Grade: 1
4. Treylon Burks, Arkansas
Age: 22.1 | HT: 6020 | WT: 225 | Round Grade: 1
5. Chris Olave, Ohio State
Age: 21.8 | HT: 6003 | WT: 187 | Round Grade: 1
6. Jahan Dotson, Penn State
Age: 22.1 | HT: 5105 | WT: 178 | Round Grade: 2
7. Skyy Moore, Western Michigan
Age: 21.6 | HT: 5095 | WT: 195 | Round Grade: 2
8. George Pickens, Georgia
Age: 21. | HT: 6032 | WT: 195 | Round Grade: 2
9. John Metchie III, Alabama
Age: 21.7 | HT: 5112 | WT: 187 | Round Grade: 2
10. Alec Pierce, Cincinnati
Age: NA | HT: 6031 | WT: 211 | Round Grade: 3
11. Kyle Philips, UCLA
Age: NA | HT: 5112 | WT: 189 | Round Grade: 3
12. Christian Watson, NDSU
Age: 22.9 | HT: 6041 | WT: 208 | Round Grade: 3
13. Wan'Dale Robinson, Kentucky
Age: 21.3 | HT: 5080 | WT: 178 | Round Grade: 3
14. David Bell, Purdue
Age: 21.3 | HT: 6007 | WT: 212 | Round Grade: 3
15. Calvin Austin III, Memphis
Age: 23.1 | HT: 5076 | WT: 170 | Round Grade: 4
16. Danny Gray, SMU
Age: NA | HT: 5117 | WT: 186 | Round Grade: 4
17. Jalen Tolbert, South Alabama
Age: 23.1 | HT: 6011 | WT: 194 | Round Grade: 4
18. Velus Jones Jr., Tennessee
Age: 24.9 | HT: 5116 | WT: 204 | Round Grade: 5
19. Khalil Shakir, Boise State
Age: 22.2 | HT: 5117 | WT: 196 | Round Grade: 5
20. Justyn Ross, Clemon
Age: 22.3 | HT: 6035 | WT: 205 | Round Grade: 5
21. Bo Melton, Rutgers
Age: 22.9 | HT: 5110 | WT: 189 | Round Grade: 6
22. Samori Toure, Nebraska
Age: 24.9 | HT: 6006 | WT: 191 | Round Grade: 6
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