Ranking Philadelphia Eagles 10 best potential NCAA, NFL options at WR

As the NFL Draft approaches, expect to hear quite a few cliche phrases. Here’s one. “The draft is not an exact science”. Here’s another. “Pac-12” receivers never work out. Still, when you get into the second and third rounds of any selection meeting, the expectation is teams should still be in the process of landing valuable commodities who should be in the conversations about contributing early to the team that takes them.

Some names that haven’t been getting the same amount of burn the more popular options have gotten are Gabriel Davis, Tyler Johnson, and K.J. Hill.

All have the potential to be good at the pro level. Each one elevates the Eagles roster the day the step into the Novacare Complex. Unfortunately, they all also carry a skill set that resembles someone who’s already on the roster.

Hill kind of reminds you of Greg Ward. Johnson is more of a red-zone threat (and Philly already has Dallas Goedert and Zach Ertz). Davis might be the best of these three, but he doesn’t possess the game-breaking ability of Brandon Aiyuk, formerly of the Arizona State Sun Devils.

Had Aiyuk played in the SEC and experienced similar success. this five-foot-eleven and 201-pound prospect would be ranked higher, but quite a few football fans on the East Coast call it a night when many of the Pac 12 games kickoff. An injury kept him from participating in the Senior Bowl, but keep him in mind. He’s already gotten some first-round grades, including a nice nod from ESPN’s Todd McShay. Grade: B-