2018 Draft Board: Pass Catchers

Like I mentioned in my 2018 Offensive Backfield article, I did not take liberties with this draft class and base it off how things currently stand with the players. I used the exact same factors and table I used with the 2020 class to determine who I would have eliminated from my draft board and what round grades I would have given the other players. The results you’ll see below are for the Wide Receivers and Tight Ends. At the end of this season I will take their 3 years of statistics and determine who has currently found success as a pro and who hasn’t. I’ll reassess 5 years from now to get a relatively final verdict. This article is my way of being transparent, before the first three years end.

2018 WRs removed from my board:

I was able to eliminate 23 players. Players eliminated from my draft board were split into two categories: Empty and Depleted. “Empty” are players who had factors that led to a 0% success rate for pros drafted at their position from 2008-2017. “Depleted” are players who had factors that significantly decreased the success rate of pros drafted at their position from 2008-2017. Below you will see an 'E' or a 'D' next to each name, the 'E' signifies “empty”, the 'D' signifies “depleted.” They are:

Auden Tate (E)

Braxton Berrios (E)

Cam Phillips (E)

Darren Carrington (E)

Jake Wieneke (E)

Jaleel Scott (E)

Javon Wims (E)

Tavares Martin (E)

Trey Quinn (E)

Antonio Callaway (D)

Byron Pringle (D)

Chris Lacy (D)

Davon Grayson (D)

James Washington (D)

Jester Weah (D)

Karaun White (D)

Marcell Ateman (D)

Marques Valdes-Scantling (D)

Quadree Henderson (D)

Ray-Ray McCloud (D)

Robert Foster (D)

Simmie Cobbs (D)

Steven Mitchell (D)

My WR Draft Board

2018 TEs removed from my board:

I was able to eliminate nine players. Below you will see an 'E' or a 'D' next to each name, the 'E' signifies “empty”, the 'D' signifies “depleted.” They are:

Marcus Baugh (E)

Ryan Izzo (E)

Will Dissly (E)

Dalton Schultz (D)

David Wells (D)

Durham Smythe (D)

Jordan Akins (D)

Jordan Thomas (D)

Mark Andrews (D)

My TE Draft Board