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Wide receiver – Justyn Ross, Clemson (Kansas City Chiefs)
If there’s one guy on this list, where it is completely understood why no NFL general manager felt comfortable pulling the trigger, Ross would be the name one would come up with. The former Clemson receiver looked like a sure-fire first-round pick as a freshman all the way back in 2018, catching 46 passes for 1,000 yards and terrorizing Notre Dame’s and Nick Saban’s Alabama defense in the college football playoff. After a slight downtick in year two, he missed the entire 2020 season because of a bulging disc and congenital fusion condition in his neck and spine, after his back flared up, following a hit during spring practices. His production dropped off dramatically this past season, due to not being totally, sub-par quarterback play and other factors. Poor testing numbers at his pro day didn’t help him either. However, he still would have been a top-100 prospect for most, but he, among guys like Carson Strong and a couple of others on this list, simply couldn’t slot into the big board, where his injuries were taken into account. If he can return to his old self, he has the ability to win from any spot on the field. He sinks his hips well into breaks, and he has a gift when it comes to ball-tracking and body-positioning to win in contested situations. Kansas City has lost their top-three wide receivers in yardage from last season, most notably trading away Tyreek Hill. They did replace those with free agents JuJu Smith-Schuster and Marquez Valdes-Scantling, along with second-round pick Skyy Moore. However, while MVS and Moore will be merged to replace the vertical and YAC element Cheetah brought, and JuJu gives them a bit of a different element in terms of a physical big slot, there’s still room for more of a typical X receiver. They do use Travis Kelce as the single in those three-by-one sets quite a bit, but I think Ross could find his way onto the field if he’s back to 100 percent.
