Inside The Numbers: Third Year Wide Outs

Draft evaluations fill the internet of opinions on who, where and why each pick was taken. Since the draft of 1992 over eighty wide receivers have been selected, 86 to be exact counting the four taken in 2011, which have yet to see live action in the NFL.

After doing some fantasy football radio discussions the wonderment of how many of these guys really are home runs that are taken in the third round, started to sink in and then the break down began. Minus those four in 2011 only 11 of the 82 who have had one full season under their belt have reached the 1,000 yard mark the plateau which is the standard barrier for running backs and receivers.

History does show that the player’s hitting the mark of 1,000 yards usually have

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