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2018 Draft Class: Wide Receivers
By Tim Miller
Special to sfl-football.com

Analysis of the 2018 Wide Receiver class


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Next up are the wide receivers. There are a lot of these to choose from so lots of good analysis can be done on the different attributes possible.

So if you enter a 99th percentile attribute in the Fit the System, it should only come up with 1% of all the wide receivers in the league who are at that level or higher. Interesting thing I found... there are two active wide receivers with throwing accuracy of 73 or higher: Braxton Miller and Chad Hansen. Too bad you cannot make them a third string QB.

Another way to look at it: if a receiver has 95 speed (50th percentile), half of the receivers have a speed of 95 and higher and half of the receivers in the league has a speed of lower than 95.

Percentileposageht_incheswtSPDSTRAWRAGIACCCTHCARJMPBTKTAKTHPTHAPBKRBKKPWKACSTAINJIMPTGHKR
50thWR2674206955164939686678760252520253622198784568469
75thWR297521597627597989072916732352635.54426259190629284
90thWR3076224.29970.28499999476.2957438453344.252.430309594699891
95thWR3177227.29971.191999996.2789875.140.267.16646.157.135.1359797.1729993.3
99thWR32.6277.62240.19973.6294.6299999979.629983.6257.6282.6873.2452.4862.6293.6283.62989974.249999


Now in looking at the draft class... no surprises here. While we only looked at non-progressable skills (height, speed, agility, and acceleration), D.J. Chark stood out above the rest. Numbers 2 and 3 are no surprises either with Dante Pettis or TreQuan Smith. Pettis graded higher because of his elite speed and elite agility, but did lose points on his low acceleration.

This is a measure of who would be the most elite in all skills.

POSNameAGEHT_INCHESHeight_RatingWTWeight_RatingSPDSpeed_RatingStrStrength_RatingAWRAWR_RatingAGIAGI_RatingACCACC_RatingCTHCTH_RatingJMPJMP_RatingINJINJ_RatingScoreEliteVery GoodGoodUpper QuadrantUpper HalfToo low
WRD.J. Chark Jr.2276Good198Too low99Elite46Too low66Upper Half99Elite97Upper Half89Upper Half78Too low87Upper Half8201010
WRDante Pettis2273Upper Half195Too low99Elite50Too low54Too low99Elite88Too low73Too low66Too low93Upper Quadrant5.5200011
WRTre'Quan Smith2274Upper Half203Too low98Upper Quadrant68Upper Quadrant55Too low93Upper Half96Upper Half80Too low85Too low90Upper Quadrant4.5000130
WRDamion Ratley2275Upper Quadrant190Too low88Too low57Upper Half48Too low92Too low99Elite75Too low70Too low91Upper Quadrant3100102
WRJ'Mon Moore2275Upper Quadrant205Too low99Elite49Too low56Too low88Too low95Too low75Too low72Too low89Upper Half3100102
WRJustin Watson2375Upper Quadrant225Good87Too low81Elite49Too low86Too low99Elite70Too low79Too low87Upper Half3100102
WRCourtland Sutton2176Good216Upper Quadrant96Upper Half67Upper Quadrant64Upper Half93Upper Half95Too low86Upper Half81Too low92Upper Quadrant3.5001021
WRChristian Kirk2171Too low200Too low93Too low54Upper Half59Too low95Upper Half99Elite82Too low81Too low96Good2.5100012
WRMichael Gallup2273Upper Half200Too low99Elite55Upper Half59Too low87Too low94Too low80Too low84Too low85Upper Half2.5100012
WRJaleel Scott2477Very Good218Upper Quadrant93Too low76Elite51Too low87Too low96Upper Half77Too low83Too low88Upper Half2.25010012
WRJavon Wims2175Upper Quadrant215Upper Quadrant92Too low56Upper Half51Too low97Upper Quadrant88Too low73Too low88Upper Half81Too low2000202
WRRussell Gage2372Upper Half184Too low83Too low75Elite40Too low97Upper Quadrant88Too low71Too low80Too low83Too low1.5000112
WRRay-Ray McCloud2369Too low190Too low95Upper Half68Upper Quadrant47Too low98Upper Quadrant95Too low64Too low86Too low81Too low1.5000112
WRD.J. Moore2171Too low215Upper Quadrant95Upper Half69Upper Quadrant66Upper Half91Too low96Upper Half77Too low82Too low89Upper Half1000022
WRJordan Lasley2173Upper Half210Upper Half95Upper Half57Upper Half55Too low84Too low94Too low77Too low65Too low89Upper Half1000022
WREquanimeous St. Brown2177Very Good203Too low73Too low61Upper Half58Too low86Too low95Too low71Too low87Upper Half90Upper Quadrant0.75010003
WRMarquez Valdes2376Good206Upper Half92Too low73Very Good37Too low92Too low91Too low76Too low82Too low91Upper Quadrant0.5001003
WRKeke Coutee2270Too low181Too low92Too low76Elite42Too low70Too low98Upper Quadrant73Too low85Too low90Upper Quadrant0000103
WRDylan Cantrell2375Upper Quadrant226Good84Too low66Upper Quadrant50Too low81Too low93Too low72Too low74Too low88Upper Half0000103
WRCalvin Ridley2173Too low190Too low92Too low53Upper Half63Too low95Upper Half87Too low89Upper Half47Too low91Upper Quadrant-0.5000013
WRJames Washington2272Too low205Too low93Too low45Too low56Too low90Too low96Upper Half81Too low95Good91Upper Quadrant-0.5000013
WRDeon Cain2173Upper Half210Upper Half88Too low52Upper Half55Too low84Too low90Too low81Too low73Too low81Too low-0.5000013
WRCedrick Wilson Jr.2374Upper Half197Too low94Too low57Upper Half50Too low88Too low87Too low73Too low82Too low95Good-0.5000013
WRDaeSean Hamilton2273Upper Half203Too low83Too low75Elite53Too low91Too low79Too low72Too low92Upper Quadrant93Upper Quadrant-0.5000013
WRAntonio Callaway2170Too low193Too low93Too low43Too low52Too low95Upper Half86Too low72Too low88Upper Half91Upper Quadrant-0.5000013
WRDaurice Fountain2373Upper Half210Upper Half89Too low67Upper Quadrant44Too low91Too low83Too low69Too low88Upper Half80Too low-0.5000013
WRAnthony Miller2371Too low201Too low88Too low84Elite57Too low91Too low84Too low79Too low79Too low83Too low-2000004
WRBraxton Berrios2469Too low185Too low92Too low74Elite57Too low83Too low73Too low70Too low89Upper Half86Upper Half-2000004


Hopefully you enjoy this number crunch as I will be coming back with other evaluations in the near future.

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