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Best of the Best: Wide Receiver Rankings

  1. Limas Sweed, WR, Texas, 6'5, 219
  1. Early Doucet, WR, Louisiana State, 6'0, 207
  1. Adarius Bowman, WR, Oklahoma State, 6'4, 220
  1. Keenan Burton, WR, Kentucky, 6'2, 195
  1. Andre Caldwell, WR, Florida, 6'1, 200
  1. Harry Douglas, WR, Louisville, 5'11, 170
  1. Marcus Henry, WR, Kansas, 6'4, 200
  1. Dorien Bryant, WR, Purdue, 5'10, 175
  1. Nate Jones, Texas, WR, 6'2, 195
  1. Will Franklin, WR, Missouri, 6'2, 205
  1. Jordy Nelson, WR, Kansas State, 6'2, 213
  1. D.J. Hall, WR, Alabama, 6'3, 186
  1. Donnie Avery, WR, Houston, 5'11, 190
  1. Eddie Royal, WR, Virginia Tech, 5'10, 181
  1. Maurice Purify, WR, Nebraska, 6'3, 183

Top Underclassmen:

  1. Malcom Kelly, WR, Oklahoma, 6'4, 217
  1. Mario Manningham, WR, Michigan, 6'0, 178
  1. DeSean Jackson, WR, California, 6'0, 166
  1. Earl Bennett, WR, Vanderbilt, 6'1, 202
  1. Mario Urrutia, WR, Louisville, 6'6, 228
  1. Brian Robiske, WR, Ohio State, 6'3, 196
  1. James Hardy, WR, Indiana, 6'6, 220
  1. Tiquan Underwood, WR, Rutgers, 6'2, 180
  1. Jarrett Dillard, WR, Rice 5'10, 180
  1. Jaison Williams, WR, Oregon

Best of the Rest (Alphabetical by School):
Jabari Arthur, WR, Akron, 6’4, 225
Marcus Monk, WR, Arkansas, 6’6, 220
Anthony Alridge, RB, Houston, 5’9, 175
Todd Blythe, WR, Iowa State, 6’5, 209
Steve Johnson, WR, Kentucky
Ernie Wheelwright, WR, Minnesota, 6’5, 215
Sammie Stroughter, WR, Oregon State, 6’0, 183
Amarri Jackson, WR, South Florida, 6’5, 195
Michael Bumpus, WR, Washington State
Darius Raynaud, WR, West Virginia, 5’10, 200
Paul Hubbard, WR, Wisconsin, 6’4, 215
Luke Swan, WR, Wisconsin, 6’0, 193

More players after the jump...

Other Noteworthy Seniors (Alphabetical by School):
Keith Brown, WR, Alabama, 6’3, 204
Blake Thackston, WR, Alabama-Birmingham, 6’1, 180
Rudy Burgess, WR, Arizona State, 5’10, 188
Robert Johnson, WR, Arkansas, 6’2, 209
Levi Dejohnette, WR, Arkansas State, 6’0, 175
Patrick Higgins, WR, Arkansas State, 6’2, 184
Prechae Rodriguez, WR, Auburn, 6’4, 204
Dan Dunford, WR, Ball State, 5’10, 185
Kevin Challenger, WR, Boston College, 5’9, 178
Robert Jordan, WR, California, 5’11, 165
Javid James, WR, Central Florida, 6’3, 197
Justin Gardner, WR, Central Michigan, 6’2, 191
Earnest Jackson, WR, Cincinnati, 6’3, 215
Alvin Barnett, WR, Colorado, 5’11, 190
Dusty Sprague, WR, Colorado, 6’4, 190
Luke Roberts, WR, Colorado State, 6’2, 206
Johnny Walker, WR, Colorado State, 6’0, 190
Jomar Wright, WR, Duke, 6’1, 200
Bruce Hocker, WR, Duquesne, 6’4, 205
Phillip Henry, WR, East Carolina, 6’0, 180
Steven Rogers, WR, East Carolina, 6’0, 186
Travis Lewis, WR, Eastern Michigan, 6’2, 197
De’Cody Fagg, WR, Florida State, 6’3, 218
Sean Bailey, WR, Georgia, 6’1, 174
C.J. Hawthorne, WR, Hawaii, 5’11, 161
Jason Rivers, WR, Hawaii, 6’2, 192
Jeron Harvey, WR, Houston, 6’5, 215
Cameron Bobb, WR, Kent State, 6’5, 198
Taz Knockum, WR, Memphis, 6’2, 220
Lance Leggett, WR, Miami (FL), 6’3, 188
Taron Henry, WR, Middle Tennessee State, 6’1, 189
Jonathan Grigsby, WR, Middle Tennessee State, 5’9, 186
Tony Burks, WR, Mississippi State, 6’4, 217
Terrance Nunn, WR, Nebraska, 6’0, 190
Adam Bishop, WR, Nevada, 6’4, 245
Travis Brown, WR, New Mexico, 6’3, 189
Marcus Smith, WR, New Mexico, 6’2, 212
Brandon Allen, WR, New Mexico State, 6’2, 195
Derek Dubois, WR, New Mexico State, 5’9, 170
Darrell Blackman, WR, North Carolina State, 5’10, 209
John Dunlan, WR, North Carolina State, 6’2, 210
Brandon Jackson, WR, North Texas, 6’1, 208
Alex Watson, WR, Northern Arizona, 5’10, 180
Tommy Devereaux, WR, Oklahoma State, 6’0, 185
Anthony Parks, WR, Oklahoma State, 6’1, 190
Cameron Colvin, WR, Oregon, 6’2, 205
Bryan Paysinger, WR, Oregon, 6’2, 208
Garren Strong, WR, Oregon, 6’3, 200
Brandon Powers, WR, Oregon State, 6’2, 218
Anhony Wheat-Brown, WR, Oregon State, 6’1, 213
Derek Kinder, WR, Pittsburgh, 6’1, 205
Joel Armstrong, WR, Rice, 5’11, 195
Wes Doyle, WR, San Diego, 6’4, 205
Chaz Schilens, WR, San Diego State, 6’4, 220
Brett Swain, WR, San Diego State, 6’1, 200
Michael Hooper, WR, San Jose State, 5’9, 163
Devin Lowery, WR, Southern Methodist, 5’11, 175
Zack Sledge, WR, Southern Methodist, 5’11, 190
Chris Johnson, WR, Southern Mississippi, 6’0, 176
Mark Bradford, WR, Stanford, 6’2, 210
Evan Moore, WR, Stanford, 6’7, 235
Billy Pittman, Texas, WR, 6’0, 200
Taj Smith, WR, Syracuse, 6’1, 188
Kerry Franks, WR, Texas A&M, 5’11, 196
Earvin Taylor, WR, Texas A&M, 6’3, 228
Ervin Dickerson, WR, TCU, 6’1, 200
Danny Amendola, WR, Texas Tech, 5’11, 177
Grant Walker, WR, Texas Tech, 6’0, 189
Andrew Hawkins, WR, Toledo, 5’8, 163
David Washington, WR, Toldeo, 6’5, 219
Brandon Breazell, WR, UCLA, 6’0, 160
Marcus Everett, WR, UCLA, 6’1, 196
Aaron Straiten, WR, UNLV, 6’2, 195
Derrek Richards, WR, Utah, 5’11, 175
Kevin Robinson, WR, Utah State, 6’0, 192
Lorne Sam, WR/QB, UTEP, 6’3, 215
Joe West, WR, UTEP, 6’2, 210
Josh Morgan, WR, Virginia Tech, 6’1, 219
Kevin Marion, WR, Wake Forest, 5’10, 168
Kenneth Moore, WR, Wake Forest, 6’0, 204
Cody Ellis, WR, Washington, 6’0, 185
Marcel Reese, WR, Washington, 6’3, 240
Anthony Russo, WR, Washington, 5’11, 185
Herb Martin, WR, Western Michigan, 6’2, 187
Kelly Martin, WR, Western Michigan, 6’3, 180
Michael Ford, WR, Wyoming, 6’2, 203
Hoost Marsh, WR, Wyoming, 5’9, 172

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