Before the process of players declaring or returning to school began, the expected wide receiver class looked stellar.
2011 NFL Draft: Wide receiver class getting weaker by the day
News is out that Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon is returning to school for his junior season.
He joins the growing list that includes Notre Dame's Michael Floyd, Oklahoma's Ryan Broyles and Arizona's Juron Criner as underclassmen deciding to play another year of college football.
of Arkansas and
of Ohio State are also expected to stay in school. There has been no word about Texas A&M’s
.
So what was expected to be a great class is now pretty bad once you get past A.J. Green (Georgia), Julio Jones (Alabama) and Jonathan Baldwin (Pittsburgh).
No NFL team may be hit harder by the lacking wide receiver class than the St. Louis Rams. If they keep the 14th pick, Green and Jones will almost certainly be gone. Baldwin may not warrant that high of a pick.
Both Blackmon and Floyd would have been in play for the Rams and now they may have to settle in a later round for a receiver that doesn’t have No. 1 upside.
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