This is not a year with AJ Green/Julio Jones-type obvious top-flight WR prospects, but it is a year with immense depth. And, in the right situation, any of the players on this list can be productive in the NFL.
Your top tier is Cordarrelle Patterson and Tavon Austin, and you probably couldn’t find two more dissimilar body types at WR. Patterson is the more traditional athletic specimen who is raw but is so athletic that he should develop into a top-10 WR by 2014. Austin is a small WR who is just ridiculously quick and elusive. He’ll probably be used in the slot primarily in the NFL, but, if the offensive coordinator he works with is smart, he’ll get touches from the slot, on outside screens, and also in the backfield.
The second tier in 2013 is very large, and goes from numbers 3-11 on my list. Of them, Robert Woods, Stedman Bailey and Keenan Allen probably have the best shots to be very solid possession receivers in the NFL, and are the most likely to be WR2s on the next level.
In dynasty fantasy football, anybody below 11 here is worth keeping and could definitely be a solid fill-in down the road.
- Cordarrelle Patterson, Tennessee
- Tavon Austin, West Virginia
- Robert Woods, Southern California
- DeAndre Hopkins, Clemson
- Stedman Bailey, West Virginia
- Keenan Allen, California
- Justin Hunter, Tennessee
- Josh Boyce, TCU
- Da’Rick Rogers, Tennessee Tech
- Chad Bumphis, Mississippi State
- Quinton Patton, Louisiana Tech
- Aaron Dobson, Marshall
- Marquise Goodwin, Texas
- Tavarres King, Georgia
- Terrance Williams, Baylor
- Lanear Sampson, Baylor
- TJ Moe, Missouri
- Darrin Moore, Texas Tech
- Ryan Swope, Texas A&M
- Conner Vernon, Duke
- Martel Moore, Northern Illinois
- Kenny Stills, Oklahoma
- Omarius Hines, Florida
- Denard Robinson, Michigan
- Markus Wheaton, Oregon State
- Jasper Collins, Mount Union
- Alec Lemon, Syracuse
- Brandon Kaufman, Eastern Washington
- Perez Ashford, Northern Illinois
- Ace Sanders, South Carolina
- Brice Butler, San Diego State
- Uzoma Nwachukwu, Texas A&M
- Erik Highsmith, North Carolina
- Myles White, Louisiana Tech
- Darryl Stonum, Baylor
- Chris Denton, Mount Union
- Jameze Massey, Winston-Salem State
- Eric Monette, Western Michigan
- Cobi Hamilton, Arkansas
- Chris Harper, Kansas State
- Russell Shepard, LSU
- Mike Shanahan, Pittsburgh
