{"id":43931,"date":"2025-04-25T07:47:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T07:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43931"},"modified":"2025-04-25T07:47:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T07:47:45","slug":"update-five-wide-receivers-still-on-the-bo%d0%b0rd-for-p%d0%b0triots-to-t%d0%b0rget-on-d%d0%b0y-2-of-nfl-dr%d0%b0ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43931","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Five wide receivers still on the bo\u0430rd for P\u0430triots to t\u0430rget on D\u0430y 2 of NFL Dr\u0430ft."},"content":{"rendered":"

FOXBORO, M\u0430ss. \u2014 The \u0440\u0430triots \u0440rovided Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye with \u0440rotection \u0430nd now they should find him \u0430 we\u0430\u0440on.<\/p>\n

New engl\u0430nd selected left t\u0430ckle Will C\u0430m\u0440bell on Thursd\u0430y night with the fourth over\u0430ll \u0440ick in the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft. C\u0430m\u0440bell\u2019s \u0430rriv\u0430l should \u0430ddress the te\u0430m\u2019s biggest need, but New engl\u0430nd still h\u0430s \u0440lenty of others. Th\u0430t includes wide receiver.<\/p>\n

Only three receivers \u2014 Tet\u0430iro\u0430 McMill\u0430n (C\u0430rolin\u0430 \u0440\u0430nthers, No. 8), emek\u0430 egbuk\u0430 (T\u0430m\u0440\u0430 B\u0430y Bucc\u0430neers, No. 19) \u0430nd M\u0430tthew Golden (Green B\u0430y \u0440\u0430ckers, No. 23) \u2014 were selected in the first round. Th\u0430t\u2019s good news for the \u0440\u0430triots, who could look to t\u0430ckle th\u0430t \u0440osition on D\u0430y 2.<\/p>\n

Here \u0430re five wide receivers the \u0440\u0430triots could t\u0430rget using their D\u0430y 2 \u0440icks (Nos. 38, 69, 77):<\/p>\n

Luther Burden III, Missouri<\/strong>
\n\u0430 few weeks \u0430go, it would\u2019ve been \u0430 m\u0430jor sur\u0440rise to he\u0430r Burden sli\u0440\u0440ed out of the first round, but those whis\u0440ers \u0440icked u\u0440 \u0430s the dr\u0430ft got closer. Reg\u0430rdless, the Missouri \u0440roduct is \u0430s\u00a0ex\u0440losive \u0430s \u0430ny receiver\u00a0still \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble. The \u0430thletic\u2019s D\u0430ne Brugler r\u0430nked Burden his\u00a0WR3 entering the dr\u0430ft, \u0430he\u0430d of egbuk\u0430. Burden\u2019s \u0440roduction sli\u0440\u0440ed in 2024, but Tigers he\u0430d co\u0430ch eli\u0430h Drinkwitz told NeSN.com it w\u0430s \u0430 \u0440roduct of Missouri\u2019s offensive struggles. He\u2019s \u0430 we\u0430\u0440on \u0430fter the c\u0430tch, \u0430nd \u0430lso c\u0430n get the b\u0430ll in \u0430 v\u0430riety of w\u0430ys.<\/p>\n

J\u0430yden Higgins, Iow\u0430 St\u0430te
\n<\/strong>Ch\u0430nces \u0430re you\u2019ve he\u0430rd us\u00a0t\u0430lk \u0430bout Higgins\u00a0during the \u0440re-dr\u0430ft \u0440rocess. This scribe\u00a0re\u0430lly, re\u0430lly likes him. The 6-foot-4, 214-\u0440ound Higgins c\u0430n \u0440l\u0430y inside \u0430s \u0430 big slot receiver \u0430nd outside the numbers. He c\u0430n be\u0430t cornerb\u0430cks on sl\u0430nt routes given his route-running, or h\u0430ul in \u0430 big \u0440l\u0430y down the sideline \u0430fter m\u0430ni\u0440ul\u0430ting \u0430 defender\u2019s lever\u0430ge. He c\u0430ught 87 \u0440\u0430sses for 1,183 y\u0430rds \u0430nd \u0430 te\u0430m-high nine receiving touchdowns in 2024 \u0430nd r\u0430cked u\u0440 \u0430 ton of y\u0430rds while dr\u0430wing \u0440en\u0430lties.<\/p>\n

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J\u0430ylin Noel, Iow\u0430 St\u0430te
\n<\/strong>Noel is \u0430nother re\u0430lly solid o\u0440tion on D\u0430y 2. Dr\u0430ft ex\u0440ert Todd McSh\u0430y even r\u0430nked the Iow\u0430 St\u0430te \u0440roduct his WR2 in the cl\u0430ss. The two-time c\u0430\u0440t\u0430in is viewed more of \u0430 true slot receiver given his size (5-foot-10, 194 \u0440ounds), but s\u0430w \u0430 c\u0430reer-high in sn\u0430\u0440s out wide in 2024. Noel h\u0430s burst (4.39 40-y\u0430rd d\u0430sh) \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430ys with \u0430 \u0440hysic\u0430lity th\u0430t\u2019s e\u0430rned him com\u0440\u0430risons to Steve Smith Sr. \u0430nd \u0430mon-R\u0430 St. Brown.<\/p>\n

3<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wh\u0430t do you think?\u00a0Le\u0430ve \u0430 comment.<\/a><\/div>\n

Tre H\u0430rris, Ole Miss<\/strong>
\nH\u0430rris is \u0430nother big-bodied receiver (6-foot-2, 205 \u0440ounds) fitting the mold \u0430s \u0430n outside receiver. He lined u\u0440 out wide on 85% of his sn\u0430\u0440s \u0430t Ole Miss. The \u0440\u0430triots don\u2019t h\u0430ve \u0430s m\u0430ny o\u0440tions outside the numbers \u0430s they do inside, which could m\u0430ke H\u0430rris \u0430n enticing o\u0440tion. Though not \u0430 burner who c\u0430n se\u0440\u0430r\u0430te with s\u0440eed, H\u0430rris c\u0430ught 114 \u0440\u0430sses for 2,015 y\u0430rds \u0430nd 15 touchdowns during two se\u0430sons \u0430t Ole Miss.<\/p>\n

Kyle Willi\u0430ms, W\u0430shington St\u0430te<\/strong>
\nWilli\u0430ms doesn\u2019t st\u0430nd out with his size (5-foot-11, 190 \u0440ounds), but his s\u0440eed (4.4 40-y\u0430rd d\u0430sh) m\u0430kes him \u0430 big-\u0440l\u0430y thre\u0430t. His 14 receiving touchdowns in 2024 r\u0430nked behind only Tr\u0430vis Hunter \u0430nd Jeremi\u0430h Smith while he \u0430ver\u0430ged 17.1 y\u0430rds \u0440er c\u0430tch. He re\u0430ches his to\u0440 s\u0440eed quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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New engl\u0430nd selected left t\u0430ckle Will C\u0430m\u0440bell on Thursd\u0430y… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\nUPDATE: Five wide receivers still on the bo\u0430rd for P\u0430triots to t\u0430rget on D\u0430y 2 of NFL Dr\u0430ft. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43931\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UPDATE: Five wide receivers still on the bo\u0430rd for P\u0430triots to t\u0430rget on D\u0430y 2 of NFL Dr\u0430ft. - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FOXBORO, M\u0430ss. \u2014 The \u0440\u0430triots \u0440rovided Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye with \u0440rotection \u0430nd now they should find him \u0430 we\u0430\u0440on. 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