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NFL Draft Profile: Virginia WR Olamide Zaccheaus

Increasingly, NFL wide receivers look more like linebackers. The average WR in the NFL is six-foot and over 200 pounds. Because of that, there isn’t a big market for a 5’8” 190 pound guy.

But then again, Olamide Zaccheaus isn’t a typical WR. He’s mostly been listed at halfback at Virginia, and in reality, he’s a hybrid running back-wide receiver. Over his career, he’s had 79 carries for 551 yards and two touchdowns, coupled with 250 receptions for 2,753 yards and 22 TDs. These numbers put him in rarified company at Virginia. OZ (as he is known) is the all-time leader in receptions at UVA and is second all-time in receiving yards and TDs.