The NFL has such a weird history of finding the best wide receiver talent in the most unexpected places. Jerry Rice, Terrell Owens, Randy Moss, and Isaac Bruce represent four of the top-five players all-time in receiving yards, but they played their college ball at Mississippi Valley State, Chattanooga, Marshall, and Memphis, respectively.
It wasn’t as though their talent was surprising—Rice and Moss were first round picks, while Bruce just missed the cut, and T.O. went in round three—and their individual paths around major college football programs is of little consequence to their final NFL totals. But it goes to show that you can’t judge a prospect by the jersey he wears or even by the competition that he dominates before testing his skills against the best in the world.