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Catch Radius: Amari Cooper

After a historic 2014 season for rookie wide receivers, how many more potential studs could college football have possibly produced at this position in 2015? Well, it was certainly a down year. Only one rookie wideout surpassed 750 receiving yards last year, and it was Alabama's Amari Cooper, the safest bet of them all as Oakland's No. 4 overall pick. It did not help that two other first-round picks, Kevin White (Bears) and Breshad Perriman (Ravens), missed their entire rookie seasons with injuries. The last first-round wideout to miss his rookie season was Yatil Green for the 1997 Dolphins, and he actually missed his whole second season as well.