Using some metrics and the eye test, some of the NFL’s overlooked rookie WRs are exposed.
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Wide receiver tends to be one of the positions that has the easiest transition into the NFL. In each of the past three classes, a rookie has broken the 1,000 mark in receiving: Amari Cooper last year, Odell Beckham, Kelvin Benjamin and Mike Evans in 2014 and Keenan Allen in 2013. As a result, so many first year wide outs contribute immediately to their teams.