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NFL Draft Daily: Variety the spice of life at wide receiver

Ninth in a daily series leading into the 2020 NFL Draft, April 23-25:

When the Steelers made the -- correct -- decision to trade Antonio Brown to the Raiders last offseason, it left a void at wide receiver.

They filled part of that void with the addition of Diontae Johnson at the top of the third round. A shifty, jitterbug of a receiver, Johnson wound up leading the Steelers -- and all NFL rookies -- with 59 catches and earning All-Pro status as a punt returner.

And second-year receiver James Washington blossomed, catching 44 passes for 735 yards and three touchdowns, with the majority of that -- 34 catches, 574 yards and all three scores -- coming in the team's final nine games.