This year’s wide receiver class in the NFL Draft has jumped the shark. It’s considerably deep, with perhaps dozens of prospects who will contribute in Year 1. But every other year, you’ll hear pundits say, “This is the greatest class of all time!”
Hyperbole aside, San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan drafts a wide receiver every year other than 2021. Last year, he waited until the seventh round to select Ronnie Bell. A late-round receiver is an outlier. Brandon Aiyuk, Deebo Samuel, and Danny Gray — not to mention Dante Pettis — were all drafted in the first three rounds.