DEZMON BRISCOE

I’m guessing the 40 time you are going off of is his 4.7 from high school which is probably not accurate anymore. Speed can be developed and I’ve got to believe that Briscoe is going to turn out better at the combine than what he did 3.5 years ago.

4th round is too low in my opinion, not sure I know where and that depends on how well he does this year but I think he’ll be higher than that. I could be wrong and I may be biased, but the guy his made some pretty good defenses look silly trying to cover and tackle him.

continue to see a low of 4.5 with most saying 4.6.

Interestingly comparable receivers sizewise in Dez Bryant and Brandon Lafell both were listed with 4.55’s so not a huge difference.

And I think some will have to do with how KU does a bit as well. If Briscoe has another Monster year and KU does well and has some national attention I would think that helps a bit. I think Talib’s status helped with KU in the Orange Bowl, his pick six with the nation watching, etc. I know draft people and scouts say little things like that don’t matter, but I gotta think stuff like that has to make some difference, however small it is. Maybe that explains why a lot of small-school draft gems can be found later. Who knows.

As far as speed, Briscoe makes up for a lack of breakaway speed IMO with run after the catch ability, shiftyness, and route running. If he really brings it this year and goes all out every game, and the things I mentioned above, I would see him maybe going mid to later second round. But I’m no Mel Kiper. Or Todd McShay :)

numbers are always high despite his 40 time.

…a guy at K-State named Darnell McDonald circa the Michael Bishop years. Dude checked in at 6’3", 205, pretty good set of hands on him, somehow managed to corral a K-Swiss endorsement despite his lofty 7th-round selection status. Point isn’t that Briscoe >= McDonald or Briscoe is <= McDonald, I just think that projecting WRs is an extremely iffy science.

Receivers are pretty fungible assets. Denverjhawk cut a wide swath with his high 2nd/low 3rd scope, but maybe that’s how wide the band has to be to project WR draft slotting. If you miss too high drafting WRs, it really stings (see Warrick, Peter or Rogers, Charles for reference). Even 3rd rounders have short life cycles. Snoop Minnis, please pick up the nearest white courtesy phone….

If I were matching Dezmon with a current NFL WR, I’d liken him to a younger Muhsin Muhammad or maybe Bobby Engram. Solid, steady, reliable.

I bet he goes in the second, but really, at this point, who the hell knows. A couple of years ago, the January before the Draft (like, just 4 months away from Draft Day) Andre Woodson was essentially a unanimous first rounder. On actual Draft Day, he went in the 7th round and was cut in training camp (IIRC — I might be wrong on that last part).

Anyways…the point is that lots of stuff can change. So, yeah. Duh. But, if I had to guess, like I said, I’ll guess the second round. The speed will drop him down from “elite” status, although neither Fitzgerald or Crabtree had great 40 times (of course, they were better prospects than Briscoe, so I’m not comparing, just saying that speed isn’t a necessity). He’ll be a great value pick, whenever he’s picked.