The Top 10 Wide Receivers Heading Into The NFL Draft

There's no question that Patrick Turner has a NFL body. He's 6'5 225 pounds and has excellent body control. His only problem is his lack of speed which could turn him to a possession receiver and one that is used primarily on third downs and in the red zone.

He did have to face some excellent cover corners that were in the Pac-10 which could be why he's never had eye popping numbers. Antoine Cason, Dante Hughes, Syd'Quan Thompson, and Walter Thurmond.

Even with that Turner was able to catch a total of 138 passes for 1752 yards and average per catch of only 12.6 yards, and a total of 17 touchdowns.

The only bright spot on a horrible Washington State Cougars football team that won two games all year. Gibson is an excellent receiver, runs great routes, and has the ability to make the clutch catches and also has excellent body control to make the catches along the sideline.

Gibson has decent size for a NFL wideout at 6'1 205. He will definitely be playing on Sundays. He should be drafted somewhere after the third round.

In his four years as a Cougar Gibson caught 182 passes for 2756 yards which averages to 15.1 yards per catch, and had 15 touchdowns.

I've never heard anything about him until today. Let's just say he has the height that many NFL scouts drool for. Ramses Barden is 6'6 225 he creates a huge target for a quarterback. Look for him to go in the third round.

What's not to love about him with his height? Through his career he caught 206 passes for 4203 yards that's a 20.1 yard average per catch, and even more impressively he caught a total of 50 touchdowns.

The only problem for him is that he played on a small school, but there's plenty of NFL players who played at small school that had great careers and Barden should have one too.

Hakeem Nicks really made a name for himself against West Virginia where he caught eight passes for 217 yards and three touchdowns. Nicks is exceptional speed and he's got the NFL height at 6'1 210.

In his career at North Carolina Nicks caught a total of 181 passes for 2840 yards, an average of 15.9 yards per reception, and found the end zone 21 times.

Look for Nicks to be picked in the second round of the draft .

Juaquin Iglesias is an excellent receiver. Runs his routes well and because of that he can use his speed to get away from defenders and is a threat to score anytime he touches the ball.

Iglesias is another receiver at 6'1 but he's a little bit lighter than the other receivers at 200 pounds, but he will bulk up in the NFL and become a solid number two receiver.

For his career at Oklahoma, Iglesias caught 197 passes for 2803 yards and a 14.1 yard per catch average, and also scored 19 touchdowns. Of course he can add to those totals in the championship game against Florida.

Look got Iglesias to be picked somewhere either in the late first round or second round at the latest.

Darrius Heyward-Bey is not higher because of the lack of production this season with only 38 catches, but he's got the size to be an extremely talented wide receiver in the NFL. Heyward-Bey is 6'2 205.

He caught for his career at Maryland 138 passes for 2089 yards and 13 touchdowns. Part of his lack of production was consistent quarterback play and having Da'Rell Scotts a superb running back as well take away his opportunities for more catches.

Look for Heyward-Bey to be picked in the late first round.

His numbers won't be on par with some of the other receivers which hurts him, but he should be a late first round pick. He's got the speed to run by defenders and he's got the height that NFL scouts love at 6'3 and being at 205 pounds he's just got to add a little bulk to be a productive receiver.

He's better suited as a receiver than his teammate Percy Harvin who does not make the top 10 as a receiver. Like stated earlier he's not going to have the eye gauging numbers as some of the other receivers, but he'll be a good number two receiver in the league.

For his career at Florida he caught 75 passes for 1201 yards and 12 touchdowns. Look for Murphy to be drafted in the late first round.

Kenny Britt has all the abilities to become either a number one or number two wide receiver in the NFL. He's got great height at 6'4 but he's going to have to work on his body to be able to go over the middle only weighing in at 205 pounds.

Britt will definitely help red zone offenses especially on the jump balls for touchdowns. At Rutgers he caught 178 passes for 3043 yards, and 17 touchdowns.

Look for Britt to be drafted mid -to-late first round.

There's no doubt that Jeremy Maclin is the second best wide receiver in the 2009 draft. He's got the speed to be a solid number one receiver in the league and he's a little undersized at 6'1 200, but he will bulk up so he can get to the point where he becomes one of the better receivers in the NFL.

For his career at Missouri Maclin caught 182 passes for 2315 yards, 12.8 yards per catch, and found the endzone 22 times.

Look for Maclin to go in the middle of the first round.

There's no doubt who was the best wide receiver in the NCAA and that was Michael Crabtree of Texas Tech. Who's probably got the most memorable catch of the year with his game winning catch against then number one Texas.

Crabtree has everything a NFL scout would want in a wide receiver excellent hands, runs his routes extremely well, blocks, and has the size to make an immediate impact on a team. He may have to add a little bit of muscle. He's 6'3 210 if he can get to 220 he's going to be solid.

He's not question going to be one of the first players selected in the draft. In almost every mock draft I've seen it's Crabtree going to the Seattle Seahawks.

Here's the thing if I were the Detroit Lions who get the first pick it would be a very difficult decision on who to take a number one Crabtree or Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford. In the end if I were the Lions I'd take Crabtree.

If I were the Lions I would try to make a trade to get another draft pick so they could take a quarterback later in the draft. Someone like Mark Sanchez, Josh Freeman, Curtis Painter, Graham Harrell, or Nate Davis who will go either in the second or third round.

Anyways I kind of went off topic here, but Crabtree to me is the best avaliable player in the draft. Crabtree only played two years and caught 231 passes for 3127 yards, a 13.3 average yards per catch, and caught 41 touchdowns in that span.

Too me he's the number one pick in the 2009 draft. He'll probably go within in the top five.