These wide receiver prospects come in all shapes and sizes. Georgia's George Pickens is one of the guys who is more about length than the small-space quickness, standing 6'3" and 195 pounds. While more wiry, Pickens believes he's ready to take on how defenders may play him in the NFL.
"My physicality for sure," Pickens said at the NFL Combine in early March. "That's one thing I know at the next level that they're going to have. Guys are going to be big. They're going to be strong. They're going to be fast. They're going to be long. Just playing in the SEC, it really helps going against guys like Derek Stingley, JC Horn. The same guys that are in the league you go against every year. So I feel like being in the SEC really improved my game a lot."
Pickens immediately produced for the Bulldogs, earning freshman All-SEC honors by leading Georgia with 49 receptions and 727 receiving yards plus 8 touchdowns. He followed that up by leading the team again with 36 grabs for 513 yards and six TDs.
He tore his ACL during spring ball in 2021, but was able to make his way back for the back end of the Bulldogs National Championship run.
Now Pickens turns his attention to continuing that success at the next level, where he feels he's already well prepared for the transition thanks to the system offensive coordinator Todd Monken ran.
"The biggest benefit is the pro-style offense and we going to the pros," Pickens said. "That really helps a lot. He was formerly with the Browns. Baker Mayfield, Odell [Beckham Jr], that year right there and that's the offense we ran right there. We ran the same exact offense, so the biggest benefit is just being in the pro-style offense."
Pickens adds good speed for his size with a 4.47 second 40 yard dash time at the Combine and has very good ball skills.
He is expected to be a later 1st to 2nd round selection.