Robert Woods

ANALYSIS
Woods was at one point hyped as a potential top-10 pick, but a year of injuries and the emergence of the superior Marqise Lee have him looking at the late first round and early second round grades for the time being. We assess him somewhere between those two points -- Woods is a very good prospect who could compete for a selection in the first 20 picks. Although he failed to average 11.5 yards per catch over his last two years at USC, Woods possesses a lot of explosiveness and smoothness as a runner, emerging as such an effective possession target for USC specifically because his explosiveness and speed demand vertical cushions, making him an easy short-pass target. We suspect he'll be a significantly more active downfield factor in the NFL. It's not out of the question for him to be the first receiver selected, but we think he'll more likely be the second, third or fourth wideout pick, probably in the first round, but perhaps in the early second.