Tyler Boyd

ANALYSIS
Boyd is a strong candidate to be one of the first five receivers selected in this draft, perhaps as soon as the late first round. There isn't much in his game that screams of obvious WR1 upside -- he isn't overly big at 6-foot-2, 200 pounds, and he doesn't show burning speed on tape -- but Boyd still profiles as a standout starting wide receiver in the NFL thanks to an adequate size-athleticism profile that is supplemented by elite college production. Boyd dominated even in his true freshman year, and by the end of his three seasons at Pittsburgh (38 games) he caught 254 passes for 3,361 yards (13.2 YPC) and 21 touchdowns, adding 520 yards and a touchdown as a runner. Impressive as those numbers are, they would have been better if Boyd hadn't dealt with poor quarterback play the last two years -- Tom Savage's 2,958-yard, 21-touchdown season in 2013 was by far the best Boyd had seen from the quarterback position at Pittsburgh. So long as Boyd doesn't flop at the Combine, he ought to project as similar to what Miles Austin was at his peak.