2018 NFL Draft: Ranking the top five wide receivers

The No. 5 spot came down to four deserving players: Equanimeous St. Brown, Deon Cain, Michael Gallup, Anthony Miller, Courtland Sutton, and James Washington. Leaving any one of those players off was a difficult decision to justify, as they all possess the potential to be stars at the next level.

With all due respect to the other players listed, I simply can’t overlook what makes Gallup so impressive: He simply gets the ball.

Gallup isn’t the most fluid of athletes, which is something that he’ll have to work on improving. His footwork is better than most in this class, however, and his ability to make plays in traffic is almost unrivaled amongst this crop of wide receivers.

Gallup may never be the elite deep-ball weapon that St. Brown, Sutton, and Washington could prove to be, but he’s the complete package.

Gallup produced passer ratings that were at least 8.4 points above the NCAA average on screens, slants, out routes, in routes, hitches, and corner routes. He produced at every level, made his mark in the red zone, and always seemed to find a way to move the chains.

Gallup will need to improve his burst off the line of scrimmage, but he’s a strong and skilled target whom every quarterback would love to have.

Truth be told: He’s my personal choice to be the best wide receiver in this class when it’s all said and done.