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5 takeaways from Mel Kiper’s 2020 Big Board

By Bryan Perez

ATLANTA, GA - DECEMBER 01: Jerry Jeudy #4 of the Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates scoring a touchdown against the Georgia Bulldogs in the fourth quarter during the 2018 SEC Championship Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 1, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - DECEMBER 01: Jerry Jeudy #4 of the Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates scoring a touchdown against the Georgia Bulldogs in the fourth quarter during the 2018 SEC Championship Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 1, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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FORT WORTH, TX – OCTOBER 20: CeeDee Lamb #2 of the Oklahoma Sooners celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the TCU Horned Frogs in the first half at Amon G. Carter Stadium on October 20, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX – OCTOBER 20: CeeDee Lamb #2 of the Oklahoma Sooners celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the TCU Horned Frogs in the first half at Amon G. Carter Stadium on October 20, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /

Oklahoma WR CeeDee Lamb cracks the top 15

The 2020 NFL draft has a chance to be one of the truly special wide receiver classes that will rank among the best we’ve seen in recent years. Lamb is one of the players who will begin the season as a guy jockeying for the next-best ranking after Jerry Jeudy, but he still has a bit to prove in 2019.

Lamb is a brilliant contested-catcher and has a lull-you-to-sleep route-running style, but he’s lacking elite game-changing speed. It could be that anyone playing opposite Ravens first-round pick Marquise Brown is going to look a little slower on tape than they actually are, but he didn’t flash the ability to run away from defenders on a consistent enough basis.

Regardless, playing receiver in the NFL doesn’t require that kind of field-flipping ability to be successful, and Lamb wins as a route-runner and is as reliable of a target as you’ll find in the country.

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