Wide Receiver

Boise State

5-11 174

Draft Board Overall Prospect Rank: #32

Draft Board Overall Wide Receiver Rank: #5

Rating: 81 (early 2nd)

40 time: 4.43

2/20/11: Titus Young was my favorite sleeper heading into the Senior Bowl and now, not only is the cat out of the bag, he might actually be overrated. People are calling him the next DeSean Jackson or the next Mike Wallace. He’s not that fast. He’s got good speed and certainly quicker than fast and dangerous in space, the type of player who can make nothing into something in the open field, but he’s not a blazing deep threat.

He’s probably best off as a high YAC slot receiver at the next level, though his lack of size will make it tough to him to go down the middle often. He might need to bulk up 5-10 pounds without losing quickness. He says he can run a 4.2 and obviously if he can, I might reconsider the type of fast he is, but considering most estimates before his claim of a 4.2 were in the low 4.4s, high 4.3s, I’m skeptical. We’ll see at The Combine.

He’s a good route runner, especially on shorter routes. He finds seams in defenses well and will turn a 5-7 yard completion into a 12+ yard gain. He’s a very smart kid with solid hands, though he did have a bad case of the dropsies at Senior Bowl practices. That’s not the type of player he was during the season. He’s a very accomplished college receiver, with 150 catches for 2256 yards and 19 touchdowns in his last 2 seasons.

He’s not an endzone threat or a vertical threat at only 5-11 with average hops, but he’s a very good underneath receiver who can stretch the field and do damage after the catch. He’s also a good special teams player who 2 years of experience as a kick returner, returning 2 to the house in 2009. He’s not the most physical dominant guy, but he’s smart and scrappy and a much better overall receiver that his teammate, the 6-3 Austin Pettis.

NFL Comparison: Lee Evans