Best Deep Threat in the Draft, Devin Smith

Jimmy Bourbon

9 years ago

The Dolphins really like DeVante Parker the wide receiver from Louisville. They spoke to him at the NFL combine, and they were the first team that had him come to their facilities for a personal interview. He checks all the boxes for what Miami is looking for in a receiver; he is big. (6’3”, 209 pounds) fast, (ran the 40 in 4.45 seconds), he has run after the catch ability and he is an excellent red-zone target. However, with all that being said most of the best sportsbooks in the world are now re-evaluating their draft board, and are saying that Parker will be off the board before Miami even has the chance to think about selecting him with the number 14th selection in the first round. If the top three receivers in the draft are already selected, then Miami may use their second-round pick to select a wide receiver.

One option in the second round could be Devin Smith the wide receiver from Ohio State, who is 6’0”, 196 pounds and ran the 40 in 4.42 seconds. Last year in 2014 he only had 32 receptions, however, he was able to turn those 32 receptions into 886 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns. He was the definition of a home-run hitter last season, averaging a whopping 27.7 yards per receptions and he turned 37% of his catches into touchdowns. Miami is looking to add more chunk yardage, and touchdowns to their offensive repertoire and Smith can surely help in both areas. He is projected as between a 1^st to a 3^rd round pick, and the one knock on him is that he needs to improve his route running skills, which is something that can be addressed by the coaching staff.

Whether he is drafted in the 1^st or the 3^rd round is going to mainly depend on if there is a run on wide receivers in the first round. Some of the best sports betting software in the world as www.AcePerHead.com are saying that this is an extremely deep draft at the wide receiver position and there is a high probability that there is a run on the wide receiver position in the first round. This means that there could be 8 wide receivers selected in the first round alone. So it appears that even though Smith may be a projected to go as late as the 3^rd round, the reality is that wide receivers are going to be over-drafted and he could possibly slip into the first round or at the least be selected when Miami is on the clock in the first half of the second round. What do the rest of the Miami Dolphins News fans think about selecting Devin Smith in the second round if he is available, and if Miami does not draft a wide receiver in the first round?

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