The 2025 WR Class May Lack Star Power, But Hidden Gems Abound: Pre-Draft WR Prospect Lab Scores
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The Wide Receiver Prospect Lab has been one of the most reliable tools for evaluating rookie receivers for years. Like its RB counterpart, it uses a linear model to predict early-career fantasy performance based on key college metrics. The beauty of this approach lies in its simplicity — by focusing on a few critical variables, the model avoids both overfitting and overreliance on a single metric.

The pre-draft model looks at a number of factors, including size, speed, age, level of competition, career production, and final season production. It doesn’t include projected draft slot — once we know where these players will go, many of the metrics that the pre-draft model considers will drop out.

Even without draft capital information, the pre-draft WR Prospect Lab has consistently identified future NFL hits. The top scorers in the pre-draft model are bona-fide stars: Amari Cooper (100), Davante Adams (98), Ja’Marr Chase (98), Dez Bryant (94), Sammy Watkins (92), and Brandin Cooks (91).

Other notable high-scoring players include Mike Evans (88), Justin Jefferson (86), Drake London (85), DeAndre Hopkins (81), Marvin Harrison Jr. (81), Malik Nabers (78), JuJu Smith-Schuster (76), Tyler Boyd (74), CeeDee Lamb (74), Alshon Jeffery (73), Stefon Diggs (72), DeVonta Smith (71), Julio Jones (70), and Chris Godwin (70).

Does the 2025 class have any receivers on the same level as some of these NFL superstars?

You can find even more advanced metrics in the 2025 RotoViz Rookie Guide. For a limited time, purchasers of the Rookie Guide can take $29.99 off the first-year cost of a new 1-year RotoViz subscription!

2025 Wide Receiver Prospect Lab Scores

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