There are 24 wide receivers on Draft Wire’s big board of the top 150 prospects entering the 2020 NFL draft. This year’s draft is a deep wide receiver class and the Broncos are likely to take advantage of that.
“Obviously there’s a bunch of receivers as everybody’s alluded to,” Denver coach Vic Fangio said at the combine on Tuesday. Fangio went on to note that many pundits often dub certain positions as “deep classes” even when they aren’t.
“Whereas — it seems to me that wide receiver [actually] is a deep group because there’s people that you kind of have a liking for that might be there in most of the rounds,” Fangio said.
The Broncos already have one Pro Bowl wide receiver in Courtland Sutton but general manager John Elway wants to give quarterback Drew Lock a few more weapons.
“We’re always going to try and surround the quarterback with people that he can be successful with and also protect him,” Elway said Tuesday. “There’s a deep class at wide receiver this year so we’ll continue to hopefully get better there too.”
Alabama’s Jerry Jeudy and Henry Ruggs, Oklahoma’s CeeDee Lamb, Colorado’s Laviska Shenault, TCU’s Jalen Reagor, Clemson’s Tee Higgins and LSU’s Justin Jefferson are among the top WRs in this year’s class.
