The Denver Broncos interviewed Arizona State wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk at the NFL combine last week, according to KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis. Aiyuk (6-0, 205 pounds) ran a 40-yard dash in 4.5 seconds at the combine.
NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein has compared Aiyuk to Robert Woods, who was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the second round of the 2013 draft.
Aiyuk had a breakout senior season in 2019, catching 65 passes for 1,192 yards and eight touchdowns. He is the 51st-best player in the draft and the eighth-best wide receiver, according to Luke Easterling’s 2020 NFL draft big board for Draft Wire.
Alabama’s Jerry Jeudy (No. 8) and Henry Ruggs (No. 12), Oklahoma’s CeeDee Lamb (No. 9), Colorado’s Laviska Shenault (No. 25), TCU’s Jalen Reagor (No. 33), Clemson’s Tee Higgins (No. 36) and LSU’s Justin Jefferson (No. 43) are the seven receivers Draft Wire has ranked higher than Aiyuk.
Aiyuk is projected to be selected sometime between the second and third rounds of the draft, according to Charlie Campbell of WalterFootball.com. Denver will have five picks in the first three rounds of this year’s draft.
