The – selected LSU wide receiver Justin Jefferson with the -th overall pick in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft on Thursday evening.
Jefferson (6-1, 202 pounds) ran a 40-yard dash in 4.43 seconds and posted a vertical jump of 37.5 inches at the combine earlier this offseason. NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein has compared Jefferson to Greg Jennings, who was a second-round pick in the 2006 NFL Draft.
“Teams looking for an inside/outside possession receiver with the size and savvy to make chain-moving catches could push Jefferson up the board,” Zierlein wrote of Jefferson on NFL.com before the draft.
During his final two seasons with the Tigers, Jefferson caught 165 passes for 2,415 yards and 24 touchdowns. He helped LSU win the CFB National Championship as a junior last season.
Jefferson was the fourth-best wide receiver in this year’s class, according to Luke Easterling’s rankings for Draft Wire. Alabama’s Jerry Jeudy and Henry Ruggs and Oklahoma’s CeeDee Lamb were the only receivers that Draft Wire had ranked higher than Jefferson.
