The Green Bay Packers may have one of the more exciting wide receiving corps heading into the 2024 season. Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs, Jayden Reed, Dontayvion Wicks, and even Bo Melton feature the youngest and deepest group in the NFL. Most of those players took huge leaps throughout the 2023 season.
One of these wide receivers was just featured in a very exciting report.
The Green Bay Packers Have One Wide Receiver Featured In Huge Report
Alex Ballentine of Bleacher Report highlighted seven wide receivers across the entire league who are in the best position to break out in 2024. Dontayvion Wicks made that list:
There are a lot of opinions about who the breakout wide receiver is going to be in Green Bay this season. Jordan Love showed that he can play at an elite level over the back half of last season, and there are plenty of talented young receivers in Green Bay.
The most important opinion on the receivers belongs to Love, though. After all, he’s the one throwing Christian Watson, Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs and Dontayvion Wicks the ball.
It was Wicks that Love predicted is going to have a “monster year” in an interview for Bleacher Report.
The Packers might have unearthed a gem when they took Wicks in the fifth round of the 2023 draft. His raw box score numbers were strong for a Day 3 rookie, as he reeled in 39 passes for 581 yards and four touchdowns.
Wicks was even more impressive when you look at more granular measures like his success rate running different routes. According to Reception Perception, Wicks had a success rate of at least 73.3 percent on seven of the 10 routes they chart.
There are a lot of young receivers on the Green Bay offense, so that stands as a challenge for Wicks to hit his ceiling. However, Wicks’ versatility and success at running a full route tree should give him an advantage over some of the more one-dimensional choices Love has.
Wicks was even more impressive when you look at more granular measures like his success rate running different routes. According to Reception Perception, Wicks had a success rate of at least 73.3 percent on seven of the 10 routes they chart.
There are a lot of young receivers on the Green Bay offense, so that stands as a challenge for Wicks to hit his ceiling. However, Wicks’ versatility and success at running a full route tree should give him an advantage over some of the more one-dimensional choices Love has.
In Green Bay, Wicks doesn’t seem to be the most recognizable name among the budding skill-position players. In spite of that, he may have the most natural talent. Wicks weighs 206 pounds and stands 6-1, but had a vertical jump of 85th percentile and a broad jump of 91st percentile at the 2023 combine.
Wicks played a low-key pivotal role down the stretch as the Packers made their way to the playoffs. Wicks caught 22 passes for a huge 341 yards with two touchdowns in six games late in the season. He also scored in the dominant, crowd-silencing playoff win in Dallas over the Cowboys. 30 of his 41 catches resulted in first downs for the year
Wicks is certainly getting noticed around the league. It will be fun to watch him play this year.
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