Justin Jefferson is the highest graded WR in the NFL

Posted by Kermit Mahomes

Member since Sep 2020

511 posts

Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:06 am to PhillyFan1994

Too bad he's on a worthless team with a clown at quarterback. He deserves to be on a winning team.

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Posted by BayouCowboy

Member since Dec 2012

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Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:16 am to PhillyFan1994

Losing Jefferson and Chase is a really big deal. We have a lot of talent at WR, but you don't lose 2/3 of your WR trio and not feel it.

This post was edited on 10/7/20 at 11:32 am

Posted by Tigerfan56

Member since May 2010

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Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:17 am to SammyTiger

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I atill think his recruiting ranking had to do with qualification issues

He didn’t qualify till June/July. He had measurables and a pedigree. If it wasn’t grades it was an egregious misevaluation.

I don't know - I think this was just a kid who didn't "look" the part out of HS. I remember reading LSU players on the team thought he was a walk-on the first day they saw him at practice.

We've seen plenty of grade-risks ranked highly, and plenty of 4/5 star grade risks being nationally recruited. Jefferson didn't get much attention outside of LSU from what I remember - just a diamond in the rough and guy that proved everyone 10000% wrong.

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Posted by MasterAbe1

Member since Oct 2016

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Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:29 am to Tigerfan56

From everything I had read when he was a recruit, he was a great athlete who was really skinny and was having issues getting qualified so a lot of places backed off especially due to the Jefferson last name. Jefferson exemplifies what it means to be an athlete from Louisiana, he put his head down and went to work and developed a chip on his shoulder to be great. Props to Justin!

Posted by michael corleone

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Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:30 am to Tigerfan56

Kid could catch and run in HS. Only thing that changed is that he put on 30lbs of muscle. His lack of physique is why he fell below radar. LSU knee what he would grow into bc both of his older brothers did the same. Also, everyone who has been around their family /LSU will hell you that they all said he was the best athlete of all three since he was 10-12 years old.

Posted by Lester Earl

Member since Nov 2003

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Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:30 am to Tigerfan56

Jefferson was the best WR at LSU’s biggest camp. He was under recruited because of grades.

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Posted by BobBarker

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Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:38 am to SammyTiger

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He didn’t qualify till June/July. He had measurables and a pedigree. If it wasn’t grades it was an egregious misevaluation.

It was grades. Took a tremendous amount of work to get him qualified. But even if his grades had been fine I still don’t think he’d have been rated very highly. He didn’t test well in high school, ran a 4.88 at one point, and didn’t put up totally crazy numbers at Destrehan. Probably would’ve been a low 300s to mid 400s type recruit. The amount of effort this kid has put in to make himself so great is astounding.

Posted by TheMuffinMan

Arlington, VA

Member since Apr 2011

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Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:41 am to Lester Earl

In one article or video I saw closer to draft time, they said he was so lightly recruited because he was obviously going to LSU if he qualified. So while he was skinny, his skills weren’t actually as undervalued as the lack of interest would usually indicate.

Posted by KamaCausey_LSU

Member since Apr 2013

14477 posts

Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:44 am to Lester Earl

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Jefferson was the best WR at LSU’s biggest camp. He was under recruited because of grades.

Also, recruiting services give bumps up or down based on a players offer list.

Posted by SammyTiger

Baton Rouge, LA

Member since Feb 2009

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Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:45 am to BobBarker

Yeah still, being 76 in Louisiana is crazy

I doubt most evaluators can actually name 50 LA recruits and he was below guys who didn’t play anywhere.

I an Seeing he signed with us in August. I guess They thought there was a 0% chance he would qualify.

This post was edited on 10/7/20 at 11:47 am

Posted by AustinKnight

Austin, TX

Member since May 2012

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Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:47 am to PhillyFan1994

Starting on my Fantasy now boys. Glad I grabbed him on a chance he might take a year to blossom

Posted by Odysseus32

Member since Dec 2009

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Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:48 am to PhillyFan1994

PFF is a load of shite.

I think Jefferson is one of the best rookies in the league so far, and I don't watch enough NFL to know if he has performed the best out of all the other wide receivers up to this point, but I don't need PFF to come to that conclusion.

This post was edited on 10/7/20 at 11:50 am

Posted by dukke v

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Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:55 am to Kermit Mahomes

Clueless.....

Posted by Sammobile

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Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:55 am to PhillyFan1994

Posted by thunderbird1100

GSU Eagles fan

Member since Oct 2007

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Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:58 am to Lester Earl

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He was under recruited because of grades.

This, he had 1000 yards and 9 TD his senior season, he wasn't unnoticed by any means, just nobody thought he would qualify and why he was such a late addition to the class because it happened that summer before his freshman season when finally got eligible.

If there werent so many grade concerns he was at minimum a high 3-star talent in high school if not easy low 4-star.