04-19-2017, 01:19 PM
(04-19-2017, 11:47 AM)ochocincos Wrote: The 4.50 was what one scout/team got via hand timing. There were plenty of reports of teams getting (much) slower than that at Williams' pro day.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/did-deshaun-watson-or-mike-williams-change-any-minds-at-clemson-pro-day/
A player who I haven't seen Williams compared much to but might actually be pretty spot-on is a shorter, less explosive version of Mike Evans. Williams is ~1.5" shorter than Evans, also about 1.5" shorter arms, about 15 lbs lighter. Williams had a 32.5" vert whereas Evans had a 37" vert.
With that said, both are vertical players that won't beat you with speed but will use size to their advantage. Both are not great route runners. Evans ran a 4.53 at the Combine which was solid given he was 231 lbs.
Mike Evans has had a pretty darn good first three years to his career with 3578 yards and 27 TDs, but that was with him being slotted directly opposite VJax, not having to earn playing time with a guy like LaFell and a former second round draft pick in Tyler Boyd in front of him.
If the comparison is accurate, how much less productive would Mike Evans be if he were 1.5" shorter, had 1.5" shorter arms, and had a 4.5" shorter vert? Because that might be exactly what you get out of Mike Williams.
Mike Evans is a much better Comp than Laquan Treadwell.
Splitting hairs, I see Mike Evans at 6 foot 4 and 3/4 and 231 pounds at his Combine.
An inch and 1/8 taller and 13 pounds over Williams 218 combine weight.
Mike Evans wins the measurables competition.
I think Williams will be much closer to a Mike Evans than a Treadwell during his career.
I will lean on former GM Charlie Casserley's opinion on NFL Network which has Williams as the #1 receiver in this Draft and he considers him to be a better prospect coming out of college than former Clemson WR DeAndre Hopkins who plays for Houston.
