HEIGHT: 6-2 / WEIGHT: 198 / COLLEGE: Oklahoma / CLASS: Junior

2019 STATS (13 GAMES): 62 rec, 1,327 yards, 21.4 YPC, 14 touchdowns

CAREER STATS (40 GAMES): 173 rec, 3,292 yards, 19 YPC, 32 touchdowns

GAMES WATCHED (9): Texas, LSU, Kansas State, Houston, Iowa State, Baylor, Texas Tech (2019); Alabama, UCLA (2018)

40	BENCH	VERT	BROAD	3 CONE	20S	60S
4.50	11	34.5″	124″	–	–	–

SIZE/PHYSICAL TRAITS (4/5)

• Good height for a wide receiver
• Average arm length at 32 1/4″
• Has a sizable catch radius thanks to springy leaping ability and insane body control

SPEED/BURST (8.5/10)

• Good short-area burst and top-end speed
• Doesn’t have an elite second gear, but he’s fast enough to threaten defenses vertically

AGILITY (10/10)

• Excellent change-of-direction ability
• Very quick feet
• Silky smooth with movements in all directions

ROUTE RUNNING/SEPARATION (18/20)

• Three-level receiving threat with a fairly diverse route tree
• Has experience at all three wide receiver alignments
• Uses change of speeds to keep cornerbacks guessing and lulls them into a false sense of security with great effectiveness
• Terrific suddenness in and out of breaks
• Combats press coverage with a variety of release plans
• Generally releases from the line of scrimmage with urgency and good attention to detail, although he can occasionally be a tad inefficient with his footwork
• Great at creating separation at the top of his routes with sudden route breaks and subtle hand fighting

RUN AFTER CATCH (10/10)

• Consistently turns short gains into medium or long gains
• Very slippery runner in the open field
• Impressive contact balance — frequently shrugs off arm tackles and picks up yards after contact

HANDS/BALL SKILLS (19/20)

• Very natural and reliable hands — catches ball with arms extended, almost never body catches and rarely drops an accurate pass
• Fantastic ball skills — wins contested catches with regularity, hauls in tipped balls and hangs on consistently after immediate contact
• Has spectacular catch ability in spades

BODY CONTROL (10/10)

• Extraordinary body control enables him to make some absurd sideline catches
• Adjusts to off-target passes easily and regularly makes catches away from his frame/at the outer limits of his catch radius
• Excellent stop-start ability

BEAT PRESS (8/10)

• Ability to beat press coverage is a little bit of a projection because he played a good number of snaps from the slot during his career at Oklahoma and he rarely saw true press coverage in the zone-heavy Pac-12; however, he has the traits to excel in this area and his 2019 LSU and 2018 Alabama games showed that he has the ability to do it
• Elite foot quickness and physicality give him great potential in this area

FEEL (5/5)

• Tracks the ball effortlessly on downfield throws
• Works back to the quarterback on broken plays consistently
• Finds soft spots in zone coverage and demonstrates a good feel for where and when to “sit”

OVERALL GRADE: 92.50/100.00 — ELITE — Perennial Pro Bowler with All-Pro potential

NFL COMPARISON: DeAndre Hopkins

SCHEME FIT: X Receiver; can also play Y or Z

DRAFT PROJECTION: Top-15 pick

CeeDee Lamb is one of the most complete wide receiver prospects I’ve ever seen. He’s a crisp route runner, he’s got fantastic ball skills, and he’s tremendous as a run-after-catch threat. His ability to beat press coverage is a little bit of a projection, and he doesn’t have elite top-end speed, but he’s very good or great at everything else. The former Sooner projects as an instant-impact starter in the NFL with the potential to become a top-5 receiver by Year 3.