Every year, we rush to judge and grade the draft even as it’s happening. The rookie season of each draft class is about confirming priors and taking victory laps or trying to hide from a prediction that turned out badly, but players progress at different rates in the NFL, and often Years 2 or 3 are where the biggest leaps are made. With that in mind, here are some potential second-year breakout candidates for 2020, based off what we have seen from them in the past.
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