How often is the second wide receiver taken in the draft better than the first?

Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports The Broncos selected Jerry Jeudy with the 15th overall pick. Jeudy was the second wide receiver taken in the draft behind his former teammate, Henry Ruggs III, who was taken with the 12th pick. This got me wondering how often the second WR taken ends up being better than the first. So I looked at WRs drafted this century.

So I see ten times when the second WR taken was better than the first, if you count Peter Warrick as a WR. If you count him as a RB, then there were nine times. By my count there have been seven times when the first WR taken was better. If you count Warrick as a RB, then Plaxico Burress is the first WR taken and he had a much better career in…