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USF’s Marquez Valdes-Scantling is a Jeff Janis-like WR project

The Green Bay Packers love late-round wide receiver prospects with excellent physical tools. Perhaps the most freakish athlete of their day-three wideout picks was Jeff Janis, who spent three-plus years as a top punt gunner and special teams cover man and pitched in with a few big catches in one playoff game back in 2015.

Few players were more polarizing during their tenures in Green Bay than Janis. His fans saw the build and the speed, and thought he just needed a chance to prove himself on offense. Critics pointed to his unrefined route-running as the reason he could not beat out other players for a legitimate role on offense.