Jacksonville Jaguars fans are generally excited about what rookie wide receiver Laviska Shenault Jr. brings to the table on offense. One area in which the second-round pick especially excels, at least while he was in college at Colorado, is running curl routes.
Seth Walder, analytics writer for ESPN, recently examined each of the 16 rookie wide receivers taken in the first three rounds of the 2020 NFL Draft (ESPN+ access required). Walder looked at each prospect’s “best, most productive routes over the past two seasons in college and how those routes fit into their new units.