It was a low bar, but 49ers wide receiver Trent Taylor sure soared over it in 2017.
As a rookie, the fifth-round pick had 43 catches for 430 yards and two touchdowns, which are jaw-dropping numbers when compared to the first-year figures posted by the wideouts drafted by Trent Baalke.
After Baalke officially became the 49ers general manager in 2011, he selected one receiver in each of his six drafts: Ronald Johnson (2011), A.J. Jenkins (2012), Quinton Patton (2013), Bruce Ellington (2014), DeAndre Smelter (2015) and Aaron Burbridge (2016).
In their first NFL season, those six draftees combined for 17 catches (26 fewer than Taylor) for 207 yards (223 fewer than Taylor) and two touchdowns.