Nelson Agholor WR USC

[gettlemanjack]

he was born in Nigeria and moved to the US when he was 5. His father played high-level soccer in Nigeria

Agholor leaves USC (after only 3 years there) with a school record for punt return touchdowns and in the top eight of the program's career receiving list. He is the first receiver in USC's storied history to post back-to-back, 200-yard receiving games (@Wash St, vs Cal during 1st 2 weeks of Nov 2014). Not only had no USC receiver ever recorded more than one 200-yard receiving game in a season before Agholor recorded his second, but the school record for 200-yard receiving games is also just two. He was the only player in FBS to record back-to-back 200-yard receiving games this year and one of just seven since the 2004 season

out of high school, he was rated the #18/#31/#47 overall recruit in the nation by 247/Rivals/ESPN, and the:

#3 ATH (Oregon's Arik Armstead was #1)

#3 WR (Dorial Green-Beckham was #1, Amari Cooper #6)

#6 WR (Dorial Green-Beckham was #1, Amari Cooper #7)

now, many have him projected 1st-2nd R and he could possibly could fall to us at #58, as deep as this year's WR class is. Comes from a pro-style offense at USC

Draftbreakdown.com rates him a "Late First Round Value," writing: "Nelson Agholor displays wonderful NFL traits. Efficient with breaks and well versed in the route tree, Agholor can potentially step in and be significant contributor from Day 1 as a NFL receiver. Has the un-quantifiable "it" (factor)."

http://draftbreakdown.com/ndt-scouting-report-southern-cal-wr-nelson-agholor/

[gettlemanjack]

in a nice read on who he is as a person when he was 18, the Tampa Bay Times wrote: "Spend an hour or so with Agholor personally, and you find an articulate (high school) senior who looks you in the eye when he speaks, oozes politeness..."

http://www.tampabay.com/hometeam/blog/glimpse-enigma-nelson-agholor/12425/

Coming out of high school at age 18, he had offers to Florida, FSU, Miami, USC, Oregon, UCLA, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Texas, TCU, Bama, LSU, Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina, Ohio State, Michigan, Nebraska, etc

[gettlemanjack]

His productivity since he was a 15-year-old high school freshman:

High School in Tampa, Florida

2008 (age 15) - 1,400 all-purpose yards

2009 (age 16) - 1,209 yds rushing/receiving

2010 (age 17) - 1,440 yds on offense

2011 (age 18) - 2,100 yds rushing/receiving

USC

2012 (age 19) - 468 all-purpose yds (340 receiving)

2013 (age 20) - 1,444 all-purpose yds (918 receiving)

2014 (age 21) - 1,660 all-purpose yds (1,313 receiving)

NFL

2015 (age 22) - ?

[gettlemanjack]

some of his accolades:

High School in Tampa, Florida

2009 (age 16) - All-State

2010 (age 17) - All-State

2011 (age 18) - USA Today All-USA second team, Under Armour All-American

USC

2012 (age 19) - Scout.com Freshman All-American second team

2013 (age 20) - All-American (Athlon 2nd team, CBS 3rd team, etc)

2014 (age 21) - All-American (AP 3rd team), 1st Team All-Pac-12 as WR (alongside Jaelen Strong)

[gettlemanjack]

Chip Patterson, CBSSports.com calls him "a rare and talented player"

Footballguys.com Matt Harmon @MattHarmon_BYB

-Feb 10: "Justin Hardy, DeVante Parker and Nelson Agholor are my 4-6 among WRs, currently. However, they are quite close, and may flip around as we go"

-Feb 12: "An argument can be made that Nelson Agholor is one of the four best WR prospects in this year's draft. He keeps winning me over."

-Feb 15: "This is definitely another good WR class."

Ian Wharton @ NFLFilmStudy Feb 10

I've seen some compare Amari Cooper to Reggie Wayne, but I

see Nelson Agholor more like Wayne, and Cooper more like

Emmanuel Sanders

Editor of PatsPulpit.com Rich Hill @PP_Rich_Hill

Teams that liked Golden Tate and Emmanuel Sanders will

really like Nelson Agholor

Former CFB WR Jeff-LJ-Lloyd @ Jeff_LJ_Lloyd

The more I watch of Nelson Agholor the more I want clarify

his quickness of the snap as elite

NFL Associate Editor of B/R Ian Kenyon @ IanKenyonNFL

I wonder if Green Bay ends up looking at a guy like Nelson

Agholor in the 2nd rd as a Cobb replacement.

[Professor Queso]

Definitely wouldn't mind drafting him with our 2nd, dude has the intangibles to be a breakout rookie from day 1. He'd be nasty in the slot and the outside and he is a hell of a return man.

[davos]

The more I look at some of this rookie WR class, the more murky it seems.  Agholor however is on my short list of guys past round 1 I'd have absolutely no problem with drafting.   

[gettlemanjack]

2014 Most Receiving Yards by Power 5 Conference WRs

1727 - Amari Cooper Alabama (junior)

1515 - Tyler Lockett Kansas State (senior)

1483 - Vince Mayle Wash State (senior)

1447 - Kevin White, WV (senior)

1365 - Rashad Greene FSU (senior)

1313 - Nelson Agholor USC (junior) <-----------------------------

2014 Most Receiving Yards Per Game by Power 5 Conference WRs

123.6 - Vince Mayle Wash State (senior)

123.4 - Amari Cooper Alabama (junior)

116.5 - Tyler Lockett Kansas State (senior)

111.9 - Corey Coleman Baylor (sophomore)

111.3 - Kevin White, WV (senior)

101.0 - Nelson Agholor USC (junior) <-----------------------------

[DaCityKats]

I'm a fan. Runs really good routes, plus Yac ability, and is a return specialist. He would flourish in green bay, but I can see him in air coryell as well.

[gettlemanjack]

Definitely wouldn't mind drafting him with our 2nd.

Agholor is on my short list of guys past round 1 I'd have absolutely no problem with drafting

Note that had Agholor stayed his senior year, he'd have likely been the #1 overall WR taken in the 2016 Draft. If you take out Amari Cooper and the seniors, these are your top returning WRs in the Power 5 conferences next year:

2014 Most Receiving Yards by Power 5 Conference WRs

1313 - Nelson Agholor USC (junior) <-----------------------------

2014 Most Receiving Yards Per Game by Power 5 Conference WRs

111.9 (in 10 gms) - Corey Coleman Baylor (sophomore)

101.0 (in 13 gms) - Nelson Agholor USC (junior) <-------------

[davos]

If Vince Mayle was a little more polished, I'd be all over him too.  In a non-sexual manner that is. 

[ecu88]

Rather have Justin Hardy

[SOJA]

lol thanks for the globe

[gettlemanjack]

Chip Patterson, CBSSports.com calls him "a rare and talented player"

Former CFB WR Jeff-LJ-Lloyd @ Jeff_LJ_Lloyd

The more I watch of Nelson Agholor the more I want clarify

his quickness of the snap as elite

NFL Associate Editor of B/R Ian Kenyon @ IanKenyonNFL

I wonder if Green Bay ends up looking at a guy like Nelson

Agholor in the 2nd rd as a Cobb replacement.

compare to what Rotoworld wrote today about Cobb (who GB drafted #64 overall):

"Cobb's demands (for a $9M/yr contract) could very well be met on the open market come March, as he's just 24 years old and uniquely explosive out of the slot."

http://www.rotoworld.com/recent/nfl/6497/randall-cobb