Where would you rank Javon wims in this group

Talent wise? Production wise, he's obviously not very high, but a very important skillset. I think he'll do well in the NFL personally. I was really hoping we'd have gotten the production from him last year that we ended up with this year, but he had a hard time getting on the field due to not being a good blocker.

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Yess just based on talent and I agree he will do very well in the NFL. He has the size, speed and good hands to get in at least in the second or third round.

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Fred Gibson probably a good comparison then... Hope things in the NFL go a little better for Wims. Gibson described his NFL tenure as "not being in the right place at the right time". LINK /

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I was really hoping we'd have gotten the production from him last year that we ended up with this year, but he had a hard time getting on the field due to not being a good blocker.

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I think he became a phenomenal blocker this year.

Hard to say really. The thing about Wims is he did one thing at a damn near elite level (go up and get jump balls), he was an excellent blocker, and had the great ability of using his hands to snag balls rather than using his body. On the flip side, he's not the fastest dude and his route tree seems to be limited.

If we're simply ranking on "best receivers", I'd put AJ/Terrence at the top 2 by themselves for sure. After that you've probably got a muddled group with Wims/Ward/Malcolm (*followup below). Another thing is that we only got to REALLY see wims for 1 season so it's kinda hard to accurately rate him.

*I wasn't born for Lindsey and was still a young pup when Brice was playing so although I've seen some tape of him I didn't see him play game in game out like some of the other guys, so it'd be a bit hard to really rank those accurately.

I told one of my friends the other day that while Wims wasn't an AJ or Terrance Edwards but I'd have taken him over Reggie Brown, Fred Gibson, or Malcom Mitchell. I just think the guy was pretty damn clutch and before Mecole heated up down the home stretch I really felt like every defense knew that every big play would be going to #6 and more often than not he'd haul it in.

Fred Gibson was massively overrated.

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Also, 2 of his seasons were at the same time as Terrance Edwards, leading WR all time for UGA. AJ did not have the same competition for receiving targets. Brice at least has the excuse of playing in a less pass happy time for football.

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Sounds like you’re saying Gibson was better than Green.

People tend to forget how good Gibson really was. I remember watching him in college thinking he was a sure fire star. He was that good. He’s no AJ Green, but he’s a better college WR than Wims.

FTR, Wims was a beast and will most likely have a better NFL career

Not my point at all, but from a purely statistical standpoint, a case could be made. More importantly, he's not by any reasonable metric 'overrated'.

I get that he has world beater stats. He always seemed to miss those clutch catches or have bizarre drops in a wide open field, and that is what I most remember about him.