#85 Ryan Broyles WR, Oklahoma

5-11, 187

Out for the rest of 2011 season (ACL)

2009 All-Big 12 2nd Team

2010 Consensus All-America 1st Team, 1st Team All-Big 12

Owns multiples of OU receiving records

Arrested his freshman year for stealing gasoline

2008: 8 starts      46 REC   687 YDS                14.9 AVG             6 TD       24 PR     238 YDS
2009: 12 starts   89 REC   1120 YDS              12.6 AVG             15 TD     31 PR     492 YDS
2010: 14 starts   131 REC 1622 YDS             12.4 AVG             14 TD     34 PR     268 YDS
2011: 9 starts      83 REC  1157 YDS            13.9 AVG               10 TD     36 PR     136 YDS
5668 all-purpose yards prior to 2011 season

Projected round (as of 11/11/2011): late round

Draft Stock Chart will appear here in the coming months.

• Smaller receiving prospect, may be best suited for the slot.
• Ultra productive, but that could be because of the offense he plays in.
• Reliable receiver, great hands. Able to make catches all around the catching radius.
• Good speed, but not great. Doesn’t have break-away speed.
• Bob Stoops, “He just has a knack for adjusting to the ball like nobody I’ve ever seen…he’s got the surest hands of anybody I’ve ever been around.”
• I want to see Broyles improve against NFL caliber defenses in 2011. Against Nebraska and Texas he had a combined 8 receptions for 97 yards, far worse than almost all of his other games.
• Oklahoma likes to use him on bubble screens so he can create after the catch, and I think he’d be able to translate that success to the NFL.
• Gets knocked off routes easily by bigger DBs. May have trouble beating physical corners jamming him.
• I saw just about every time Landry Jones passed to him deep, it was just a bit overthrown. I don’t know if that’s because of Broyles’ lack of elite speed or a timing issue or if it’s on Jones, but I’ll be looking for how that deep passing has improved for 2011. He got bumped off of his routes often when he was overthrown.
• Willing blocker, but again, size may hold him back again. Too often he’ll give up on blocking during plays.
• Sometimes runs a little loose with the ball, leaving it open for fumbling opportunities.
• Not afraid to go across the middle, making the tough catch.
• Elusive and very agile.
• Short area quickness, burst, and speed is top notch.
• Has good return ability.
• Won’t win a lot of jump balls.
• Does a good job of finding holes in zone coverage.