CBS Sports ranks Marvin Mims among best NFL draft prospects based on collegiate career
What a player did in college isn’t always the thing an NFL team looks at when they’re assigning a draft grade. That’s why you see someone like Marvin Mims projected as a late second round wide receiver prospect.
For Mims, a lot of his evaluation comes down to size and usage. At 5-foot-11, 182 pounds, he doesn’t bring the same frame as Quentin Johnston or Jordan Addison. He also wasn’t used in the same way that some of the smaller wide receivers projected to the first round were, like Boston College’s Zay Flowers.
But based simply on his production, Mims is one of the best players in the draft. CBS Sports ranked him No. 22 among NFL draft prospects based solely on their collegiate career. Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett came in at No. 1.
Mims burst onto the scene in 2020 with 610 yards and nine touchdowns in 11 games and never let up during his final two seasons with the Sooners. He finished his career with 123 catches for 2,398 yards and 20 touchdowns, proving to be an important piece in Oklahoma’s offense. – Barrett Sallee, CBS Sports
Mims led the Oklahoma Sooners in receiving yards in each of his three seasons in Norman. In 2020, Mims tied with Theo Wease for the team lead in receptions and then led the team in catches in 2022 on his way to his first 1,000-yard season.
He’s a dynamic player that can take the top off the defense. He averaged 19.5 yards per reception during his Oklahoma career. CeeDee Lamb is the only other Sooners wide receiver to have more than 2,000 yards receiving and average at least 19 yards per reception.
Wherever Marvin Mims lands in the draft, he’s going to bring a big-play element to his new team. With 4.38 speed, the Oklahoma Sooners wide receiver is going to be a game-changer at the NFL level.
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