Paul Richardson

ANALYSIS
Richardson was highly productive at Colorado despite dealing with awful quarterback play the entirety of his time with the Buffaloes, highlighted by a 2013 season in which he caught 83 passes for 1,343 yards and 10 touchdowns in 12 games. Richardson might be a bit like Chris Givens in that his skill set primarily translates to that of a deep-route specialist in the NFL -- he's far too skinny at around 6-foot, 170 pounds to project as an over-the-middle wideout, and he doesn't look especially explosive running through traffic, but Richardson has a lot of downfield speed and appears to have a pretty big wingspan, which grants him a sizable catch radius. His body control is less consistent than you'd like to see from a deep-route and sideline specialist, though, and he can't block. He was initially a UCLA commit, but he was kicked off the team after he was arrested on suspicion of felony theft in June of 2010, so teams will give his character background a second glance. He also missed four games in 2011 with a knee injury and missed all of the 2012 season due to a spring practice ACL tear, so there are injury concerns. In what could be a deep wideout class, Richardson isn't a lock to be one of the first 15 selected, so we suspect he's looking at the fourth round, or maybe the late third.