With as much talent at the top of the wide receiver position as we’ve seen since 2014, this 2020 class is set to deliver in a major way. For good reason Jerry Jeudy has already been crowned the 2020 WR1 by most anaylsts in the industry — but I, my friends, am here to jog your memory on CeeDee Lamb.
It sure doesn’t hurt.
With all the QB deficient collegiate rosters out there, just imagine the first two quarterbacks you encounter being Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray (#blessed). It sure doesn’t hurt to have incredibly accurate, high-pedrigree passers throwing your direction early in your career. Despite Lamb being the obvious beneficiary of elite target quality, he’s paved his own way.
Just how good is Ceedee?
Well for starters he’s just 2 years into his collegiate career and has already amassed 111 receptions, 1,965 receiving yards, 18 touchdowns and a yards per reception average of 17.7 — let that sink in. Since 2000 there have only been 44 players to better CeeDee’s production in these 3 statistics while also averaging 17.7 YPR, but the kicker? Only 9 of those 44 did it in the same 27 games it took Lamb to do it.
The Breakout Finder says…
Despite still having an entire 2019 college season to cram the stat sheet completely full, Lamb has already risen the ranks against others in the database — some with nearly twice as many games.
Just one look at who he’s played with so far should be indicator enough of his talent level. No matter who he’s shared a field with it hasn’t slowed his production. What it has slowed is his opportunity. Lamb has a current Teammate Score of (43.4) and this number should rise even further as the underclassmen behind him enter their respective draft classes. Yet the names of those he has split time with are just as important: Mark Andrews, Marquise Brown, and a projected grade for Grant Calcaterra.
Lamb also holds the #84 all time Level of Competition score (58.8). For context, that’s just 1.0 higher than Will Fuller, 13.1 higher than Michael Thomas, and 30.1 higher than John Ross.
Finally we take a look at Lamb’s dynamic scoring (1.8). Sadly, what has really kept this score low is the lack of rushing production throughout his career, which is something we love to see. Although what remains encouraging is his career kick return usage — 30 returns, for 296 yards (9.9).
Ceedee set to rise
I’m just here to bang the drum as hard as humanly possible for Lamb — because he’s THAT good. With an entire 2019 target share ahead of him, and an offense that should heavily favor his talents, we could all be witness to one of the most absurd junior seasons in recent history.