After all, Hurts spent two of his first three college seasons throwing to Jeudy at Alabama and his final college season at Oklahoma throwing to Lamb.In front of the media, Hurts didn’t tip his hand on which one was better.“I think they’re dogs,” Hurts said, lumping his former Alabama teammate Ruggs into his answer. In their one season together, Lamb’s receiving average jumped from 17.8 yards per catch to 21.4 and his touchdowns went from 11 to 14 despite playing one fewer game.Lamb and Jeudy have been dragged into a Twitter debate by fans, arguing which one is better. “We were just talking about it yesterday, me and Jeudy ... you really can’t go wrong, whether you draft one of us in the first, second, third [or] fourth round. Don’t worry, I got it.”Even though Lamb’s game is not wholly speed-dependent, him running anything under a 4.5 could be a huge victory in this head-to-head battle.But any team interviewing Hurts during the pre-draft process might also want to slip in a question or two about Jeudy and Lamb. [Jeudy is] very talented. For our money, the battle for top honors in the 2020 NFL draft at receiver should come down to an either-or proposition between
“I am aware of that. (Photo by Roy K. Miller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Oklahoma WR CeeDee Lamb is trying to prove at the NFL combine that he's the top receiver available. Get all the sports news you need, direct to your inbox.INDIANAPOLIS — In what might be considered the deepest crop of draft talent at wide receiver in years, there still will be only one WR1.Some might be awed by the speed and competitiveness of Alabama’s Henry Ruggs III. “They’re great players. “Social media would have [you] assume that we are against each other. Lamb has the slight edge in arm length, by a quarter of an inch (32 1/4 inches to 32), but Jeudy has the slim advantage in hand size (9 1/2 to 9 1/4 inches).Their production also checks out similarly. Get your Fantasy Football league up and running today!As College Football Hangs In Balance, Select Players Push Back On Officials’ Move Toward Calling Off Fall SeasonNajee Harris and Trevor Lawrence among CFB players saying: We want to playNFL could soon regret not having full-time officialsAstros and A's brawl after Ramón Laureano gets hit twice and charges Houston dugoutNBA says providing COVID-19 tests to public 'important part of our restart'Jo Adell, just like Jose Canseco's blunder, has home run ball bounce off him and over wallDame vs The Clippers and Free Devin Booker | Dunk Bait Visualize How 6 Supercars Sound With The Aid Of ScienceThe miracle shot that won the PGA Championship for Collin MorikawaMcIlroy hits out at Koepka's Johnson comments: I try to respect everyone In 36 career games with the Crimson Tide, Jeudy logged 159 catches for 2,742 yards (17.2 average) with 26 TDs.
Lamb is lean (198 pounds) but tall (6-foot-2) with solid speed (4.50 40-yard dash), as well as terrific separation and post-catch ability. But at the end of the day, we’re still boys and it’s all [good].”Said Jeudy, “It’s definitely not a personal thing. We’ve been talking about that [the past few days].”Part of that process will begin during the testing and positional work at the combine, which gets underway Thursday. That’s the mindset you need to have.”Added Lamb: “We’re pretty different receivers. In 40 games for the Sooners, Lamb registered slightly higher per-game averages with totals of 173 catches for 3,292 yards (19.0 average) and 32 TDs.Of course, Lamb didn’t play with quite the same skill-position talent at OU that Jeudy did at Alabama, first taking a back seat to 2018 first-rounder Calvin Ridley and later sharing the spotlight and then having to share the receiving load with Bama’s riches at the position the past two years with Ruggs, Jaylen Waddle, Devonta Smith and others.One area where Jeudy and Lamb will be scrutinized this week at the combine will be in the athletic-testing portion, especially in the 40-yard dash (which measures straight-line speed) and the 3-cone drill (lateral quickness).Jeudy might have the edge in both, but the speed concerns over Lamb appear to be overblown.
The Oklahoma product is fresh off a dominant 2019 campaign, in which he averaged 14.3 yards per target, 4.0 yards per route run and 11.1 yards after the catch ' all of which were best in this year's rookie class. There are so many choices to go around for wide receivers in the 2020 NFL Draft.