Treylon Burks

Drafted 18th overall in 2022, Burks was the subject of bad press throughout much of summer and ended up missing six games due to injuries, but he also showed potential when he was healthy and the Titans got him the ball. He caught 33 of 54 targets for 444 yards and a TD in Tennessee's run-heavy offense, with his 1.75 yards per route leading the team and ranking fifth among rookie wide receivers (ahead of Jahan Dotson and George Pickens, among others). It was enough to create a solid argument for a second-year breakout, though the Titans seem content to try to sludge along for another year with Ryan Tannehill at QB and the offense relying on RB Derrick Henry. They'll need to throw sometimes, of course, and saw both WR Robert Woods and TE Austin Hooper depart in the offseason, leaving Burks, summer addition DeAndre Hopkins and second-year TE Chigoziem Okonkwo as the leading receiving candidates to make a fantasy impact in Tennessee. Burks certainly looks the part at 6-2, 225, though his 4.55 40 at last year's combine was somewhat disappointing for a receiver who was so heavily reliant on big plays and YAC in college. There's still a decent breakout case after the Titans signed Hopkins, though the move took a chunk out of Burks' target share projection.

Scouts compared Burks to A.J. Brown before they had any idea the former might be tasked with replacing the latter. All the better that the Titans drafted Burks with the very same pick, 18th overall, acquired in the draft-day trade of Brown to Philadelphia. The new guy was not quite as prolific as AJB in college (2,984 yards to 2,399) and ran the 40-yard dash a step slower (4.49 vs. 4.55), but Burks is a strong prospect in his own right, coming off a junior season with half of Arkansas' receiving touchdowns and 40 percent of its receiving yards. And while his other workout numbers from the combine were no better than the 40 time — 33-inch vertical, 122-inch broad jump, 7.39 three-cone drill — Burks gets some leeway on account of his massive build (6- 2, 225). That's where the comparisons to Brown kick in, along with Burks' excellent work picking up yards after the catch. He even took 38 carries in his three seasons at Arkansas, averaging 5.8 YPC, and the Titans should find ways to get him easy touches early on. Targets are there for the taking, even in a run-first offense, as quarterback Ryan Tannehill's other top options are wide receiver Robert Woods (coming back from an ACL tear), tight end Austin Hooper and wide receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine.