Bleacher Report: Where 2011's top wide receivers should go

by Bryan Kelly


It's time to decide, once again, the proper career paths for a group of people I have no personal and little professional affiliation with—2011's top wide receiver recruits!

Taking their film, their offers and their schools of interest into account, I've assessed what systems properly suit their talents.

What you hope with any athlete is that, in some cosmic way, every recruit goes were they were supposed to go.

For these eight players, here's my take on where that might be.

George Farmer

As 2011's top speed receiver, I'd like to see Farmer choose a team having trouble stretching defenses vertically.

Current favorite (and likely final destination) USC will have no problem doing that after bringing in an absurdly talented wide receiver class—which includes Farmer's old teammate, Robert Woods—in this past cycle.

Any one of Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, UCLA or Washington would be better fits for Farmer, some place where he can be option number one on a roster full of solid but unspectacular players.

I'd like to put my two cents in for the Oregon Ducks. Their offensive attack would be twice as dangerous when a field-stretching receiver of Farmer's ability forced the eighth man out of the box.

Where he should go: Oregon
Where he will go: USC

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