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Fantasy Football: The Top 10 Rookie Wide Receivers for 2017

Brett Oswalt  —  @bRo14thekid Jul 18th, 2017
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2. Mike Williams, Los Angeles Chargers

Average Draft Position: 11.03 (WR48)

Projected Fantasy Points: 78.4 (WR63)

Coming out of Clemson, Mike Williams was billed as one of the very best wideouts in this draft class. He was coming off a season in which he accounted for an ACC-best 98 catches for 1,361 yards and 11 touchdowns. He was also a key contributor to the Tigers' championship win.

Now, Williams will join the Los Angeles Chargers as one of the team's top three receivers, but don't create higher year-one expectations than you should. Williams isn't going to have the same kind of numbers he did in college, especially with Philip Rivers distributing to Keenan Allen and the crew.

Drafting him in the 11th round, which is his current ADP, may be taking him at his ceiling. Our models project him to post 82 targets, 48 catches, 574 yards and 3.5 scores, making Williams (roughly) a 14th-round asset.

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