Zach Rogers will not be drafted.
He might have a shot at being 5th round or later if he has 100+ yard game for the rest of the season, kind of hard if he is the the 3rd or 4th option for most plays. He would also have to run a low 4.4 at his pro day, since he probably won't be invited to the combine. He will probably end up with 700 to 800 yards if the coaches involve him more in the offense, 800 yards would be more than double what he has now. He would have to average over 100 yards the next 4 games to get 800, so somewhere around 700 is more realistic, and that is with the coaches involving him more.
Two recent examples of guys that finally got chances their senior years in the SEC and had good seasons, Kris Durham who is 6'5 215 pounds
had close to 700 yards receiving his senior year, 20 yards per catch, his best games came with AJ Green out (despite critics claiming he only did anything because Green was double covered all the time), Murray was raw as a passer and would lock on to Green and constantly force the ball, similar to Schaub and Andre Johnson with Walter barely getting anything on the other side.
Durham ran a 4.43 at his pro day, which is kind of hard to ignore with his size. Where did he wind up? 4th round, who many fans questioned, even though it was a steal. They were acting like some pro bowl afflete was going to be drafted in the 4th. Durham given the boot and now on the Lions, I believe practice squad.
Riley Cooper had close to 1,000 yards, the highest in the Urban Meyer era, ran a 4.5 at 6'3 220 pounds and a 40 inch vertical. He went in the 5th round. He is stuck at 4th receiver, despite averaging 70 yards per start when the starters were injured, that would equal out to over a 1,000 yards over a full season. Instead they continue to go with two smaller guys. He should be in Maclin's spot and let Maclin play the slot.
So given those two examples, Id say he is lucky to go in the later at rounds unless he goes sub 4.4, he isn't tall like the other two, listed at 6 foot so his measurables would have to be better. If he does then he goes in the 4th round which seems to be the earliest for most White receivers, the exception being Jordy Nelson who ran a 4.45 at 6'3 217 of course the 10.6 100 meter dash, 122 catches for 1600 yards his senior season 11 tds with two td passes thrown and 2 punts returned for tds. He caught 39 passes the previous season but injures slowed him down and 45 for 600+ with 8 tds and 1 return for a td the year before that. He was drafted all the way in the 2nd! Can you imagine a black player with those credentials not being the 1st receiver off the board? He still had to wait 4 or 5 years before he was featured in the offense and he produced 1200 yards 15 tds. Then it seemed he had to prove himself all over again this season taken at least 4 games before being featured again.
oh yeah, when looking up previous White athletes don't believe the times you see. I just looked up Jordy Nelson whose slowest time at the combine was 4.49, now listed at 4.51. Hillis dropped rom a 4.58 to a 4.62 after his 5 game stretch with the Broncos and then down to 4.64 with his success with the Browns. I remember seeing Dallas Clark, Jason Witten and Jeremy Shockey all losing speed each yearin the 40 yard dash, I mean they might lose speed over the years like when they get to their 30's but they don't run the 40 every year, just when they come out. there is a magazine with all of their times when they came out, not what it is listed on the internet now. They don't want you to realize that these guys are really no different than many wideouts except for the fact that they weigh more and can block. We all know Dallas Clark was split out like a wr often, Shockey was with the Saints, and his first year with the Giants, his best year.
