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Brian Thomas Jr. (2024), Ladd McConkey (2024) and Jaxon Smith-Njigba (2024) headline the list of hits from this area of the draft. We could buckey all three into a 'rookies and receivers primed for a Year 2 breakout' profile, bringing sophomores like Matthew Golden and Jayden Higgins into the spotlight.

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Smith-Njigba exemplifies middle-round WR hits; Year 2 breakout candidate.

Smith-Njigba is highlighted as a hit from the middle-round WR tier (rounds 4-6), exemplifying the 'rookies and receivers primed for Year 2 breakout' profile that has historically outperformed ADP in this range, alongside 2024 peers Brian Thomas Jr. and Ladd McConkey. The source notes he ran 487 routes in 2025, fewer than Christian McCaffrey's 511.

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