Bolts From The Blue on Brenen Thompson

Thompson's 4.26 40 and 1,054 college yards fit McDaniel's deep-threat need

Wide receiver Brenen Thompson, a 5'9", 164-pound Mississippi State prospect, ran a 4.26-second 40-yard dash at the combine—one of the fastest times among receivers since 1999—and produced 57 catches on 87 targets for 1,054 yards and six touchdowns in college, including 11 catches on 26 targets for 478 yards and five touchdowns on 20+ air-yard passes; his elite speed and route-running ability position him to transcend smaller speed archetypes like John Ross or Dri Archer, and he fits McDaniel's need for a Tyreek Hill- or Jaylen Waddle-style deep threat in an offense that generated only 20 deep completions last season.

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