But sometimes, there's more there, and in Metcalf's case, a lot more. Sometimes (as with Brown), college production is a huge indicator of future success. It's happened with Patrick Mahomes' magical arm, and it's happening with Josh Allen's immense arm strength in Buffalo. Metcalf could serve as a reminder to teams that sometimes, physical freaks pan out.

A pairing with Russell Wilson let the rookie wideout work with one of the league's best QBs, rather than with someone inexperienced or underwhelming that may have been the case if Metcalf was drafted higher. Some wondered in that same story from The Washington Post whether past Combine stars who had been busts scared people away from Metcalf, in a way overthinking everything.Д«ut Metcalf was a good football player all along, maybe not always healthy and maybe not always utilized dynamically in college, but a good football player and a physical freak nonetheless. It might've made sense for them, but it limited what NFL teams could see Metcalf being capable of. According to The Washington Post, the Rebels basically asked Metcalf to run go routes. Ole Miss hadn't asked Metcalf to do a lot. He also had a foot injury as a freshman, putting a couple red flags by the name of a player who seemingly had underproduced in college as is. He broke a bone in his neck as a sophomore at Mississippi. In a draft night video, after Metcalf waited through basically two whole rounds (which meant two nights), Metcalf can be seen asking the Seahawks through the phone, 'Why y'all wait this long, man?' Health was a large reason. It's those doubts that led 63 players to be taken ahead of Metcalf in the 2019 NFL Draft. No one questioned his size or strength or speed - they wondered whether he could be productive. That's where he'd been least productive in college. Metcalf's biggest question mark was always going to be on the football field, in pads, playing in games. How DK Metcalf became a star with the Seahawks Only three receivers weighing at least Brown's weight ran faster than him - Metcalf, Jazz Ferguson and Hakeem Butler.Д«rown didn't blow any minds in the vertical leap or broad jump, but he was solid in both of those as well, leaping 36.5 inches in the air and 120 inches in the broad jump. And when Brown ran his 40-yard dash, he broke 4.5, finishing in 4.49 seconds. He backed it up on the bench press, ranking seventh among all WRs with 19 reps of 225 pounds. Brown at the NFL Combine: 40-yard dash and bench pressД«rown wasn't quite the combine freak that Metcalf was, but he still displayed a tantalizing mix of size and speed that went with a resume showing more collegiate production than Metcalf.ДЄt 6-0 but 226 pounds, Brown's Combine measurables showed a wide receiver with some serious strength. ItвЂ™s the fastest has ever recorded by someone 225+ including and yes /swpXpClvDS As it turned out, draft-day slides for both sent them to better winners than they'd ever played for in college. The SEC stage also allowed Brown and Metcalf to put together good highlight reels, though, playing against other future NFL talents, and that meant both could safely enter the draft after three seasons in college and expect to do well. Playing in the highly competitive SEC, a bad defense was never going to work out. The Rebels' defense couldn't stop anyone, ranking in the bottom 30 of the country at scoring defense in all three seasons Metcalf and Brown spent in town. It wasn't Brown or Metcalf's fault that Ole Miss wasn't a winning team during their time on campus. With Metcalf missing five games, though, the Rebels went 5-7 again. Metcalf hurt his neck as a junior and was limited, but Brown again shone, catching 85 passes for 1,320 yards. Ole Miss also included future NFL players Van Jefferson, Dawson Knox, Jordan Wilkins and Jordan Ta'amu in its offense that year, and Metcalf was well off Brown's pace, catching 39 passes for 646 yards and seven TDs. Brown emerged as a sophomore, catching 75 passes for 1,252 yards and 11 touchdowns. The 2017 season was slightly better, as Mississippi went 6-6. That first year ended in a 5-7 record for Ole Miss despite also including future NFL tight end Evan Engram, and Metcalf and Brown were both only bit pieces in that offense. They were both recruited by Hugh Freeze, but his final season with the Rebels was 2016, the freshman season for each of Metcalf and Brown. Metcalf and Brown each spent three years in Oxford, Mississippi.

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