A couple of former Clemson stars made this ranking of the NFL’s top wide receivers from the 2022 regular season.
However, both Mike Williams and Tee Higgins didn’t get a whole lot of love and are lower on the list.
Williams checked in at No. 18 in Pro Football Focus’s ranking of the 25 best receivers from this past season, while Higgins is tied for 20th in the ranking.
This past season, Williams hauled in 63 catches for 895 yards and four scores in 13 games for the Los Angeles Chargers.
“While most might associate Williams with ridiculous contested receptions, his sure hands also need to be highlighted,” PFF’s Zoltán Buday wrote. “He posted a 1.5 percent drop rate in 2022, which was tied for the 10th-lowest rate among wide receivers last year. In addition, he also caught 57.7 percent of his contested targets, which was tied for 16th among 90 wide receivers.”
As for Higgins, he posted 74 receptions for 1,029 yards and seven touchdowns in 16 games for the Cincinnati Bengals this past season.
“Higgins took a minor step back in most counting stats and PFF grade, yet he still remained an elite wide receiver and has a place among the top 20 in the NFL,” Buday wrote. “He did post the lowest drop rate of his career while passes going his way resulted in a 121.0 passer rating, which was the fifth-highest among wide receivers.”
In three NFL seasons since being selected by the Bengals in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft, Higgins has caught 215 passes for 3,028 yards and 19 touchdowns.
Williams, meanwhile, has amassed 290 receptions for 4,557 yards and 30 touchdowns since being taken by the Chargers in the first round of the 2017 draft.
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