Buffalo Bills should watch these three wide receivers at 2022 NFL Combine

Player to Watch at Combine for Buffalo Bills: Treylon Burks, Arkansas

Measurables: 6-3, 225lbs.

Treylon Burks may not be the best wide receiver prospect right now, but he could be the most exciting in terms of his NFL potential. There are vast similarities to Deebo Samuel of the San Francisco 49ers in Burks size and the way he plays.

Burks lined up all over the field for Arkansas playing as a de facto running back at times. What is so shocking about Burks’s ability is that he can do it at such a big size for a receiver. Just to put in perspective how rare of an athletic prospect Burks is that if he runs a 4.4 40-yard dash or faster, he will join Calvin Johnson and DK Metcalf as the only players to do so, weighing 225 pounds or more.

When you fully understand Burks’s athletic capabilities, it is incredible that he could play that Deebo Samuel role at the next level as a wide receiver running back combo. Burks will have eyes on him at the Combine as front offices are probably looking at a few things from Burks.

First, Burks does not have to wow with any measurements or times at the combine. He needs to be in or around the top third of all receiver prospects in the critical testing metrics. I am most interested in seeing Burks perform in the jumping tests and bench press. These metrics won’t tell you a ton but will test Burks’s explosiveness (Broad and Vertical Jump) and strength (Bench Press). I am putting some importance on these because of Burks’s weight.

Essentially what we are looking for is Burks’s weight to be justified by a very high level of explosiveness or strength. If he tests poorly, there will be some concern about his weight and if it negatively impacts his athletic traits. I would expect Burks to run well, considering he did things like this regularly at Arkansas.

Burks is someone to keep an eye on at the Combine. If he has an elite athletic performance, he could not come close to being available for the Buffalo Bills at 25. However, if he performs well across the board, he could go nearly anywhere in the first round.