Julio wrote:DLFiend wrote:Wright isn't very good, sucked in college, hasn't been great as a pro.
I'm not sure what metrics you use to define "hasn't been great as a pro", but statistically speaking Wright's rookie season of 54-571-5 was one of the Top 12 rookie TE seasons of all time (in just 13 games**), believe it or not...
Wright's rookie year he logged in the 13th most receiving yards of any rookie TE since 1970...
Rookie TEs with >500 yds since 1970:
Rk Player Year Age Draft Tm Lg G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Y/G
1 Jeremy Shockey 2002 22 1-14 NYG NFL 15 14 74 894 12.08 2 59.6
2 Keith Jackson 1988 23 1-13 PHI NFL 16 15 81 869 10.73 6 54.3
3 Charle Young 1973 22 1-6 PHI NFL 14 14 55 854 15.53 6 61.0
4 Terrance Williams 2013 24 3-74 DAL NFL 16 8 44 736 16.73 5 46.0
5 Cam Cleeland 1998 23 2-40 NOR NFL 16 16 54 684 12.67 6 42.8
6 Russ Francis 1975 22 1-16 NWE NFL 14 11 35 636 18.17 4 45.4
7 Ken Dilger 1995 24 2-48 IND NFL 16 13 42 635 15.12 4 39.7
8 John Carlson 2008 24 2-38 SEA NFL 16 9 55 627 11.40 5 39.2
9 Ozzie Newsome* 1978 22 1-23 CLE NFL 16 16 38 589 15.50 2 36.8
10 Junior Miller 1980 23 1-7 ATL NFL 16 14 46 584 12.70 9 36.5
11 Ferrell Edmunds 1988 23 3-73 MIA NFL 16 14 33 575 17.42 3 35.9
12 Bob Tucker 1970 25 NYG NFL 14 13 40 571 14.28 5 40.8
13 Tim Wright 2013 23 TAM NFL 16 8 54 571 10.57 5 35.7
14 Aaron Hernandez 2010 21 4-113 NWE NFL 14 7 45 563 12.51 6 40.2
15 Walter White 1975 24 3-78 KAN NFL 14 1 23 559 24.30 3 39.9
16 Raymond Chester 1970 22 1-24 OAK NFL 14 12 42 556 13.24 7 39.7
17 Tony Moeaki 2010 23 3-93 KAN NFL 15 15 47 556 11.83 3 37.1
18 Rob Gronkowski 2010 21 2-42 NWE NFL 16 11 42 546 13.00 10 34.1
19 Dustin Keller 2008 24 1-30 NYJ NFL 16 6 48 535 11.15 3 33.4
20 Pete Mitchell 1995 24 4-122 JAX NFL 16 5 41 527 12.85 2 32.9
21 Robert Awalt 1987 23 3-62 STL NFL 12 9 42 526 12.52 6 43.8
22 Tony McGee 1993 22 2-37 CIN NFL 15 15 44 525 11.93 0 35.0
23 Dwayne Allen 2012 22 3-64 IND NFL 16 16 45 521 11.58 3 32.6
24 Dan Ross 1979 22 2-30 CIN NFL 16 16 41 516 12.59 1 32.3
25 Mark Bavaro 1985 22 4-100 NYG NFL 16 16 37 511 13.81 4 31.9
26 Freddie Jones 1997 23 2-45 SDG NFL 13 8 41 505 12.32 2 38.8
**Jordan Reed would be on this list too if not for his injury-shortened rookie year last year where he logged in 45-499-3.