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Top 5 wide receivers to watch for the 2019 NFL Draft

By Rucker Haringey

NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 25: wide receiver David Sills V (13) of the West Virginia Mountaineers catches the pass during the Oklahoma Sooners game against the West Virginia Mountaineers on November 25, 2017 at Gaylord Memorial Stadium in Norman, OK. (Photo by Richard Rowe/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 25: wide receiver David Sills V (13) of the West Virginia Mountaineers catches the pass during the Oklahoma Sooners game against the West Virginia Mountaineers on November 25, 2017 at Gaylord Memorial Stadium in Norman, OK. (Photo by Richard Rowe/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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FORT WORTH, TX – OCTOBER 07: West Virginia Mountaineers wide receiver David Sills V (13) celebrates a touchdown during the game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the West Virginia Mountaineers on October 07, 2017 at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU defeats West Virginia 31-24. (Photo by Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX – OCTOBER 07: West Virginia Mountaineers wide receiver David Sills V (13) celebrates a touchdown during the game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the West Virginia Mountaineers on October 07, 2017 at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU defeats West Virginia 31-24. (Photo by Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

1. David Sills V – West Virginia

It’s been a strange trip for Sills to end up back at West Virginia as a wide receiver. He left the Mountaineers to play quarterback for a junior college back in 2016. Fortunately for he and Dana Holgorsen the door remained opened for him to return last season.

Sills repaid his coach’s faith by providing his team an eye-popping 18 touchdowns. Sills uses his 6-foot-4 frame and long arms to snatch the ball away from opposing defenders. He may not be a nuclear athlete, but he’s certainly quicker than you think.

When you watch Sills play you can almost tell he used to be a quarterback by the way he plays at wide receiver. He does an excellent job of breaking off routes to help Will Grier when he sees the play starting to break down. A lot of his yards for West Virginia have come on broken plays. That skill will serve him well at the next level.

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Sills’ ability to move up draft boards is going to depend on his ability to run a quality 40-yard-dash time. If he can post something in the neighborhood of 4.50 then he has a chance to be a first rounder. If it drops below that mark, he could fly up into the top 10. The bottom line is that Sills is the receiver in this draft with the highest upside. He won’t last too long in the 2019 NFL Draft.

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