Going into the 2025 NFL Draft the story was that the running back class was awesome and the wide receiver class was below average. While I still agree that the running backs are the pride of this class, it has been a pretty great summer for some of the wide receivers as well. Tetairoa McMillan has already established himself as the clear WR1 for the Panthers , Matthew Golden appears to be doing the same, Travis Hunter looks like he will play at least as much at wide receiver as cornerback and Emeka Egbuka has been the talk of Tampa all summer.
For Week 1 all four of these rookies rank between WR24 and WR38 in my projections. In practice, that means they are all best viewed as high upside WR3s in Week 1, though McMillan could easily be a top-20 option. Hunter is definitely the