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Panthers wine and dine Michigan WR


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OVERVIEW

As a junior in 2015, Chesson won Michigan's Bo Schembechler Award as the team's Most Valuable Player after making 50 catches for 764 yards and nine scores. He saved his best for the end of the season with big games against Indiana (207 yards, four TDs), Ohio State (8-111, TD) and an MVP performance in the Citrus Bowl win over Florida (5-118, TD). Chesson suffered a knee injury in the bowl game, which slowed him coming into 2016. He didn't connect with Michigan's new quarterback, Wilton Speight, this fall as much as he did with Jake Rudock the previous year (35-500, 2 TDs). Chesson's jump in 2015 followed a redshirt year and two seasons as a reserve (15-221, TD in 2013; 14-154 in 2014).

ANALYSIS

STRENGTHS

 Angular, but features NFL size and plus catch radius. Foot quickness considered adequate. Ball tracker with good concentration. Feasts on combat catches in a crowd. Willing to take his lumps to secure the catch. Can leap and contort in mid-air to snare the difficult catch. Makes quick adjustments to poor throws. Squares back to shield safeties from interfering with catch on deep, in-breaking routes. Showed toughness, confidence and talent in successful bowl performance against Florida's Vernon Hargreaves in 2015 season. Understands art of hand-fighting. Has some dog in him as a run blocker and will compete to the whistle.

WEAKNESSES

 Suffered knee injury in bowl game his junior season and dealt with extended recovery time. Didn't look like the same guy in 2016 and production dropped substantially. Struggled to find necessary separation quickness in his routes. Defaulted to body catches too often in 2016. Play-strength issues show up against aggressive press corners. Forced to work overtime to free himself from a strong jam. Cornerbacks show no fear of his vertical speed. Effectiveness and quality of routes is below par. Tall into his breaks and will give routes away. Appeared to go through the motions in some games. Just average after the catch.

NFL COMPARISON

 Brian Quick

BOTTOM LINE

 Chesson looked like a shell of his 2015 self for much of the 2016 season. Erratic quarterback play didn't help his production, but an inability to separate and a noticeable drop in confidence were also culprits. Has NFL size and ball skills but long speed and play strength are deficiencies that could limit him as a pro. If he can revert back to his 2015 form, he has WR2 or WR3 potential. But at this point, he appears to be a Day 3 pick who could struggle to find snaps early in his career.

-Lance Zierlein

Sounds like another Funchess.

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Just now, stbugs said:

Umm, not really, not even close. Funchess was 6'4" 232 and ran a 4.7. Chesson is 6'3" 204 and ran a 4.47. They are two WRs that went to Michigan, but body/speed wise they aren't close at all.

Chesson also isn't going in the 2nd or close to the 2nd, he's going to be a later round pick. Simple thing with him, if he gets back to 2015 form, he's a great value. If he doesn't, he'll be on somebody's practice squad.

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Struggled to find necessary separation quickness in his routes. Defaulted to body catches too often in 2016. Play-strength issues show up against aggressive press corners. Forced to work overtime to free himself from a strong jam. Cornerbacks show no fear of his vertical speed.

I don't care much for combine numbers. According to this his game speed isn't there.

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