Draft Profile: WR Jordan Addison 

This series will feature the top NFL Draft prospects with insight from the beat reporters that covered them in college. This article is just a preview of the full interview which can be heard on the Deep Slant podcast.

Name: Jordan Addison
Position: WR
School: USC
Height/Weight: 5-11, 173
Hometown: Frederick, MD

Sidhu: We want to talk all about USC prospect wide receiver Jordan Addison. I don’t know if you’ve seen the mock drafts, but he’s been pretty popular recently among mock draft experts saying that the Texans may take him.

James: Jordan Addison is a really good prospect. Obviously, the year before last winning the Biletnikoff Award for Pitt with Kenny Pickett. Then the stats dropped off a little bit with USC’s depth at wide receiver. He helped Caleb Williams win the Heisman Trophy. A Little banged up, kind of frail, thin frame, but all in all, he’s still, to me, the best route runner in a wide receiver class that’s not very deep. He stands out to me. Jaxon Smith-Njigba, of course, stands out but Jordan Addison is the best route runner and has some of the best hands, especially catching the deep ball. Whoever the Texans have at quarterback definitely can get helped out by Jordan Addison day one. He’s a guy that can come in right away and catch some balls 60, 70 passes his rookie year.

Smith: I think the one thing I read over and over about him is his speed and route running, that those are the traits that really separate him from some of the other wide receivers. Even during USC’s Rainy Pro day, he was running some pretty crisp routes. Where do you think he fits in best in an NFL offense?

James: I think a West Coast style offense kind of fits him better just because he reminds me a lot of DeVonta Smith and I’m sure you’ll hear a lot of that during the process. For him to be kind of a slender guy, he’ll run across the middle for you, but he’s a little better in short routes, slants and quick bursts and deep downfield too, I think he’s really good. I think he had some…