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The year-to-year improvement in Fehoko was really remarkable. When I first saw him play, I wondered if he would ever develop into the kind of receiver you felt comfortable throwing to on third-and-medium. He seemed only a deep threat, and one with questionable hands, at that. He developed into a reliable target and, to my uninformed eye, solid route runner. My hunch is that Fehoko will not be drafted all that high but I really believe he has a much better chance at a long NFL career than some other recent Stanford wideouts.

I agree that he has a shot at a better career than many pretty good Stanford wideouts who played in the NFL simply because he has some speed. Many of the Stanford wideouts (Baldwin for instance with a dead "average" 4.48 40) were not burners but made great careers for themselves. I don't quite see the improvement in Fehoko's route running. While Shaw gets lots of flack for not "scheming people open" the offense this year did do quite a bit of that for Fehoko, especially that one game where the put him in a position he didn't even play to get a favorable matchup. He can do a JJ and catch the ball when tightly covered by a shorter corner. That doesn't work nearly as well in the NFL, but it is a skill. He also manages to get wide open many times due to the defense "losing" him, for some reason. That won't happen nearly as much in the NFL. College defenses (particularly Stanford's unfortunately) usually have a "weak link" that Fehoko can just run away from and/or out jump.

I would imagine he knows that he isn't guaranteed anything by going into the draft. He doesn't expect to be a first round pick, which means he has to make a team somewhere. He apparently thinks now is the time. Good for him, I hope he does well.

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The year-to-year improvement in Fehoko was really remarkable. When I first saw him play, I wondered if he would ever develop into the kind of receiver you felt comfortable throwing to on third-and-medium. He seemed only a deep threat, and one with questionable hands, at that. He developed into a reliable target and, to my uninformed eye, solid route runner. My hunch is that Fehoko will not be drafted all that high but I really believe he has a much better chance at a long NFL career than some other recent Stanford wideouts.

I agree that he has a shot at a better career than many pretty good Stanford wideouts who played in the NFL simply because he has some speed. Many of the Stanford wideouts (Baldwin for instance with a dead "average" 4.48 40) were not burners but made great careers for themselves. I don't quite see the improvement in Fehoko's route running. While Shaw gets lots of flack for not "scheming people open" the offense this year did do quite a bit of that for Fehoko, especially that one game where the put him in a position he didn't even play to get a favorable matchup. He can do a JJ and catch the ball when tightly covered by a shorter corner. That doesn't work nearly as well in the NFL, but it is a skill. He also manages to get wide open many times due to the defense "losing" him, for some reason. That won't happen nearly as much in the NFL. College defenses (particularly Stanford's unfortunately) usually have a "weak link" that Fehoko can just run away from and/or out jump.

I would imagine he knows that he isn't guaranteed anything by going into the draft. He doesn't expect to be a first round pick, which means he has to make a team somewhere. He apparently thinks now is the time. Good for him, I hope he does well.