Death. Taxes. Good wide receiver classes in the NFL Draft. These are the certainties in life, my friends. It appears, as the 2025 college football season rolls to a close, that there is more of the same coming this spring. We may not get every eligible pass catcher into the 2026 class, but there’s enough volume of impact players on the perimeter and in the slot that should have you feeling good about your team’s outlook in the search for upgraded weaponry in the passing game.

Who are the best of the best? As we turn the calendar to December, here are my top-10 wide receiver prospects currently eligible for the 2026 NFL Draft.

Kyle Crabbs’ Top-10 wide receiver rankings for prospects eligible for the 2026 NFL Draft

1. WR Carnell Tate, Ohio State Buckeyes

Tate is a 20-year old junior who boasts one of college football’s most productive marks in yards per route run (3.52) while living on the perimeter. His average target depth is 14 yards downfield thus far in 2025 and his 6-foot-3 frame offers a massive catch radius for a quarterback to attack with throws. If it’s in his vicinity, he’s catching it — so much so that Tate has been credited with zero drops thus far this season and has caught 12 of his 13 contested targets thus far on the season.

He’s not a burner but he’s got enough juice to threaten in space and Tate also offers strong football IQ and high effort away from the football There’s lots to like here!

2. WR Jordyn Tyson, Arizona State Sun Devils

Tyson entered into the season as the consensus top pass catcher eligible for 2026. A redshirt junior who starred in ASU’s college playoff run last season, Tyson is a transfer from Colorado who is a do-it-all type of talent at the position. His production is down a smidge this year in a lot of the efficiency ratings while playing more often on the outside as compared to the slot and Tyson has had his season marred by injury — he missed several weeks before a recent return against his former school, Colorado.

The body of work across multiple programs and multiple offenses should transcend some of the efficiency regression in 2025.

3. WR Makai Lemon, USC Trojans

Lemon is the last name I have in the top tier of eligible players. The former 5-star recruit was good in 2024 but has found another electric gear in 2025. He works predominantly from the slot — 75% of his snaps have come inside during his three year career. And given his stature at 5-foot-11, 195 pounds, it’s a better fit to keep him there more often than some of the big-bodied players who may live and thrive on the boundary. Lemon’s doing everything this season from big plays to contested catches to forced missed tackles to run after catch. He’s a hyper-productive player with elite instincts to help make up for not having the same explosive athletic profile as some of his colleagues on this list.

4. WR KC Concepcion, Texas A&M Aggies

Speaking of explosiveness, Concepcion has got plenty of juice. After a prolific freshman season at NC State, Concepcion was bottled up for the Wolfpack in 2024 before transferring to Texas A&M. He’s got big play ability with a combination of speed, fluidity, and sharpness to his cuts. He doesn’t have great size or the same catch point skills as the names ranked above him but he does offer impressive versatility going back to NC State, when he carried the ball 41 times as a freshman and his contributions as a punt returner for the Aggies. Concepcion has two punt return scores this season to go with his abilities on offense.

5. WR Denzel Boston, Washington Huskies

Boston is a big-bodied receiver who is listed at 6-foot-4, 209 pounds. He’s a redshirt junior who plays about 80% of his snaps on the perimeter. Boston broke onto the scene in 2024 after the departure of pass catchers Rome Odunze, Ja’Lynn Polk, and Jalen McMillan — and he’s having his best season yet in 2025. Boston lacks the ideal burst that will stress top-flight defenders, which puts more of a focus on his release package and physicality at the line of scrimmage while also necessitating he’s going to need to hone his route running skills to ensure he gets requisite space. But vertical passing offenses could very easily be drawn to his ball tracking, size, and body control downfield.

6. WR Chris Bell, Louisville Cardinals

Bell’s resume currently stands on a dominant three-game stretch against Pitt, Virginia, and Miami — he was dominant in all three showings. If you want to know what he’s capable of, those are the games to watch. Seeing him open his strides in the open field offered a jarring look at explosiveness for a 220 pound receiver. I wouldn’t go so far as to endorse the AJ Brown comparison that is floating around. But I would say guys this big shouldn’t move this well and that’s a great foundation to build a prolific offensive weapon.

7. WR Ja’Kobi Lane, USC Trojans

Lane is in the midst of a major touchdown regression in 2025, he’s got just four versus 12 last season on approximately the same amount of targets. I’d say this: if you can get the best version out of Lane each and every week, he’d be ranked higher than seventh on this list. He’s tall, long, fluid, and has good ball skills. He’s not a big-time separator, though. He’s got 42 contested targets since the start of the 2024 season, a significant amount. And the conversion rate in those situations, plus drops, aren’t quite in a place that suggest he’s as dominant as he’s capable of being. But if the light bulb decides to come on…

8. WR Elijah Sarratt, Indiana Hoosiers

Fernando Mendoza’s favorite target has had quite the path to now. St. Francis to James Madison and now Indiana. At 6-foot-2, 213 pounds, Sarratt’s got a unique build that allows him to play physical. He plays like a mid-4.5 guy on tape to me with his speed, but thats enough for me to foresee a fair production role for him in the NFL.

9. WR Germie Bernard, Alabama Crimson Tide

Bernard is a slippery inside/outside target in the passing game who has taken the round-about way to the NFL’s doorstep. He played at Michigan State, then Washington, and now Alabama — he’s doubled his career total in touchdown receptions this season and been given some opportunities for some schemed touches as a runner.

10. WR Chris Brazzell II, Tennessee Volunteers

I want to buy in more than I currently am on Brazzell II, but the Tennessee offense has made fools of us all at one point or another. Brazzell is a tall, lean, leggy receiver who works and thrives on the vertical plane. In more than 200 career targets, he’s got an average depth of target in excess of 15 yards downfield. He’s almost exclusively a perimeter player at 6-foot-5 and 200 pounds — he reminds me in some ways of another former Tennessee wide receiver, Justin Hunter. But the work down the field is impossible to sleep on and that gets your attention for what he has the potential to be in the right fit.

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