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Wide Receiver

Jordyn Tyson

Grade92 /100
Pos Rank3
OVR Rank14
School
ASU

Experience

Played33
Started23

POSITION STATS LAST SEASON

Receiving
Catches61
YDS711
YPC11.7
TDs8
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Position-Specific Grades

COMBINE RESULTS

Height
6' 2 1/8"
Weight
203lbs
ARM
30 1/4"
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HAND
9 1/8"
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Bench Press
26reps

The Takeaway

The Player

Durability is a red flag. Tyson missed all of 2023 due to a knee injury while at Colorado and has missed eight other games in his college career due to knee, collarbone, and hamstring injuries.

On the field, Tyson is a taller, tightly packed, and versatile receiver with dynamic route-running skills and vastly improved contested-catch ability. He has good but not elite top-end speed and he’s not very productive after the catch. But he’s a relentless receiver with a beautiful blend of craftsmanship, suddenness, smoothness, and aggressiveness attacking the ball. You can see his improvement from his work with Arizona State receivers coach and former NFL standout Hines Ward the past two years. Tyson excels against man coverage, and his combination of silky smooth movement with quick-twitch cuts makes him a matchup nightmare. He had 4.63 yards per route run vs. man coverage in 2025 and vastly improved his ball skills, finishing the season with a 1.6 percent drop rate, up from 8.5 percent in 2024. He also showcases Willie Mays–like ball tracking down the field. 

While durability concerns will factor into his evaluation, it would be a mistake to question his toughness or mentality. He takes pride as a blocker and is wired the right way. 

Tyson is surprisingly unproductive after the catch given his skill set. In his career, he has 5.1 YAC per reception and his most missed tackles forced in a season was seven.  He has outstanding upfield-transition quickness after the catch, but he doesn’t do enough with it after his initial burst.

The Draft

Tyson is in the top tier of this loaded receiver class. Certain teams might give him a lower grade given his injury history, but he belongs in the top 20.

The Projection

Tyson is a slightly taller version of Stefon Diggs. That’s what I see on tape—a smooth yet ultra-sudden route runner with an insatiable approach to hunting down the football. Like Diggs, he’s not nearly as dangerous after the catch as he is a skilled downfield route runner. But also like Diggs, he’s a WR1 with inside-out versatility.