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Fantasy Football | Dynasty Rookie Draft Outlook: Chris Brazzell II
Fantasy Football Dynasty Rookie Draft Advice: Chris Brazzell II
Standing at 6’4” with 4.37 speed, Chris Brazzell is a classic downfield monster. He’s a long-loper with the hops to outjump most corners and come down with contested catches. It’s those skills that helped him pile up 1,017 yards and nine touchdowns on 62 receptions for the Volunteers last season. Now, Brazzell heads to Carolina, giving quarterback Bryce Young a pair of twin towers on the outside. He’ll play on the outside opposite of the reigning Offensive Rookie of the Year, Tetairoa McMillian, while Jalen Coker works the slot. Young doesn’t rack up huge passing numbers, so Brazzell projects as a boom-or-bust WR4 early on. Dynasty managers can start comfortably looking at him in the middle of Round 2 in rookie drafts.
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DBro’s NFL Draft Scouting Report & Player Comp: Chris Brazzell II
Scouting report:
- Brazzell isn’t your typical Tennessee wide receiver prospect. He didn’t live in a world overrun by bunch and stacked formations in 2025. He wasn’t gifted free releases and schemed touches all season. That’s where the conversation of him as a prospect needs to start to debunk the worries when people just see Tennessee next to his name.
- Brazzell is a tall, lightning-fast field stretcher with route-running chops and good ball tracking that we don’t usually see for his size. Brazzell can sink his hips quite well for his size and has fluid change of direction. He can win on the linear/vertical plane, but that’s not all that he brings to the table. He has a strong understanding of leverage and inviting indecision into corners’ heads. He’s a detailed route runner who can dance in a corner’s blind spot and get them to commit to an angle before breaking off his route.
- Brazzell’s play strength can be an issue against physical corners who can run with him and at the catch point. Just by looking at his size, you’d assume that Brazzell is extremely physical, but it’s not the case. He lets corners into his body far too easily when pressed. He also isn’t a ball winner at the catch point. Many times, 50/50 balls don’t go his way as corners can disrupt him at the catch point. Brazzell finishes college with a 40.8% contested catch rate. Whether his technique needs to be polished and/or the need for more raw strength to be added, he’ll need to address this at the NFL level if he’s going to hit his ceiling as a player.
- Brazzell could develop into a WR1 for an NFL offense if he continues to hone his game and improve his play strength. Currently, he’s best viewed as a WR2/3 or field-stretching option.
Player Comp: Tyrell Williams
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