Makai Lemon is not universally admired by NFL draft analysts

The receivers who have dominated in the modern NFL have the same skill set as Makai Lemon . This should make him the clear favorite to be the first receiver taken in the NFL draft. Instead, many experts are still hesitant about him and what he can become in the league.

In a recent wide receiver rankings piece by Nate Tice and Charles McDonald, both experts have receiver Makai Lemon as the fourth-best receiver in his draft class. Here is what Tice had to say on Makai Lemon: "A quick and twitchy route runner, Lemon does his damage primarily from the slot. While Lemon doesn’t have outstanding size, he can play bigger than his height and weight because of his great hand-eye coordination and ball skills.

Those traits show up in contested catch situations and in the red zone. Lemon is a chain mover from the inside and also a big-play threat because of his speed, after-catch ability, and knack for finding soft spots against zone. I have some questions about how Lemon’s game will look on the outside or against more press-happy NFL cornerbacks.

If he can win from on the ball and show that press doesn’t stifle him as much as it did at times in college against larger cornerbacks, then Lemon’s ceiling and thus value is higher. But, as of right now, I consider him a slot-only player, a good one, but I can get only so high with that archetype. " With Makai Lemon's stature and how successful corners like Leonard Moore for Notre Dame were last season, vs.