Amon-Ra St. Brown finishes season as top-5 PFF graded WR
While some may have their eyes trained forward, the 2023 Detroit Lions season was so good it’s worth another look back.
Over at Pro Football Focus, Gordon McGuinness put together a list of the top wide receivers by overall PFF grade. Star Lions wideout Amon-Ra St. Brown came in at fourth with a 91.2 grade.
“Only one wide receiver in the NFL saw more targets than St. Brown’s 190 in the regular season and playoffs, with the star receiver averaging 12.7 yards per reception despite his average depth of target being just 8.0 yards. That was boosted by his ability to make people miss in space, forcing 21 missed tackles on 141 receptions across 19 games,” McGuinness writes.
Well known for being an absolute steal in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL Draft, St. Brown is now eligible for a contract extension and likely to make quite the chunk of change — understandably so.
In case just like the Sun God and receivers taken before him in the draft, you want to know who came before him in this list — Miami’s Tyreek Hill at 93.4, San Francisco’s Brandon Aiyuk at 91.5, and Houston’s Nico Collins (91.4).
