{"id":111335,"date":"2021-04-24T14:45:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T18:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=111335"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:02:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:02:50","slug":"antonio-nunn-nfl-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/04\/24\/antonio-nunn-nfl-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 NFL Draft: Antonio Nunn Player Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Antonio Nunn 2021 NFL Draft Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Position<\/strong>: Wide Receiver<br \/>\n<strong>Height<\/strong>: 5\u2019-11\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Weight<\/strong>: 204 pounds<br \/>\n<strong>School: <\/strong>Buffalo<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021-nfl-draft-profiles\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>More 2021 NFL Draft Profiles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Antonio Nunn 2021 NFL Draft Profile<\/h2>\n<p>After spending the entirety of his collegiate career at Buffalo, wide receiver Antonio Nunn is hoping to take his game to the professional level via the 2021 NFL Draft. The redshirt senior is coming off arguably his best season to date, recording 37 receptions on 56 targets for 584 yards and two touchdowns. These numbers may not look like much, but Buffalo\u2019s run-heavy approach limited Nunn\u2019s overall ceiling from a volume perspective. In terms of market share, Nunn was easily the top option in this passing attack.<\/p>\n<p>Antonio Nunn isn\u2019t projected to be an early-round pick, meaning that he\u2019ll need to overcome the odds to succeed at the NFL level. Fortunately, he\u2019s no stranger to this, as he was only a two-star recruit coming out of high school. After only receiving two offers, the Florida native committed to Buffalo. After spending his early seasons as a depth option, Nunn finally broke out in the 2019 season. Seeing the field for 723 snaps, the wide receiver finished his breakout campaign with 49 receptions on 88 targets for 687 yards and six touchdowns. All of these numbers ended up being career-best marks for Nunn.<\/p>\n<h3>Strengths<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Strong, physical receiver that can overpower cornerbacks at the catch point;<\/li>\n<li>NFL-caliber athlete;<\/li>\n<li>Great at tracking the ball \u2013 paces his routes to give highest odds of completion;<\/li>\n<li>Changes his route to adjust for off-target passes;<\/li>\n<li>Runs a nice fade route \u2013 could turn into an endzone specialist;<\/li>\n<li>88<sup>th<\/sup> percentile college dominator and 96<sup>th<\/sup> percentile target share;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Weaknesses<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Small hands lead to drops;<\/li>\n<li>Poor route runner \u2013 wears his defender like a cape;<\/li>\n<li>Didn\u2019t face good competition at Buffalo \u2013 need to see him do it against better athletes;<\/li>\n<li>Nothing special after the catch;<\/li>\n<li>Didn\u2019t break out until his age-22 season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NFL Comparison<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/CephQu00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quintez Cephus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Teams With Need At Position<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/bengals\/\" target=\"_self\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/dolphins\" target=\"_self\">Miami Dolphins<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/patriots\" target=\"_self\">New England Patriots<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/chargers\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/packers\" target=\"_self\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/saints\" target=\"_self\">New Orleans Saints<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/ravens\" target=\"_self\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/texans\" target=\"_self\">Houston Texans<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Projection<\/strong>: 6<sup>th<\/sup>\/7<sup>th<\/sup> Round<\/p>\n<h3>Bottom Line on Antonio Nunn<\/h3>\n<p>Antonio Nunn is a big-bodied receiver that excels at winning in contested situations and not much else. The 5\u2019-11\u201d, 204-pound receiver runs a nasty fade route, and his size combined with his above-average tracking ability makes him one of the better jump ball specialists in this class. While he\u2019s not the second coming of Calvin Johnson by any stretch of the imagination, he does have the athleticism necessary to make it in the NFL in some capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, this skill set isn\u2019t all that valuable in today\u2019s NFL. Contested catches are extremely fickle on a year-to-year basis, and are easily the least effective type of target. Nunn is a bad route runner that doesn\u2019t separate, so just about every target will be a contested-catch situation. These low probability targets get even lower when factoring in his below-average hands, and his mediocre speed and open-field ability limit any upside after the catch. He could turn into a solid depth receiver and red zone specialist, but that\u2019s about where the upside ends for Antonio Nunn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021-nfl-draft-profiles\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>More 2021 NFL Draft Profiles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"PoY7wP6jQ-Z1MKx99iofUQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1292068572\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'PoY7wP6jQ-Z1MKx99iofUQ',sig:'DKmYiTl-5mgEJweL8IOnLjlzawKRt9OdoTV20vvlkBE=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1292068572',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antonio Nunn used his size to bully defenders at Buffalo, but is that going to be enough to hear his name called in the 2021 NFL Draft?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":111336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1647,33760],"tags":[8106,2030],"class_list":["post-111335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-draft","category-profiles","tag-antonio-nunn","tag-nfl-draft-profiles"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246917,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111335\/revisions\/246917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}