{"id":85765,"date":"2020-04-18T13:30:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T17:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=85765"},"modified":"2020-04-18T09:30:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T13:30:54","slug":"omar-bayless-2020-nfl-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2020\/04\/18\/omar-bayless-2020-nfl-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Omar Bayless 2020 NFL Draft Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Omar Bayless Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Position: <\/strong>Wide Receiver<br \/>\n<strong>Height: <\/strong>6\u2019-1\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Weight: <\/strong>212 pounds<br \/>\n<strong>School<\/strong>: Arkansas State<\/p>\n<p><strong>NFL Combine Performance Data<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>40 Yard Dash<\/strong>: 4.62 seconds (unofficial)<br \/>\n<strong>Bench Press<\/strong>: 11 reps<br \/>\n<strong>Vertical Jump: <\/strong>36.0\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Broad Jump: <\/strong>123.0\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>3 Cone Drill: <\/strong>7.35 seconds<br \/>\n<strong>20 Yard Shuttle<\/strong>: 4.50 seconds<\/p>\n<h2>Omar Bayless 2020 NFL Draft Profile<\/h2>\n<p>After spending the past four seasons catching passes for Arkansas State, wide receiver <strong>Omar Bayless<\/strong> is hoping to take his talents to the NFL level. The Mississippi native had a breakout campaign in 2019, recording 93 receptions on 141 targets for 1,654 yards and 17 touchdowns. These were all easily career highs for the redshirt senior.<\/p>\n<p>Bayless initially began his college football journey as a three-star recruit. A Mississippi native, Bayless received four offers before finally settling on Arkansas State. After redshirting in 2015, Bayless spent the majority of the 2016 season on the bench. In 2017, Bayless recorded 32 receptions on 55 targets for 439 yards and six touchdowns. One year later, he followed it up with 39 receptions on 58 targets for 439 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Strengths<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fantastic on-field production in 2019;<\/li>\n<li>Isn\u2019t afraid of contact and gets to the football no matter what;<\/li>\n<li>Good double move guy with above-average start\/stop ability;<\/li>\n<li>Impressive ability to locate passes and haul in targets at the high point;<\/li>\n<li>Had multiple long touchdowns in 2019;<\/li>\n<li>Film shows more athleticism than testing numbers suggest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Weaknesses<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Even if you believe Combine results were a fluke, he\u2019s nothing special as an athlete;<\/li>\n<li>Most of his production came from one move against weak competition;<\/li>\n<li>One-year wonder;<\/li>\n<li>Didn\u2019t match up well against top-level competition;<\/li>\n<li>Struggles to beat press coverage;<\/li>\n<li>Lacks necessary play strength to overcome NFL-caliber defensive backs;<\/li>\n<li>Struggles to get open when not running a double move.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NFL Comparison: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MellAa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Mellette<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Teams With Need at Position: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buffalo Bills<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/broncos\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Denver Broncos<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/packers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Green Bay Packers<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/colts\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Indianapolis Colts<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/jaguars\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jacksonville Jaguars<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/raiders\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Las Vegas Raiders<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>New York Jets<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Philadelphia Eagles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Projection: <\/strong>7<sup>th<\/sup> Round\/Priority UDFA<\/p>\n<h3>Bottom Line on Omar Bayless<\/h3>\n<p>Omar Bayless put up some fantastic numbers during his final season at Arkansas State, but the way in which he did it doesn\u2019t bode well for his NFL future. Bayless didn\u2019t exactly face the best competition, and typically won because everyone else was terrible. A sizable portion of his production came on an admittedly solid double move, but cornerbacks kept biting on it time after time. NFL cornerbacks are going to figure this out, and he\u2019ll need to bring something else to the table. He couldn\u2019t do it against Georgia, as he struggled to do much of anything against the best competition he faced all season. He\u2019s not a great route runner or athlete, doesn\u2019t have great play strength, and is one-year wonder.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot going against Bayless, but there is a chance he surprises everyone. His double move is legitimately dangerous and could fool cornerbacks if he adds something else to his toolbox. Additionally, he\u2019s not afraid to go over the middle or take a big hit in order to make a play. 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