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Coach Tim Drevno on Donovan Peoples-Jones 'Donovan is a special, special guy. The Lions are in the market for a wide receiver and will certainly consider taking one on Day 2 of the draft. Donovan Peoples-Jones is a wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns, and was drafted in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. 19, 1999 Attended the same high school as U-M players Jaylen Kelly Powell and Michael Onwenu, as well as former players Jourdan Lewis and Delano Hill Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. From there, Amari Cooper took over the next. He needs to improve his catch point (he still lets the ball get into his body too often) and scouts will wonder if his lack of college production is quarterback/deep position group related, but he illustrated he is capable of making plays when the ball is thrown his way. Hey, Sean: Peoples-Jones had the excellent opener in Carolina when he caught 6-of-11 targets for 60 yards, including three hard-fought contested balls. He can play outside and in, is a vertical threat, tracks the ball well, has NFL level acceleration, can high point and win the 50/50 ball, is a strong open-field runner, and a reliable punt returner (he has two career punt returns for touchdowns). Peoples-Jones would check off a lot of boxes for the Lions. Here was my evaluation of the potential selection at the time: ESPN’s Todd McShay mocked Peoples-Jones in the first-round ($) in October and Bleacher Report’s Matt Miller did the same in his mock draft last December, while our brother site Draft Wire’s mid-December mock draft had Peoples-Jones landing with the Lions in the third round - pick 69 at the time. Peoples-Jones hauled in five of nine targets for 71 yards in Sundays 23-20 loss to Atlanta. Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones is set to return to the fantasy radar after a strong Week 4 performance against the Atlanta Falcons. Peoples-Jones’ father was an orthopedic surgeon and the coaches knew their recruit wanted to be a. Each coach arranged for DPJ to shadow a surgeon for a day at their University Hospitals. Ohio State and Michigan used an unusual method to convince Peoples-Jones to choose their programs.

Where Peoples-Jones fits in the mix among those top-25 is still to be determined, and it could be drastically different, as we have seen among analysts. Donovan Peoples-Jones Could Be A Doctor Someday. With Odell Beckham in Los Angeles and Landry a 29-year-old possession receiver, the opportunity appears to be there for Peoples-Jones to step up and assert himself as a consistent downfield threat next season. Peoples-Jones is part of what looks like a historic wide receivers class, with most expecting the drafted prospects from this group to potentially double it’s average (12.5) selected in the top-100 picks - meaning we could see as many as 25 wide receivers taken in the first three rounds. Peoples-Jones did take a step forward in his development in 2021, however, finishing with a 34-597-3 line across 13 games. "It would mean everything to me to go to the Lions", he's a fan growing up local and going to Michigan.
