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Ten 2017 NFL Draft prospects facing draft-day tumbles

Reuben Foster is one of the NFL Draft prospects who needs to have a big pro day

Corey Davis, wide receiver, Western Michigan

It has to be considered troublesome that Davis’ ankle injury has forced to him miss important workouts in front of teams.

At 6-foot-3 and 209 pounds, he has the frame to be a true No. 1 receiver in the NFL. Add in his large catch radius and absurd level of production in college and teams are definitely drooling over him. Heck, here’s a dude that put up over 4,300 yards with 46 touchdowns in his final three seasons with the Broncos.

Unfortunately, recency bias may force NFL teams to stray away from Davis early in the upcoming draft. No one wants to see a repeat of what happened with Josh Doctson after the Washington Redskins made him a first-round pick last year. Dealing with a foot injury of his own, Doctson played in a total of two games before being shut down for the season.

There were also concerns over Kevin White’s foot after the Chicago Bears made him the No. 7 overall pick back in 2015. All White has done in two seasons with Chicago is play in a grand total of four games.

With the likes of Mike Williams and John Ross acting as true first-round prospects, teams might go in that direction rather than take a chance on Davis early. A top-10 prospect by every other definition of the term, it would not be a surprise to see Davis fall to the second half of Day 1 due to concern over his injuries.

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