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You're not going to be very excited about the prospect of having any of the names on this list on your Fantasy Football roster. That's kind of the point. Nobody was excited about Tyler Boyd in 2018, DeVante Parker in 2019 or Corey Davis in 2020, despite the fact that they were young, recent high draft picks with paths to sizable roles on their respective teams. As Fantasy players, we tend to have a two-strike policy with young players -- we'll draft you (much lower) in year two if you flop, but you're on double secret probation at that point. 

Of the players on this list, one has been a useful Fantasy option before, but at this point, he's pretty much a forgotten man. The rest? We're still waiting for their first impressive stretch. I'm not saying all of these guys are going to be useful Fantasy options -- I'd bet against it, in fact -- but it seems like there's one formerly highly-touted wide receiver who goes from afterthought to must-start status every year. Here are five who might pull the trick off in 2021:

  • Henry Ruggs -- Ruggs rookie season didn't give us much to get excited about, especially because he didn't earn more than five targets in any game, but that doesn't mean there was nothing to take note of. He averaged 10.5 yards per target and caught 60.5% of them, a very solid number for a player with a 17.4 yard ADoT. He was a disappointment based on his draft stock, but Ruggs didn't outright fall on his face. He is seemingly locked into a first-team role and while I don't think he'll ever be a true Alpha No. 1 WR, his WR58 price is well worth taking a flier on. Nelson Agholor was very productive in a limited role in this offense in 2020, and Ruggs is a more talented player. Let's see if he shows it. 

  • Jalen Reagor -- Reagor, well, he kind of fell on his face. He had stretches where he was more involved in the Eagles' passing game than Ruggs was with the Raiders, but he never had more than 55 receiving yards in a game -- including just 34.2 per game in the six where he had at least five targets. Yikes. Still, he was just 21 and suffered a shoulder injury at the end of training camp and then a thumb injury after just two games, so it's hard to say how much of his struggles we can or should pin directly on him. We're hoping Jalen Hurts can provide better QB play than the Eagles got in 2020, and Reagor is so cheap -- WR58 -- that there's no downside to seeing if he can find a spark. Especially with rookie first-rounder Devonta Smith dealing with a knee injury in camp. 

  • Sterling Shepard -- Shepard doesn't exactly have age on his side anymore, and it seems like he's settled in as a boring, low-upside WR4/5 for Fantasy. However, he's actually settled in as a kind of Jarvis Landry/Tyler Boyd-esque possession receiver over the last two seasons, putting up a 16-game pace of 89 catches, 984 total yards, and five touchdowns; Boyd's pace over the same time is 87 catches, 1,013 yards and five touchdowns, and Landry's is 80 catches, 1,049 yards and five touchdowns over the same time frame. I'm not sure Shepard really has too much upside beyond that, and the addition of Kenny Golladay should cut into his targets some. However, if the Giants are hoping Golladay is a rising tide who lifts all boats in the team's passing game, maybe Golladay's presence may also make Shepard a more effective player, making up for what he might lose in volume. As WR64, you may be getting a decent WR3 from him.

  • Parris Campbell -- With just 198 yards through two NFL seasons, it's hard to imagine things going worse for anyone than they have for Campbell, who has struggled to stay healthy at the NFL level. But the Colts still love his skills -- the coaches can't stop talking about him in camp -- and he's healthy right now, so I'm still excited to see what he can do with a real opportunity. My expectations aren't particularly high, but with Nyhiem Hines likely taking on a smaller role and no reliable tight end playmakers likely to see a big role, there could be room for a short-area playmaker like Campbell to thrive. 

  • N'Keal Harry -- There might be a 50-50 chance Harry isn't on the Patriots by Week 1, so forget I said anything if he gets cut. He's been a disaster so far, averaging just 5.1 yards per target through since being made the 32nd overall pick in 2019. And he's got more competition for playing time and targets than ever, a bad sign when he's had more than five targets just five times in two seasons -- and he's averaged 41.6 yards per game in those five, to boot. Still, Harry is apparently having his best training camp ever, and while the Patriots did bring in more competition for targets, it's not like any of Nelson Agholor, Kendrick Bourne, Jonnu Smith, or Hunter Henry is a real impediment if Harry shows any of the ability that made him a first-rounder in the first place. It's a long shot -- a really long one, at that -- but if you're in a deeper league, Harry is at least showing signs of life in camp. That's new.