It is only June, and the 2027 NFL Draft sits more than a year away. That did not stop PFN draft analyst Ian Cummings from ranking his top five wide receiver prospects in the class, and the order says as much about his eye for traits as it does about the names themselves.
No. 1 was never in doubt. Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith tops the list, following Marvin Harrison Jr. and Carnell Tate out of the same receiver room. “He has the chance to be the best of them all, and potentially one of the best wide receiver prospects that I have ever evaluated,” Cummings said.
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The résumé backs the praise. Smith was the top overall recruit in the 2024 cycle, and across his first two seasons, he piled up 2,558 receiving yards and 27 touchdowns, more than anyone in the country over that span. Cummings sees a finished product rather than a projection.
“Jeremiah Smith is not only an elite size speed specimen, but he’s an inherently proactive hands catcher who routinely works back to the ball with his length and can unequivocally dominate and control the catch point,” Cummings said. He credited the route running too, pointing to Smith’s “deceptive intelligence” and his knack for making “everything look like a 9 route with the tempo and flexibility to capitalize.”
The lone reservation is run-after-catch production. “The one knock that you can provide is that he’s not much of a rack threat at this stage,” Cummings said, before landing on the verdict: “Jeremiah Smith is worth the hype as a wide receiver one and a potentially near generational prospect.”
The middle of the board carries its own intrigue. Cummings slotted Auburn transfer Cam Coleman at No. 3, now catching passes from Texas quarterback Arch Manning, “the potential number 1 overall pick in the 2027 NFL draft.” Omarion Miller, the Colorado transfer headed to Arizona State, came in at No. 4 after posting 808 yards and 8 touchdowns in 2025. Texas A&M speedster Mario Craver rounded out the five.
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The eyebrow-raiser sits at No. 2. Cummings handed that spot to Indiana’s Charlie Becker, a former special-teamer who barely played before the Hoosiers’ 2025 title run. “Maybe a surprise for some of you out there watching, I’ve got Charlie Becker, one of the heroes of Indiana’s national championship run,” Cummings said.
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Becker seized a starting role only when Elijah Sarratt went down with a hamstring injury, then formed a three-man rotation with Sarratt and Omar Cooper Jr. once Sarratt returned. The production over that stretch was loud, if brief. “The sample size is small, but within that sample size, the numbers are absolutely dominant, and the film is very, very exciting,” Cummings said.
He knows the bet he is making. “Charlie Becker still emerging, still a very small sample size, but one that I am willing to bank on,” Cummings said. He also flagged a trait NFL staffs prize: “As a bonus, he’s an elite run blocker with universal alignment flexibility. For NFL coaches in particular, that is gonna settle the point.”
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A full season will reshape this board before a single 2027 pick is made. Smith could declare and dominate, Coleman could erupt with Manning, and Becker’s sample could grow or shrink. For now, Cummings has staked out the takes worth revisiting next spring, and the one with his name on it is Becker at No. 2.
