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The phenomenon of Day 3 draft picks surprising as rookies takes form every year in the NFL.Last year, it was , , , and .In 2020, it was , , and . Two years ago, , , and were instant hits. In J.J. Koski Jersey 2018, , , and proved they could play out of the gate.The season before it was , , and . In 2016, the group consisted of , , and . While all the 2022 Day 3 selections listed below aren't guaranteed to thrive as rookies, they have the best chance to make an instant impact due to their talent and opportunity on their new teams. St. Brown, running back , ball carrier , and cornerback Thomas Graham were among .Conner is a ready-to-go punisher who plays significantly more explosively than his 29 1/2-inch vertical would indicate. He's a slashing, one-cut type tailor-made for Doug Pederson's system. And he only totaled 304 carries in college. He doesn't nece sarily seek out contact but delivers a thumping pop on contact and there's some wiggle to his game.GM Trent Baalke was part Ben Skowronek Jersey of the Jaguars staff when they landed as an undrafted free agent in 2020 and of course was the GM who drafted in Round 1 last season. But Pederson calls the shots on game-day, has no pre-existing ties to either veteran back and was a major running-back committee advocate while in Philadelphia. Conner will produce as a rookie. stands in the way of Spiller having a monster rookie season. But hear me out on picking the former Texas A&M star as a Day 3 instant impact type. Ekeler only had three games with more than 15 carries in 2021. Sure, much of that was due to the Chargers having the fourth-highest pa s rate (63%) in football.Ekeler also ran over 400 routes in 2021, fourth-most among all RBs. The Chargers want him as that "wide back" option in their offense. Spiller is a more traditional, between-the Eric Dickerson Jersey -tackles back. He has the frame, vision, and cutting skill to be that a set in Los Angeles. Spiller's film was as impre sive as both Ken Walker's and . He'll formulate a fun, dynamic duo with Ekeler in 2022. was a bubble screen and go-ball guy at North Dakota State with verified 4.36 speed. Doubs was one heck of a long-ball specialist too, over a pair of seasons, at Nevada. He averaged right around 15.5 yards per grab in 2020 and 2021 combined.There's good suddenne s to his game and he tracks it like Byron Buxton in center field. Because of his draft position, most of the initial attention will be on Watson, which bodes well for Doubs seeing le ser cornerbacks down the field. I trust Matt Lafleur to scheme open deep shots for Doubs, who's plenty fast enough to be a vertical option for . Believe it not, the Ravens actually weren't a big "12 personnel" -- two tight end -- team in 2021, and I think they want to be, they just didn't have the horses at TE. Now they do. And given that their receiver room is and not much else, they may have to be.Kolar is 2.0. I'm telling you. Maybe not quite as dynamic after the catch, but it's close. Everything else about Kolar's game screams Andrews. The subtle route-running brilliance, the explosion, the flexibility, the ultra-reliable hands. The Ravens have to replace 43.1% of their targets from 2021, the sixth-most in football. Kolar is going to Kenny Young Jersey produce.If the is obse sed with pa s-rush ability, I have no idea whatsoever why Smith was still available in the fifth round. He had a pre sure-creation rate of 13% in 2021. That was right around the same rate as second-round and second-round Sam Williams. And not significantly lower than . If you count the last two seasons, Smith's 16% pre sure-creation rate is on par with and higher than his new teammate . And those pre sures weren't of the schemed-up variety. With Smith, advanced pa s-rush moves are there. There's some bend to his game. He's a pa s-rush specialist. Seattle desperately needs that. Winfrey is precisely what the Browns need. A long, active high-energy defensive tackle to push the pocket with flying around the edge. They've had the block-eating types. They're useful but how did that defensive-line setup turn out for those defenses?Interior push is vital in today's NFL, particularly when you have Cam Akers Jersey an elite edge rusher. With the lightning-quick first step and immense length of Winfrey, teams will eventually have to focus attention on the inside when facing Cleveland's defense. Initially though, Winfrey should see plenty of advantageous one-on-one scenarios, which will catalyze a fast start to his career.