I want Kelvin Benjamin so bad if he declares.
Florida State wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin told ESPN's Joe Schad on Friday that he will enter the NFL draft. You may remember Benjamin for such things as the 54 receptions, 1,011 yards and 15 touchdowns he racked up this season and, well, catching the game-winning touchdown in the BCS championship game.
Benjamin didn't make it into Mel Kiper Jr.'s most recent Big Board, but Todd McShay ranked him 29th.
"Benjamin was a key playmaker for the Seminoles all season long, and he capped that off by catching the game-winning touchdown pass against Auburn in the BCS title game," McShay wrote. "He has excellent size, uses his long arms to prevent cornerbacks from getting clean shots on his body when they try to press him, and does a great job of coming down with 50-50 jump balls."
ESPN Pittsburgh Steelers reporter Scott Brown thinks that Benjamin could leapfrog the likes of Marqise Lee, Mike Evans and Jordan Matthews to be the second wideout taken in the draft, behind Clemson's Sammy Watkins. Furthermore, he likes the idea of the Steelers targeting the 6-foot-5, 234-pound receiver:
Scott Brown
NFL draft watch: Kelvin Benjamin
"Benjamin ... will certainly be among the prospects prominent on the Steelers' radar. A tall wide receiver is perhaps the one thing missing on offense, and Benjamin fits the profile of the target quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has long coveted. ... And he could still be available when the Steelers pick 15th overall. I'm not ready to say picking him is a no-brainer as is the case with Watkins. And I still think that the Steelers should use their first pick on defense. But a wide receiver such as Watkins or Benjamin -- or a left tackle that the Steelers deem as a player who can protect the quarterback's blind side for the next decade -- should merit strong consideration when it comes to that first pick. And it will be very interesting to see what the Steelers do if Watkins is gone when they pick in the first round but Benjamin is still there."