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As we compiled our 2009 wide receiver rankings, we couldn’t help but think how few truly elite players will return at the position.  One who is certain to be back in the fold next fall is Dez Bryant (photo, Icon SMI).  His statline of 87-1,480-19 (including the bowl game) made him the most explosive WR of 2008.  At the tight end position, NFL-bound James Casey leaves a big void at the top of our list.  Oklahoma’s Jermaine Gresham is our current top dog, with Zona’s Rob Gronkowski a close second.

See our 2009 WR & TE rankings after the jump…

Update (05/12/09): 

We’re hard at work compiling our 2009 statistical projections.  Once they are complete, we’ll release our completely revamped player rankings.  Target date:  week of JUNE 1st

2009 “WAY TOO EARLY” - WIDE RECEIVER RANKINGS

(2008 average weekly fantasy point production in blue)

1 . Dez Bryant / Oklahoma State -

23.70

2 . Dezmon Briscoe / Kansas -

16.81

3 . DeAndre Brown (INJ) / Southern Miss -

17.24

4 . Aldrick Robinson / SMU -

17.66

5 . Jordan Shipley / Texas -

17.50

6 . Ryan Broyles / Oklahoma -

N/A

7 . Marty Gilyard / Cincinnati -

14.33

8 . Tyron Carrier / Houston -

14.69

9 . Damaris Johnson / Tulsa -

N/A

10 . Antonio Brown / Central Michigan -

13.35

11 . T.Y. Hilton / Florida Int. -

15.45

12 . Detron Lewis / Texas Tech -

N/A

13 . Naaman Roosevelt / Buffalo -

15.79

14 . Eric Decker / Minnesota -

13.87

15 . James Rodgers / Oregon State -

14.04

16 . Michael Floyd / Notre Dame -

12.98

17 . Kris Adams / UTEP -

15.40

18 . Golden Tate / Notre Dame -

12.29

19 . Jeff Moturi / UTEP -

10.60

20 . Jerrel Jernigan / Troy -

13.31

21 . Dexter McCluster / Mississippi -

12.15

22 . Juan Nunez / Western Michigan -

10.69

23 . Arrelious Benn / Illinois -

12.78

24 . Kerry Meier / Kansas -

12.20

25 . Ryan Wolfe / UNLV -

13.69

26 . Damian Johnson / USC -

N/A

27 . Slick Shelley / Tulsa -

N/A

28 . Dion Morton / Colorado State -

15.47

29 . Julio Jones / Alabama -

N/A

30 . Cortez Gent / Florida Atlantic -

12.65

31 . Briggs Orsbon / Ball State -

N/A

32 . Bryan Anderson / Central Michigan -

11.40

33 . Jimmy Young / TCU -

10.73

34 . Austin Pettis / Boise State -

N/A

35 . AJ Green / Georgia -

12.84

36 . Jacory Stone / Eastern Michigan -

10.09

37 . Kevin Jurovich / San Jose State -

N/A

38 . Phillip Livas / Louisiana Tech -

10.92

39 . Lyle Leong / Texas Tech -

N/A

40 . Chris Wellington / Nevada -

N/A

41 . Edward Britton / Texas Tech -

N/A

42 . McKay Jacobson / BYU -

N/A

43 . Patrick Edwards (INJ) / Houston -

N/A

44 . Titus Young / Boise State -

N/A

45 . Mike Williams / Syracuse -

N/A

46 . Jeff Fuller / Texas A&M -

N/A

47 . Danario Alexander / Missouri -

N/A

48 . Ryan Tannehill / Texas A&M -

10.95

49 . Deonte Thompson / Florida -

N/A

50 . Jonathan Baldwin / Pittsburgh -

N/A

51 . Brandon Banks / Kansas State -

15.85

52 . Kealoha Pilares / Hawaii -

N/A

53 . Stephen Williams / Toledo -

11.10

54 . D’Andre Goodwin / Washington -

N/A

55 . Malcolm Williams / Texas -

N/A

56 . David Gilreath / Wisconsin -

N/A

57 . Deryn Bowser / Akron -

N/A

58 . Brandon Lafell / LSU -

12.08

59 . Vincent Brown / San Diego State -

N/A

60 . Ronald Johnson / USC -

N/A

61 . A.J. Whitmore / Tulsa -

N/A

62 . Greg Little / UNC -

N/A

63 . Adron Tennell / Oklahoma -

N/A

64 . Jacoby Ford / Clemson -

N/A

65 . Darrell McNeal / La-Monroe -

11.07

66 . Jock Sanders / West Virginia -

N/A

67 . Shay Hodge / Mississippi -

10.89

68 . L.J. Castille / Houston -

N/A

69 . O’Neill Chambers / BYU -

N/A

70 . DeVier Posey / Ohio State -

N/A

71 . Jerell Jackson / Missouri -

N/A

72 . Chris Gilbert / Houston -

N/A

73 . Toren Dixon / Rice -

N/A

74 . Malcolm Lane / Hawaii -

N/A

75 . James Kirkendoll / Texas -

N/A

76 . Tim Brown / Rutgers -

N/A

77 . Keith Stroud / Rutgers -

N/A

78 . Carlos Singleton / Memphis -

N/A

79 . Kendall Wright / Baylor -

10.40

80 . Jared Perry / Missouri -

N/A

81 . Aldarius Johnson / Miami (FL) -

N/A

82 . Jake Gaebler / Western Kentucky -

N/A

83 . Tramain Swindall / Texas Tech -

N/A

84 . Rashaun Greer / Colorado State -

11.20

85 . Frantrell Forrest / UAB -

N/A

86 . O’Neill Chambers / BYU -

N/A

87 . Marcus Anderson / New Mexico State -

10.06

88 . Taylor Price / Ohio -

N/A

89 . Torrey Smith / Maryland -

N/A

90 . Phillip Payne / UNLV -

N/A

91 . Seyi Ajoritutu / Fresno State -

N/A

92 . Johnathan Wilson / Kansas -

N/A

93 . Owen Spencer / NC State -

N/A

94 . Rashaud Slaughter / UAB -

N/A

95 . Patrick Honeycutt / Middle Tennessee -

N/A

96 . Scott Long / Louisville -

N/A

97 . Dwayne Harris / East Carolina -

N/A

98 . Marvon Sanders / Eastern Michigan -

N/A

99 . Jared Green / Virginia -

N/A

Watchlist . Aiona Key / Utah -

N/A

Watchlist . Mario Fannin / Auburn -

N/A

Watchlist . Rodney Bradley / Hawaii -

N/A

Watchlist . Darrell Catchings / Oregon State -

N/A

Watchlist . Kjos / Oregon State -

N/A

Watchlist . Cameron Kenney / Oklahoma -

N/A

Watchlist . Andre Debose / Florida -

N/A

Watchlist . Eric Ward / Texas Tech -

N/A

Watchlist . A.J. Dugat / Houston -

N/A

Watchlist . Rueben Randle / LSU -

N/A

Watchlist . Patrick Patterson / Ole Miss -

N/A

Watchlist . Marlon Brown / Georgia -

N/A

Watchlist . Darius Johnson / SMU -

N/A

Watchlist . Anthony Foster / Tulsa -

N/A

Watchlist . Justin Brown / Penn State -

N/A

Watchlist . Randall Carroll / UCLA -

N/A

Watchlist . Jheranie Boyd / UNC -

N/A

Watchlist . Je’Ron Stokes / Michigan -

N/A

Watchlist . Tyrece Gaines / Oregon -

N/A

Watchlist . Jamere Holland / Oregon -

N/A

Watchlist . Nu’Keese Richardson / Tennessee -

N/A

Watchlist . Jamar Howard / Cincinnati -

N/A

Watchlist . Chad Bumpis / Mississippi State -

N/A

Watchlist . Ronnie Kennedy / Central Michigan -

N/A

Watchlist . Duron Carter / Ohio State -

N/A

Watchlist . Terry Hawthorne / Illinois -

N/A

Watchlist . Greg Timmons / Texas -

N/A

Watchlist . Edgard Theliar / Florida Int. -

N/A

Watchlist . Shaquelle Evans / Notre Dame -

N/A

Watchlist . Erick McGriff / Kansas -

N/A

Watchlist . DeAngelo Benton / Auburn -

N/A

Watchlist . Dwight Jones / North Carolina -

N/A

Watchlist . Wes Lyons / West Virginia -

N/A

Watchlist . Alex Torres / Texas Tech -

N/A

2009 “WAY TOO EARLY” - TIGHT END RANKINGS

(2008 average weekly fantasy point production in

blue

)

1 . Jermaine Gresham / Oklahoma -

13.18

2 . Rob Gronkowski / Arizona -

14.34

3 . Dennis Pitta / BYU -

12.09

4 . Cody Slate / Marshall -

10.91

5 . Jason Harmon / Florida Atlantic -

N/A

6 . Aaron Hernandez / Florida -

N/A

7 . DJ Williams / Arkansas -

8.95

8 . Garrett Graham / Wisconsin -

8.15

9 . Jamie McCoy / Texas A&M -

7.03

10 . Ed Dickson / Oregon -

10.14

11 . Josh LeDuc / Eastern Michigan -

7.18

12 . Mike McNeill / Nebraska -

7.31

13 . Charlie Gantt / Michigan State -

N/A

14 . Jamari Grant / Florida Atlantic -

7.10

15 . Andrew Mooney / Ohio -

N/A

16 . Tony Moeaki / Iowa -

N/A

17 . Andrew Jones / Missouri -

N/A

18 . Jimmy Scheidler / Bowling Green -

N/A

19 . Ben Wooster / Wake Forest -

N/A

20 . Taylor Wardlow / Rice -

N/A

21 . Andrew George / BYU -

N/A

22 . Ryan Moya / UCLA -

N/A

23 . Richard Dickson / LSU -

N/A

Watchlist . Morrell Presley / UCLA -

N/A

Watchlist . Vance McDonald / Rice -

N/A

Watchlist . Ra’shede Hageman / Minnesota -

N/A

Watchlist . Tracy Moore / Oklahoma State -

N/A

Watchlist . Dion Sims / Michigan State -

N/A

Watchlist . Tyler Chambers / Houston -

N/A

Watchlist . Barrett Matthews / Texas -

N/A

Watchlist . Logan Thomas / Virginia Tech -

N/A

Watchlist . Jacoby Bell / Southern Miss -

N/A

Watchlist . Philip Lutzenkirchen / Auburn -

N/A

Watchlist . Richard Wilson / BYU -

N/A

Watchlist . Arthur Lynch / Georgia -

N/A

Watchlist . Jonny Moore / UTEP -

N/A

Watchlist . Levine Toilolo / Stanford -

N/A

Watchlist . Tyler Eifert / Notre Dame -

N/A

Watchlist . Kyle Nelson / New Mexico State -

N/A

Watchlist . Tommy Gallarda / Boise State -

N/A

Watchlist . Justin Horton / Oklahoma State -

N/A

Watchlist . Jamal Mosley / Oklahoma State -

N/A

Watchlist . Kyle Adams / Purdue -

N/A