Jordyn Tyson, WR Arizona State 

Height: 6-2 (unofficial) 

Weight: 200 (unofficial)

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40 yard dash (projected): 4.49 (projected) 

2026 Age: 22

Breakout Age: 18 (FR)

NFL Comparison: Chris Godwin, Tyler Boyd  

FILM: Jordyn Tyson is WR # 0

• Dynamic, high-volume receiver and high-level route runner who wins from any alignment with rare lateral suddenness, instant separation ability, and a strong, attack-the-ball mentality
• Double-digit targets in every 2025 contest he was healthy for
• Health is the clear primary negative in his profile: faced injuries and missed time in all three years of college – tore his ACL, MCL and PCL at Colorado in 2022 which caused him to miss all of 2023; injured his collarbone in 2024 and missed playing in the CFP; was banged up (and possibly played through it at times) with nagging hamstring(s) toward the end of the 2025 season. He’s played only 30 games in his 4 years of college ball 
• Outstanding hands with sudden burst through transition points, allowing him to rapidly gain vertical leverage and separate upfield after the catch
• Elite release package and stem craft; consistently destabilizes press defenders and wins early even without pre-snap cushion
• Advanced route pacing and leverage awareness, extremely QB-friendly play-style
• Family of athletic and football professionals: older brother is South Alabama’s S&C coach, his other brother Jaylon plays in the NBA for the Cavs
• Two-time First-team All Big 12; 2024 Big 12 Newcomer of the year 
• PFF’s 13th-best receiving grade in 2025; 16th-best in 2024 (had issues with drops in 2024 that seemed largely cleaned up in 2025, but did have a better y/rr in 2024 at 3.04)
• Spent much less time in the slot in 2025 (25%) than he did in 2024 (45%), but is remains ultra-alignment versatile 
• Speed isn’t his primary weapon, but he’s faster than defenders expect and fully capable of winning vertically
• Broke out as a true freshman at the Power 4 level 
• ASU source on the coaching staff told RW that Tyson “is a dog” and “played through multiple soft tissue injuries during 2025,” even during his most productive stretches
• Comp: Chris Godwin 

Fantasy Outlook: The hierarchy of how Jordyn Tyson, Makai Lemon and Carnell Tate stack up on most dynasty and fantasy gamers’ boards will be a matter of what “flavor” of WR they prefer at the very top of the 2026 class. A great NFL landing spot for any of the three post-NFL draft could easily vault one of these players to more of a consensus WR1 for the class, but without that knowledge, it’s about what worries and excites you most as a prospective fantasy owner. With Lemon, there will be questions to be answered at the combine about his size. With Tate, you can worry about how he wasn’t the alpha WR on his college team. With Tyson, the obvious concern is the injury history, but his stuff is nasty when he is healthy and if you can chalk up the injuries to randomness and chance, you’ll be hard-pressed to not have Tyson at least vying for your WR1. There is no reason Tyson should be on the board past pick 4 in 1QB dynasty rookie drafts and pick 5 in superflex. As for the redraft and best ball outlook, he has a chance to be the hot rookie pick who gets drafted in the same area that Tetairoa McMillan was in 2025.

(Alex Dunlap)