The Washington Redskins selected Antonio Gandy-Golden (AGG), Wide Receiver, out of Liberty University. He was the 36th pick of the fourth round and was the 18th wide receiver drafted in the 2020 NFL Draft.
Biography
Antonio Gandy-Golden is 6’4” and 223 pounds. He played four years at Liberty and will be 22 years old at the beginning of the 2020 NFL Season. Gandy-Golden was only a two-star recruit coming out of high school and didn’t receive many offers from Division 1 programs. After adding 25 pounds to his frame in college, AGG is now a popular sleeper in rookie drafts.
College Production
Antonio Gandy-Golden broke out at the age of 19 (age during their first season with a 20% receiving dominator rating) in his second season at Liberty. During Gandy-Golden’s senior season, he had his best season at 21 years old. AGG had 79 receptions, for 1,396 receiving yards, and ten scrimmage touchdowns for a receiving dominator rating (average percentage of their team’s receiving yards and receiving touchdowns) of 35.8% (64th percentile). Gandy-Golden had superb age-adjusted production by averaging 953.5 scrimmage yards (84th percentile) and 8.3 scrimmage touchdowns (85th percentile) per season throughout his career for the Flames. He dominated his college offense with an average scrimmage dominator rating (average percentage of their team’s scrimmage yards and scrimmage touchdowns) per season of 17.7% (82nd percentile) and had great production throughout his collegiate career. AGG was extraordinarily efficient as well and averaged 1.09 scrimmage yards per team play (84th percentile). He’s fourth overall in this rookie wide receiver class in scrimmage yards per team play.
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Athleticism
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Antonio Gandy-Golden has a great height-adjusted speed score of 103.7 (80th percentile) after running a 4.60-second 40-time at the NFL Combine. He has a good burst score of 124.7 (71st percentile) and a very poor agility score of 11.9 (4th percentile). AGG is a big-bodied wide receiver that will need to win with his size, strength, and speed in the NFL.
NFL Landing Spot
Washington Redskins: The Washington Redskins are a disaster. Nothing highlights that more than the Trent Williams situation. One of the NFL’s worst offenses, ran the least amount of plays in the NFL, and only passed 59.8% of the time. Dwayne Haskins was one of the worst passers in the NFL and was inefficient targeting many areas of the field. Rookie Terry McLaurin was the lone bright spot on that offense as he finished as the WR24. His 93 targets accounted for 19% of the team’s targets. The receiver depth chart behind him is fairly shallow. UDFA Steven Sims, 2018 Mr. Irrelevant Trey Quinn, and huge draft slider Kelvin Harmon round out the ranks, but all saw fewer targets than RB Chris Thompson. While their low draft capital and low utilization suggest that a rookie could easily slide into the WR2 role, proceed with caution. New head coach Ron Rivera is a notoriously defensive-minded coach. One of his first moves was to bring in Peyton Barber and J.D. McKissic to add to the already crowded backfield of Adrian Peterson, Derrius Guice and Bryce Love. Don’t expect this team to shift into a passing offense anytime soon, especially one that could support another receiver behind McLaurin.
Rivals’ Rapid Analysis
Antonio Gandy-Golden is a talented wide receiver with excellent age-adjusted production that will win with his size, strength, and speed in the NFL. The Redskins invested fourth round draft capital into Gandy-Golden. He has a good degree of opportunity and will compete with McLaurin, Harmon, and Sims for targets from Haskins.
Antonio Gandy-Golden is in Shawn’s fourth wide receiver tier, Shawn’s WR17, and Shawn’s Overall Rookie Rank 32. Shawn would target AGG in the mid-to-late third round in superflex rookie drafts (mid-third round in single QB). Gandy-Golden showed good college production and landed in a pretty favorable spot. McLaurin was great before his injury last season, but this depth chart is screaming for something more. Kelvin Harmon showed everyone why he was a 2019 draft slide. Sims was serviceable last year but the Redskins need something more to make up for Dwayne Haskins deficiencies. Gandy-Golden has the potential with his size to become a good redzone target for a team that drastically needs one.
Antonio Gandy-Golden is in Dave’s fourth wide receiver tier, his WR17-WR18 depending on other landing spots, and his 32nd-36th rookie overall. Dave would target AGG in the mid-late-third round of superflex rookie drafts (mid-third round in single QB). AGG had an incredibly productive career for a small-school wide receiver. Falling to the late-fourth round of the NFL Draft moved him from the top of the third tier to the top of the fourth tier of rookie wide receivers. There isn’t a lot of competition to be the second option in Washington and this makes AGG a very attractive option. Dynasty managers should feel confident selecting AGG in the mid-late-third round of rookie drafts this season.
This article was written in collaboration with Dave Wright. For more analysis check out Dave and Shawn’s previous articles at Dynasty Football Factory. Additionally, you can also find Dave’s dynasty superflex rankings at Dynasty Football Factory. Stay tuned for more rookie wide receiver rapid reaction articles from us throughout the entire NFL Draft. We will also give you instant reactions for priority UDFA wide receivers to help you try and find the next Adam Thielen. Interact with Dave and Shawn on Twitter @ff_spaceman and @ff_walrus. You can listen to our rivalry on our podcast @ATaleofTwoRivals with @ff_banterman.
Information found in this article was gathered from @ff_spaceman’s College Prospect Database, PlayerProfiler.com, Sports-Reference.com, AirYards.com, and a prospect’s college team website.
