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Will any of the Rams undrafted receivers make the team?
The Los Angeles Rams appear to have four wide receivers who are locked into a spot on the roster, with seven others competing for the final one or two jobs.
Among those seven are three undrafted free agent rookies competing against two former undrafted free agents (Drake Stoops, Xavier Smith), a seventh rounder (Konata Mumpfield), and a free agent (Britain Covey).
Everybody’s path to the NFL is so interesting, not because they all overcame the odds to make it this far but also because they all have such different odds. In the era of the transfer portal when a player can always try to escape one situation for another, the road to the NFL is even harder to predict.
Case in point, the Rams have:
Who was the highest ranked recruit in L.A.’s rookie undrafted receiver class and does he even have the best shot at making the roster or practice squad?
Edwards attempted to get a seventh year of eligibility so he could play for Kentucky in 2025, but he never signed a Letter of Intent and the transfer never went through so instead he signed with the Rams as an undrafted free agent.
Edwards had no stars coming out of high school in 2019, starting his career with Navarro Junior College in Corsicana, Texas. He had 800 yards in two seasons and also worked as a returner prior to upgrading his status enough to transfer to Hawaii in 2021. His career there would be short-lived and understated with just three kickoff returns and five catches.
After recording no stats with Louisiana Tech in 2022, Edwards posted 284 yards in 2023, which was then his fifth year in college football.
Then out of nowhere — perhaps because it was his sixth chance — Edwards led Conference USA with 84 catches, as well as finishing second at 986 yards with six touchdowns.
Edwards was ranked as the 225th best player in the transfer portal in 2025 and chose Kentucky, but it was not meant to be so instead he has signed with the Rams. The 6’3, 201 lbs unknown is a total wild card and at this point most likely competing for a spot on the practice squad. Given where he was for five out of six years in college, making an NFL team’s 90-man roster is already a huge accomplishment.
The 28th-ranked “Athlete” recruit in the country in 2020, Presley (listed at just 5’8, 155 lbs at the time) was behind current NFL players like Jordan Addison, Darnell Washington, and Drew Sanders. He was not ranked nationally overall and chose Oklahoma State over offers from Army, Memphis, and Temple.
Presley won...
