It’s rare when you see a transformation of the role a veteran player has in an offense take place at midseason, but that is what happened with San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel midstream in the 2021 season.
The decision was made to make Samuel a much more critical part of the 49ers rushing attack as injuries left San Francisco with a lack of able bodies in the run game transformed Samuel’s role and coincided with the turnaround of fortunes for the 49ers.
Below, we look at Deebo Samuel’s'2022 fantasy football average draft position (ADP) and where you should draft him.
Most wide receivers that have been profiled here don’t include rushing stats, but you have to include that with Samuel because, of the 14 touchdowns he scored in 2021, more of them were rushing TDs (8) than receiving TDs (6)