- Washington Redskins wide receiver Josh Doctson practiced in full Thursday, and drew good reviews from several Washington beat writers. Doctson is apparently going “all out” in training camp, and appears to be free of the nagging Achilles injury that cost him the majority of his rookie season.
- After playing 1,341 snaps in his senior year at TCU, Doctson ended his college career as PFF’s highest-graded wide receiver, with a PFF overall grade of 93.9. He averaged 4.08 yards per route run, which ranked first of 97 college receivers with at least 85 targets and his near-perfect WR rating of 149.2 ranked second.
- Doctson was taken with the 22nd overall pick of the 2016 NFL Draft, but only managed to play 31 snaps before an Achilles injury sent him to IR. Doctson started well, and on those limited snaps, he still averaged 2.75 yards per route run, well above the NFL average of 1.28.
- If he can stay healthy through camp, Doctson could be the first in line to take over as Washington’s deep threat, a role that was vacated by the departure of DeSean Jackson in free agency. In 2015, Doctson posted the nation’s third-best catch rate on deep passes (passes that travel 20-plus yards in the air) and his nine touchdowns from such passes also ranked third.
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