Junior Sherrill WR Vanderbilt |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report
| Jersey: #85 ROLE: Outside X-Receiver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draft Year: 2027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FORTY time: 4.45 seconds (69%*) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jersey: #85 | |
| ROLE: Outside X-Receiver | |
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | |
| Draft Year: 2027 | |
| Forty time: 4.45 seconds (69%*) | |
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| Overall Rating: |
78.9 / 100
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| Average rating of opposition Defense player has faced | ||
| Defense Rating: |
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82% |
| Click the links below to view how player ranks vs other prospects. | ||
| QB Rating When targeted: | 122.9 | |
| Hands: |
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75% |
| Short Receiving: |
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76% |
| Intermediate Routes: |
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84% |
| Deep Threat: |
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77% |
| Blocking: |
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71% |
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DRAFT PROJECTION:
6th
Overall Rank:
#202
Position rank:
#27 (WR)
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| College Games: 38 College Snaps: 1507 | ||
| Player Comparison* (Similarity level) | ||
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| Jalen Moreno-Cropper - Fresno State |
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87% |
| LaJohntay Wester - Colorado |
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86% |
| Barion Brown - LSU |
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80% |
Draft Profile: Bio
Out of Lipscomb Academy in Nashville, Sherrill stayed home to sign with Vanderbilt, where he grew from a rotational piece into the focal point of the passing game. He worked his way up the depth chart over his first seasons before a breakout junior year put him on the NFL radar.In 2025 Sherrill posted a career year for the Commodores, catching 54 passes for 784 yards and seven touchdowns while making 11 starts across 13 games and chipping in four carries out of the backfield. He served as a reliable underneath and intermediate target in Vanderbilt's offense, pairing steady production with the run-after-catch quickness that defines his game.
The 784-yard, seven-touchdown season marked his most productive campaign and established him as one of the SEC's more dependable slot receivers heading toward the draft, a home-grown producer who earned his role and held it against conference competition.
Scouting Report: Strengths
- Productive slot who broke out for 784 yards and seven scores in 2025
- Reliable underneath separator with good timed speed and quickness
- Sure hands and route feel across 11 starts for Vanderbilt
- Adds run-after-catch juice on the move from the slot
Scouting Report: Weaknesses
- Slight 5-foot-11, 172-pound frame gets muscled by physical coverage
- Limited contested ability against bigger, longer defensive backs downfield
- Nearly a pure slot with a fairly narrow route tree
- Only one season of high-level production to project from
- Modest deep-threat profile, does his damage short and intermediate
Scouting Report: Summary
Junior Sherrill earned his role the hard way at Vanderbilt, climbing the depth chart before a breakout 2025 that put him on the radar. He caught 54 passes for 784 yards and seven scores as the focal point of the offense, a reliable underneath separator with good timed speed and the quickness to turn short throws into more. As a home-grown producer who started 11 games, he answered the questions about whether he could carry a featured role in the SEC.The limitations are the ones that follow smaller slots. At 172 pounds he gets muscled by physical coverage, he offers little in contested situations against bigger defensive backs, and his route tree is fairly narrow with a modest deep-threat element. With only one season of high-level production, there is projection involved in reading him as more than a rotational piece.
He fits a spread offense that wants a quick, dependable movement slot and can scheme him touches underneath. Overall, the production and separation are real, but the frame and single-year sample place him as a developmental slot and special-teams candidate whose case rests on proving the 2025 breakout was the start of something rather than a one-year peak. A clean pro-day workout would help cement the athletic profile a team would be projecting him on.
How other scouting services rate Junior Sherrill (Overall Rank)
All Scouts AverageOverall Rank
201.0
All Scouts AveragePosition Rank
22.0
*Percentile Ranking in Player's Position Group (NFL Combine Historical Data): This percentile reflects how a player's specific statistics rank
in comparison to historical performances at the NFL Combine, specifically within their position group. A higher percentile indicates a better performance.
For instance, being in the 90th percentile for a particular stat means the player outperformed 90% of their peers in that category.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.