A series looking at new Cleveland Browns GM John Dorsey’s philosophy for different positions in the draft. For clarity, only players drafted or immediately signed as UDFAs were counted.

It’s difficult to place all wide receivers under the same label. Ideally, a team’s group of receivers would be made up of three or four contributors with varying skill sets: A player that can stretch the field vertically, one that can win above the rim on contested catches, one that can win with agility and separate underneath. But while different wide receivers bring completely different skill sets, there were certain traits consistent throughout John Dorsey’s acquisitions of the position during his time in Kansas City: Size, change of direction and explosiveness.

Those traits may sound obvious, but they are glaringly absent for several high-profile draft busts at the position over the last few seasons. In 2016 Corey Coleman, while an exceptional athlete, measured in just below 5-11 (5105) and has so far failed to live up to his dynamic play at Baylor. Laquon Treadwell has ideal height and weight for the position, but is in the 30th-percentile or below for his position in the broad jump, the vertical jump, the short shuttle and the three-cone. In 2015, Phillip Dorsett ran a sub-4.3 40-yard dash, but measured in below 5-10 (5096) and was just 185 pounds.

Small stature or a lack of explosiveness aren’t the only reasons certain draft busts failed to produce — in some cases, it may not have anything to do with their success or failure — but those traits do offer a terrific launching pad for any wide receiver to start as pros. As far as what drills are important for wide receivers, there’s the 40-yard dash (simply to display functional speed), the vertical and broad jumps (explosiveness) and the short shuttle and three-cone (change of direction). Dorsey’s history with the position through the draft keeps with those critical factors:

A couple notes:Chris Conley is one of the greatest athletes in the NFL, scoring the highest SPARQ score among receivers in his class. Players with high SPARQ scores show up throughout Dorsey’s draft history, and it’s worth following this year’s group as the Combine and pro days come and go. Any three-cone around 7.1 seconds and below is generally in the neighborhood of top-10 at receiver in a given year. Only three receivers drafted or signed as UDFAs by Dorsey failed to hit that.

While the perfect blend of size and explosiveness is hard to come by in Dorsey’s draft history at receiver, nearly every prospect has at least one of these traits. For the six receivers who measured in shorter than 6-feet, all of them except for Donatella Luckett tested well in change-of-direction drills. Those who didn’t test well in the three-cone or short shuttle possessed good size. All were strong leapers with broad jumps around 10-feet and above.

Players with good size and athleticism — especially towards the end of drafts — offer teams a blank slate with which to work. Like drafting a converted tight end as a developmental tackle prospect in the seventh round, selecting a prospect who possesses an athletic profile similar to those who succeed in the NFL is a better bet than a player with college accolades but lacking the makeup of an NFL receiver.

Dorsey’s draft history at wide receiver doesn’t offer a perfect indication of his future acquisitions, but it does assure that the Browns will be picking from a narrowed down group of receivers, all of whom possess either good size and/or good explosiveness for the position; an excellent starting point at any position.