STRENGTHS
Charlie is that gritty, fast, quick type of receiver, that you can depend on to run his routes exactly like he does in practice, giving his quarterback the confidence to throw to him in any type of down and distance situation. He can run all the routes on the route tree and because he shows good quickness off the line and out of his breaks, he gains the needed separation to be open on just about every route you need him to run. Basically, he is what we call a 7/11 receiver because, like a 7/11 store, he is open all the time. Charlie has a good catch radius. He will sell out to make the difficult catch and take whatever hit is coming and hold on to the ball. He has those quick feet and Velcro-like hands that make him one of the more dependable receivers in this draft. Charlie shows excellent strength when running his routes because of his quick feet to be able to recover when a CB tries to get physical with him. If he can stay healthy he will be one of the better receivers in this class.
CONCERNS
The biggest concern most teams will have will be about his size and lack of bulk to handle a 17-game schedule.
BOTTOM LINE; 3.19
If Charlie can stay healthy he can be a core player and a fan favorite for the team that selects him. Because he runs crossing routes, slants, and curl routes as well as anyone ever has, it makes you wonder how much pounding he can take with his body type. That being said, Charlie is one tough football player and never seems to shy away from catching the ball when running those routes. There is no doubt in my mind that he can play inside or outside as a receiver and shows the ability to be used on special teams. That ability to play special teams should make him more appealing to a lot of teams as a 2 or 3 receiver. If he were bigger, with more bulk he would be one of the top receivers in this draft but size matters when it comes to the draft. It doesn’t matter after the draft but it does in the draft.
