Last year, wide receivers Miles Austin and Sidney Rice exploded into the spotlight. This year, other receivers will do the same. Here are five wide receivers who are poised to have bigger seasons than many fans are expecting.
To read Adam Schefter's Top 5 breakout receivers list, plus answers to mailbag questions about Brian Westbrook, Tom Brady, Keith Bulluck, Jay Cutler and Sam Bradford, you must be an ESPN Insider.
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Adam Schefter
Adam Schefter joined ESPN in August 2009 as a football reporter and analyst. In his role with the network, he is a regular contributor to ESPN.com and ESPN Insider. He appears regularly on numerous ESPN programs. Prior to joining ESPN, Schefter was a reporter and analyst for the NFL Network, which he joined in 2004 after 15 years as an award-winning reporter for The Denver Post. He was named the Colorado Sports Writer of the Year in 2002 and 2003.
The former president of the Pro Football Writers of America, Schefter is also the author of four books. His latest, "The Class of Football," was released this summer by Harper Collins. The married father of two is a graduate of both the University of Michigan and the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He resides in New York.
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