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Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Zachariah Branch set the UGA school record<\/a> for receptions in a season during his lone year at Georgia. Branch was Georgia’s top receiver, by a significant margin, in 2025 and helped the Bulldogs win an SEC championship after spending the first two years of his college career with the USC Trojans.<\/p>\n

Branch is widely projected to be a first- or second-round pick in the 2026 NFL draft<\/a>. He’s a shifty receiver that accumulated a ton of yardage after the catch during his time at Georgia.<\/p>\n

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ESPN NFL draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. compares Branch to Baltimore Ravens two-time Pro Bowl receiver Zay Flowers. The comparison is a positive one for Branch, since Flowers has made the Pro Bowl and topped 1,000 receiving yards in two of his three seasons in the NFL.<\/p>\n

Flowers was a first-round pick (the No. 22 selection) in the 2023 NFL draft. He played college football at Boston College, so he was a bit more under-the-radar than Branch. The two players have a lot of similarities. Both players are supremely quick, elite after the catch and smaller in size.<\/p>\n

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Kiper Jr. emphasizes that Flowers and Branch’s similarities go beyond size (both players are around 5-foot-9, 180-pounds).<\/p>\n

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“Much like Flowers, Branch is lightning quick and near impossible to contain once he gets into open space, displaying explosive burst and incredible acceleration,” Kiper Jr. wrote<\/a>. “The Georgia receiver has that same ability to take a quick-game pass on a slant or screen and create a chunk play after the catch. I’m a big fan of Branch, and I think he could go on Day 1, just as Flowers did in 2023.”<\/p>\n

Kiper Jr. thinks Branch could be a first-round pick. A lot of that will be determined by how much NFL teams value Branch, who just moves different.<\/p>\n

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