{"id":870397,"date":"2026-04-20T02:44:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870397\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T02:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:44:14","slug":"nfl-draft-wr-rumors-branch-tate-tyson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870397\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Draft WR Rumors: Branch, Tate, Tyson"},"content":{"rendered":"

A week after some controversial draft reporting opened up discussions on journalistic ethics, another story was reported this afternoon concerning the arrest of another high-projected draft pick. An uncredited ESPN report disclosed today that Georgia wide receiver Zachariah Branch<\/a> was arrested<\/a> late-Saturday night\/early-Sunday morning on two possible misdemeanor charges.<\/p>\n

NFL Network\u2019s Tom Pelissero quickly followed up the report<\/a> describing the situation as Branch being \u201carrested while standing on a public sidewalk for not moving far enough when a police. office asked him to move.\u201d Pelissero\u2019s version of events comes from a copy of the police report of the incident. The report describes Branch as a male who \u201ccontinued to stand on the sidewalk without making an attempt to move.\u201d It goes on to say that, upon receiving commands and threats of citation, Branch \u201csmirked\u201d and \u201cstepped backwards and to the right\u201d but \u201cremained standing upon the public sidewalk.\u201d<\/p>\n

The officer placed him under arrest for \u201cmisdemeanor Obstruction of LEO and received a citation for Obstructing Public Sidewalks.\u201d Mike Garafolo, also of NFL Network, reached out<\/a> to a few team\u2019s personnel departments, and while some claimed they would do the requisite research on it over the next few days, it ultimately \u201cdoesn\u2019t sound like it\u2019ll be something that affects Zachariah Branch\u2019s draft prospects greatly, if at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here are a couple other rumors concerning wide receivers in the 2026 NFL Draft:<\/p>\n

According to ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler, Ohio State wide receiver Carnell Tate<\/a> is widely viewed as the draft class\u2019s \u201csafest pick.\u201d Per Fowler, he\u2019s projected solidly in the range of pick Nos. 4-7. His pedigree, polished route-running, and good but not great top speed are all attributes that secure him as the potential WR1, but he may not be considered the most talented at his position.
\nFowler went on to mention the recent rise of Arizona State wide receiver Jordyn Tyson<\/a>, after his recent workout this week. Tyson showed all of the explosive, twitchy athleticism in that workout that scouts know he is capable of, but his injury history persists as a potential concern for his future durability. Still, Fowler claims multiple teams have Tyson ranked as the best wide receiver of the draft class but only connected him to teams picking around Nos. 7-10, meaning he might end up being WR2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A week after some controversial draft reporting opened up discussions on journalistic ethics, another story was reported this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4955,2240,7,7602,6,33452],"class_list":{"0":"post-870397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-carnell-tate","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-jordyn-tyson","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-zachariah-branch"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116434741265247950","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}