College production summary feeding the v3.0 similarity vector. The engine weights these features against the prospect corpus (2000–present) to build the comp grid below.
Historical college players whose production curves most closely match Ja'Lynn Polk. Hit-label colouring tags each comp's eventual NFL outcome: elite, starter, bust, unknown (still developing or never reached the NFL). Click an NFL name to jump to its veteran page when available.
| College player | School | Class | Similarity | NFL outcome | NFL career | Career fp | Peak3 fp/g | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.J. Hackett | Colorado | 2004 | 0.494 | unknown | D.J. Hackett | 328 | 10.9 | 4 |
| Nakoa McElrath | Washington State | 2002 | 0.469 | unknown | Nakoa McElrath | — | — | — |
| Skyler Fulton | Arizona State | 2004 | 0.462 | unknown | Skyler Fulton | — | — | — |
| James Terry | Kansas State | 2004 | 0.435 | unknown | James Terry | — | — | — |
| Jerome Riley | Washington State | 2003 | 0.431 | unknown | Jerome Riley | — | — | — |
| Kelvin Benjamin | Florida State | 2014 | 0.427 | unknown | Kelvin Benjamin | 624 | 12.0 | 4 |
| ArDarius Stewart | Alabama | 2017 | 0.427 | unknown | ArDarius Stewart | 17 | 1.4 | 1 |
| Javon Walker | Florida State | 2002 | 0.425 | starter | Javon Walker | 865 | 14.7 | 8 |
| Blair White | Michigan State | 2010 | 0.424 | unknown | Blair White | 102 | 3.9 | 2 |
| Maurice Purify | Nebraska | 2008 | 0.423 | unknown | Maurice Purify | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Jason Carter | Texas A&M; | 2006 | 0.421 | unknown | Jason Carter | — | — | — |
| Kyle Philips | UCLA | 2022 | 0.407 | unknown | Kyle Philips | 49 | 4.0 | 2 |
| Gabe Marks | Washington State | 2014 | 0.404 | unknown | Gabe Marks | — | — | — |
| Keith Smith | Purdue | 2010 | 0.400 | unknown | Keith Smith | — | — | — |
| Curry Sexton | Kansas State | 2015 | 0.400 | unknown | Curry Sexton | — | — | — |
| Mario Alford | West Virginia | 2015 | 0.398 | unknown | Mario Alford | 2 | 1.2 | 2 |
| Darren Carrington II | Utah | 2018 | 0.396 | unknown | Darren Carrington II | — | — | — |
| Vernon Davis | Maryland | 2006 | 0.393 | unknown | Vernon Davis | — | — | — |
| Jermaine Gresham | Oklahoma | 2009 | 0.388 | unknown | Jermaine Gresham | — | — | — |
| D.K. Metcalf | Ole Miss | 2019 | 0.386 | starter | DK Metcalf | 1533 | 15.1 | 7 |
| Dorial Green-Beckham | Missouri | 2014 | 0.381 | unknown | Dorial Green-Beckham | 200 | 7.1 | 2 |
| Erik Ezukanma | Texas Tech | 2022 | 0.378 | bust | Erik Ezukanma | 4 | 0.8 | 3 |
| Rob Gronkowski | Arizona | 2009 | 0.377 | unknown | Rob Gronkowski | — | — | — |
| KJ Hamler | Penn State | 2020 | 0.370 | bust | KJ Hamler | 128 | 5.3 | 3 |
| Sam Simmons | Northwestern | 2002 | 0.368 | unknown | Sam Simmons | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Methodology details: v3.0 prospect engine — PR 3 similarity, PR 4 projection, PR 5 back-test.