The Los Angeles Rams appear to have four wide receivers who are locked into a spot on the roster, with seven others competing for the final one or two jobs.
Among those seven are three undrafted free agent rookies competing against two former undrafted free agents (Drake Stoops, Xavier Smith), a seventh rounder (Konata Mumpfield), and a free agent (Britain Covey).
Everybody’s path to the NFL is so interesting, not because they all overcame the odds to make it this far but also because they all have such different odds. In the era of the transfer portal when a player can always try to escape one situation for another, the road to the NFL is even harder to predict.
Case in point, the Rams have:
A 5-star recruit who transferred three times
A 0-star recruit who transferred three times
A 3-star recruit who played 5 years at one school
Who was the highest ranked recruit in L.A.’s rookie undrafted receiver class and does he even have the best shot at making the roster or practice squad?
No Stars
Tru Edwards (UDFA): Navarro JC, Hawaii, Louisiana Tech
Edwards attempted to get a seventh year of eligibility so he could play for Kentucky in 2025, but he never signed a Letter of Intent and the transfer never went through so instead he signed with the Rams as an undrafted free agent.
Edwards had no stars coming out of high school in 2019, starting his career with Navarro Junior College in Corsicana, Texas. He had 800 yards in two seasons and also worked as a returner prior to upgrading his status enough to transfer to Hawaii in 2021. His career there would be short-lived and understated with just three kickoff returns and five catches.
After recording no stats with Louisiana Tech in 2022, Edwards posted 284 yards in 2023, which was then his fifth year in college football.
Then out of nowhere — perhaps because it was his sixth chance — Edwards led Conference USA with 84 catches, as well as finishing second at 986 yards with six touchdowns.
tru edwards could be a great possession receiver pickup by the rams. at 6’3 he had a great vert, broad, and bench. willing blocker and can make contested catches pic.twitter.com/vt5Wv1bA3f
— ante (@Anteupped) April 27, 2025
Edwards was ranked as the 225th best player in the transfer portal in 2025 and chose Kentucky, but it was not meant to be so instead he has signed with the Rams. The 6’3, 201 lbs unknown is a total wild card and at this point most likely competing for a spot on the practice squad. Given where he was for five out of six years in college, making an NFL team’s 90-man roster is already a huge accomplishment.
3 stars
Brennan Presley (UDFA): Oklahoma State
The 28th-ranked “Athlete” recruit in the country in 2020, Presley (listed at just 5’8, 155 lbs at the time) was behind current NFL players like Jordan Addison, Darnell Washington, and Drew Sanders. He was not ranked nationally overall and chose Oklahoma State over offers from Army, Memphis, and Temple.
Presley won the Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior at Bixby High, but perhaps not widely recognized as an elite prospect because of his size and his lack of a clear position.
But it didn’t take long for him to make an impact with the Cowboys, scoring four touchdowns as a true freshman, then finishing second on the team in receiving yards in 2021, prior to leading Oklahoma State’s receivers in 2022 and 2023. Presley’s numbers dipped slightly in 2024 but not much went right for the team last season.
Brennan Presley is heading to the Los Angeles Rams as an undrafted free agent.
He finished his outstanding career at OSU with 3,475 scrimmage yards and 29 total touchdowns. He’s also the All-Time leader in receptions sitting at 294, surpassing Rashaun Woods. pic.twitter.com/yXSvwaCgOI
— CowboyKdawg (@cowboykdog) April 26, 2025
Although Presley caught 191 passes in the past two years, he only averaged 9 yards per catch.
5 stars
Mario Williams (UDFA): Oklahoma, USC, Tulane
In the 2021 high school class, Williams was ranked 16th nationally. He was only behind the likes of Quinn Ewers at number one, plus Caleb Williams, J.C. Latham, Amarius Mims, Emeka Egbuka, and several others. Egbuka was the only receiver ranked higher in the entire country.
At Plant City high in Tampa, Florida, Williams was an SI second team All-American after totaling 743 yards with eight touchdowns as a senior. He was even better as a sophomore with 950 yards and 14 touchdowns, being called “the best slot receiver in the country”.
Although his senior numbers were underwhelming, Oklahoma coaches cited him as one of the fastest players on offense and a candidate to breakout immediately as a true freshman.
Did he deserve the five-star ranking? That seems to have been answered with an emphatic yes based on how well he fared during his first spring go-around in Norman.
“He’s got a chance to have an impact. Very fast. One of the fastest players on our side of the ball,” inside receivers coach Cale Gundy said. “He loves to compete. He loves to practice. He loves to play ball. He’s a good player. He’s an intelligent young man. There’s an opportunity for him to help us in the return game somewhere, especially in special teams.
“Besides the football side of it, he comes out there every day and loves to compete. He always has a smile on his face. He loves football. He loves competition, he loves football and I’m glad he’s here with us.”
He wasn’t “with them” for long.
When Lincoln Riley left Oklahoma for USC and took Caleb Williams with him, he also took Mario Williams. But I doubt many of us remember that part of it.
Although Mario was cited as a true freshman All-American with 380 yards and four touchdowns, he had much left to prove.
Now playing alongside Addison, Williams didn’t mesh as well in the offense despite his prior experience with Caleb Williams, who also won the Heisman Trophy at USC in his first season there. Mario had 631 yards, good for third on the team.
When Addison left for the NFL in 2023, it was actually Tahj Washington who took the lead role with a 1,062 yard season. Brendan Rice was second on the team in receiving yards, followed by Duce Robinson, followed by Zachariah Branch, and then Mario Williams at 305 yards in 12 games.
Williams had lost his grip on a role in Riley’s offense so he transferred again, this time heading to Tulane.
As the lead receiver in a rush-heavy offense, Williams had 60 catches for 1,031 yards and six touchdowns in 2024.
Not invited to the combine, Mario Williams posted a 4.50 40-yard dash at the USC pro day with a 1.53 10-yard split and a 33” vertical. At just 170 lbs and 5’9, those are not especially impressive numbers and Williams went undrafted.
At this point, his best hope is that maybe the Rams keep six or seven receivers and need help on special teams as a returner, if he even looks like he could be the best option there; Williams had seven kick returns and zero punt returns in college.
Will any of them make the roster or practice squad?
Edwards has the more unique size profile of the three and projects more like an NFL receiver, but making the Rams as the last receiver means you also have to contribute on special teams. Realistically, none of these three players will make the 53-man roster, but there should be an opening on the practice squad.
If any of them have a good preseason and training camp, it should happen for one of them. Mario Williams has the pedigree and might make the most sense from the standpoint of rebuilding his reputation for a year at Tulane, but perhaps Edwards is the one who could out-hustle his way to an opportunity.