We continue to post this article in the football Insider each year since it is always a relevant topic. Last years crop of 3rd year WR's was a bit thin, but Braylon Edwards did post monster numbers with nearly 1300 yards receiving and 16 TD's.

In baseball we have the age of 27, the age at which a player will begin his so called golden years. In football we have the "3 Year Breakout" when it comes to wide receivers. In this article we will take a trip back and look at the 3 year breakout to see how it has impacted some of today's best players.

First off, why does a 3 year breakout make sense? Take this analogy for starters: Remember when you were a freshman in high school and you didn't know your way around?... It wasn't like 8th grade when you were the leader of the school - you were once again a nobody. Well, then you became a sophomore and you started feeling more comfortable but no one had any real confidence in you and you most likely didn't have much confidence in yourself either. But then came your junior year and things started to fall into place. You were looked at as running the block and you were getting ready to take over for the seniors. That, in essence, is very similar to why a wide receiver has his big breakout season in year 3.

Let's look at it more closely with a past year 3 breakout player Eric Moulds...