Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR, Colts

Position/Rank	NFL Team	Status	Experience	Age	Height	Weight	Twitter
WR - #40	IND	Active	4 years	26	6'2	216	@theDHB85

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2012 Outlook: Quality Backup

Last updated on Aug-10-2012 by Shawn Larabee

Despite a mysterious mid-season disappearance that saw him spend two games catchless, Heyward-Bey had his best year as a pro in 2011 and looks to be a player on the rise. If the new coaches show faith in him (and his chemistry with Palmer continues to improve) Heyward-Bey will be in line for a big uptick in production.

UPDATE (8/10): Heyward-Bey has not yet heard from the league regarding discipline for his April 7 DUI arrest and subsequent no contest plea. A suspension is highly unlikely.

Average Draft Position

Darrius Heyward-Bey was drafted in 60% of MyFantasyLeague.com leagues with an average drafting position of 194.00

2012 Mock Draft Results

Month	Position	Franchise/Comments
MyFantasyLeague Expert Draft May 2, 2012	9.05	The Fantasy Typhoon
2012 Experts Mock Draft (June) June 6, 2012 - June 25, 2012	9.04	FFToday.com - While I want to draft a backup QB earlier than I perhaps normally would, I feel we can wait until the next pair of picks for that. A few half decent choices for our first backup WR, but DHB gets the nod because of his steady improvement from year 2 to year 3 of his NFL career, in hopes it continues this season. With Carson Palmer on board, there is less uncertainty about the Raiders young receivers developing than we are typically used to with this team.
2012 Experts Mock Draft (July) July 16 - 27	9.08	FFToday.com - I've been drafting DHB as a WR3 in a few mock drafts, so I'm happy to add him as a WR4 here. Denarius Moore is getting a lot of props as a potential breakout candidate, and while I think Moore is perhaps the more likely to do that, I'd say the competition is a lot closer than most people think. That makes grabbing DHB two rounds later a value pick to me. Since Carson Palmer was on board for the second half of last season, there was a clear uptick in DHB's targets, output, and he was more consistent. I'm expecting that to carry over into this season.
2012 Experts Mock Draft (August) Aug 14 - 24	9.01	TheHuddle.com - Love DHB's upside with a full offseason of work with Carson Palmer. And two years ago if you told me I'd ever use the words "love" and "DHB" in the same sentence I would have fitted you for a straight jacket.

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