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As if it isn’t difficult enough for NFL personnel executives to evaluate wide receivers before each draft, this year’s class has more questions than usual.

Rookie wide receivers are known to have difficulty making an immediate impact. Ron Wolf, a former Green Bay Packers general manager, routinely said more mistakes are made on wide receivers in the first round of the draft than at any other position.

This year’s wideouts will be difficult for teams to sort out as well.

Oklahoma State’s Dez Bryant, a 6-foot-2, 225-pounder, was suspended for most of the 2009 season by the NCAA because of his relationship with Deion Sanders and then lying to NCAA investigators about a visit he had with Sanders.

Also, Bryant did not run well during his “pro day” workouts after choosing not to run at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis. And he didn’t look all that smooth catching the ball. So teams are nervous about using a premium pick to draft him.

But he’s a big-time returner, and he had two 1,000-yard seasons as an Oklahoma State receiver. He averaged 19 yards per catch in the three games he played last season. He also returned the three punts he touched in 2009 for 111 yards, one going for an 82-yard touchdown.

That’s production, like his 19 touchdown receptions in 2008. Now it’s a matter of whether that production outweighs what Bryant has done the past few weeks.

Georgia Tech’s Demaryius Thomas (6-3-1/4, 224) fractured his left foot getting ready for the scouting combine and has not worked out for teams. He averaged an astounding 25.1 yards per catch in 2009 as the only legitimate outside threat in the Yellow Jackets’ option offense.

Thomas has the size NFL teams covet, but there are questions that come with him. Will he be able to run effective routes in a traditional passing game? And how well is his foot healing?

Notre Dame’s Golden Tate (5-10, 199) played in the closest thing to an NFL offense that college football had to offer last season, but he is undersized.

Illinois’ Arrelious Benn didn’t catch the ball well at the scouting combine and hasn’t always shown explosiveness getting in and out of his cuts.

Minnesota’s Eric Decker is coming off foot surgery, Cincinnati’s Mardy Gilyard is undersized and Texas’ Jordan Shipley had a long list of injuries and surgeries in his college career (though he still managed to play 51 games).

Other wideouts are considered slower than desired while many others aren’t as big.

Here are some intriguing prospects to follow during the April 22-24 draft: