I would take Devon Wylie over Joe Adams in a heartbeat. Joe Adams plays fast. Devon Wylie IS fast, AND plays fast. Not trying to denigrate Adams. Just like Wiggles more.
Here's some homework on Devon Wylie.
Some highlights:
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:7197940
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:7198393
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:7136419
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:7073778
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwTGraHZIiQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHxGyJPzz8Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbnMX0Vg8Wg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1fcWHEwlo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v2lReM9Mnk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoOeWtr8zW0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFmTOyBxUek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twd9tEdzZ7Y
Full Season Stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=327-Oq4cI4U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faqfXBtF50I
Thoughts:
1. Obviously, an excellent punt returner that should be active Week 1
2. Try and look at the skill set, not the result
3. Quarterback is NOT very accurate, poorly placed balls all over the place
4. Highly underused, and used in slot situations where he could have run deeper
I've seen smaller guys that have ridiculous ankle flexion and cutting ability, burst, etc...but just are not fast. James Rodgers is the latest example of that. You'd think he's fast based on his cutting ability and short strides, but it's like he's doggy paddling across the field while others are freestyling. Wiggles is fast in addition to having that ridiculous cutting ability and burst out of his cuts.
I've also seen guys that can catch the football pretty routinely but can't track the ball in the sky. If you REALLY know what you're seeing, you'll see on those videos a guy that tracks the ball in the sky extraordinarily well. Not just kind of good, not average, extraordinarily well.
Lastly, I've seen guys that are fast and agile, explosive, etc...but just don't look very interesting with the ball in their hands. They don't have natural ball carrying skills. This obviously doesn't apply to Wiggles. He was a tailback in high school, averaging 7.9 yards per carry and scoring 15 rushing TDs as a senior. He has natural ball skills, spins, dips, jukes, etc. You've got to be really good with the ball in your hand to be a good punt return man.
Size-wise, he has the same dimensions as Steve Smith of Carolina did when he came out. Actually he's a little bigger. He's near the dimensions of plenty of guys that are making their hay in the NFL right now, guys like Wes Welker, Percy Harvin, DeSean Jackson, Santonio Holmes, Santana Moss, Antonio Brown, Deion Branch, Doug Baldwin, Emmanuel Sanders, Johnny Knox, Harry Douglas, Davone Bess, the aforementioned Steve Smith. The size isn't as much a detriment as some would make of it.
It's really just the injury history you have to be scared of. He took a serious injury in 2008 that forced him to miss four games, took another injury that ended his 2009 season about halfway through, took a big injury in the first game of the 2010 season that forced him to miss it and take a medical redshirt...only finally made it through a full year healthy in 2011. Thankfully it's not concussion issues, or some kind of medical issue that has lingering effects and re-injury risk.
The production isn't going to impress you. But like I said, you've got to look beyond the results and look at the skill set. Look at what he's doing to his opponent. The circumstances often guide the production. But the skill set he puts on display to make a simple 7 yard catch, is the same skill set that in different circumstances allows him to make a 47 yard play. He's got rare COD and acceleration skills, extraordinary ability to track and adjust on the ball, he's a hands catcher with an excellent catch radius, he can break arm tackles, bounce out of kill shots, lean forward for extra yards, showing a lot of toughness. And when push comes ot shove, he can flat out fly...an official 4.39 at the Combine is no coincidence. I saw a tape of him when he was like 17 or 18 years old at a Combine held at USC by Pete Carroll, already his vertical was 37.5 inches and he ran a 4.40 on USC's track. Just a 17 or 18 year old kid.