Five who are about to arrive.(evaluating football players)(Brief Article)

Each season, there are players who are not rookies but seem to come out of nowhere or near obscurity to emerge as stars.

Two years after he was a fourth-round pick of the Bears, wide receiver Marcus Robinson surprised many in the league by producing 84 1,400 yards during the 1999 season. He had four receptions the previous season and did not play as a rookie.

And everyone is familiar with the rags-to-riches story of Kurt Warner. Last year, another quarterback few people knew about, Aaron Brooks, started the last five regular-season games for the Saints and drove them to the NFC West title. Then, he helped guide the Saints to the first playoff victory in franchise history.

After observing all 31 teams in training camp, we think there are five players who are prime candidates to experience breakthrough seasons:

Laveranues Coles, WR, Jets. This speedster, who was the talk of Jets' training camp, has an ideal combination of size and open-field elusiveness. Coles won a starting job opposite Wayne Chrebet with an outstanding training camp, beating out free-agent pickup Matthew Hatchette.

Coles was kicked off the Florida State football team and arrived in the NFL last year as an unpolished talent. After a dedicated offseason of training and studying the offense, Coles seems ready to meet his potential.

Priest Holmes, RB, Chiefs. Now that Jamal Lewis is out for the season, the Ravens probably regret letting go of Holmes, who rushed for over 1,000 yards in 1998 for Baltimore. He produced out of the backfield as both a runner and a receiver in four seasons with the Ravens.