2019 NFL Draft: Wide receiver prospects for the Ravens
Hakeem Butler:
If you want to have a conversation about big-bodied receivers, you’ve got to start it with Hakeem Butler. The Iowa State product is a massive 6’6″ 219-lbs. behemoth who has no trouble moving fluidly. Guys of Butler’s build are normally extremely stiff, but Butler has no issues with contested catches. Butler’s height gives him the best advantage possible for jump-ball situations, but it’s his complete athleticism that makes him such a threat.
A Baltimore native, Butler is the 2019 NFL Draft’s biggest red-zone threat; an area in which the Baltimore Ravens are consistently performing below standards in. Butler is the kind of receiver who gives validity to a receiving core and makes those fade-away catches that turn into touchdowns. With the Ravens adding two tight ends in last year’s draft class, it would make sense for the team to continue adding big targets for Lamar Jackson.
Butler may not be the impressive YAC guy, but he’s the one who’s scoring touchdowns more often than not when given the opportunity. If you remember Plaxico Burress for his on-field production, you’d have an easy time visualizing the kind of player Butler is. With guys like Butler, just throw up those 50/50 balls with confidence that he’s going to come down with it. The Ravens need that kind of player to improve Lamar Jackson’s confidence more than anything.
Hakeem Butler may be the least known wide receiver on this list, but he certainly can speak for himself in terms of production and potential. Butler isn’t the kind of guy who leads the league in receiving yards or receptions, but he could have no problem putting up touchdown-after-touchdown at the next level. Even as a rookie, Butler could be a double-digit touchdown kind of player.
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With the Baltimore Ravens appearing dead-set on improving the roster around Lamar Jackson, it makes sense that the team would do whatever they could to give him a cast of receivers to grow with. Without a second round pick, the Ravens will be forced to spend their first round pick on one of these guys, but that’s not a bad thing whatsoever. When all is said and done, adding a receiver who helps develop your quarterback and adds validity to your offense is worth more than gold.