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Not another Wide Receiver… the case for Treylon Burks

He is easily the most fearsome YAC-getter in this class. And this was in the SEC, not some flat-track bully in a lesser division. He was beating the best athletes in the nation with both speed and physicality on a regular basis. Arkansas would put the ball in his hands as much as possible, on both screens and out of the backfield, and let him go to work. The potential with a guy like him lining up on the offense as both a runner, receiver and decoy is mouth-watering.

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The need, the need for speed: Ravens tendencies at WR

The Ravens are still obsessed with speed at the position, especially in the earlier rounds. The clearest tendency that they have in all of their receiver selections is their need for speed on day one and two of the NFL Draft. A 4.4 40 or faster highlights the profile of all of these selections. They also like to find wide receivers who are big, and fast for their size – in the case of Aaron Mellette or Jaleel Scott, or receivers who are simply big, and fast for anyone’s size – in the case of Tommy Streeter or Miles Boykin.

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