{"id":58135,"date":"2019-02-13T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=58135"},"modified":"2019-04-12T06:06:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T10:06:32","slug":"marquise-brown-2019-nfl-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/02\/13\/marquise-brown-2019-nfl-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Marquise Brown 2019 NFL Draft Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b>Overview<br \/>\n<\/b><b>Position: <\/b>Wide receiver<br \/>\n<b>Height: <\/b>5\u201911\u201d<br \/>\n<b>Weight<\/b>: 168 pounds<br \/>\n<b>School:<\/b> Oklahoma Sooners<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Marquise Brown 2019 NFL Draft Profile<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">2018\u2019s First-Team All-American wide receiver<b> Marquise Brown<\/b> is officially entering the 2019 NFL Draft. Brown finished his 2018 season as the Sooners\u2019 best wide receiver, hauling in 75 receptions for 1,318 yards and 10 touchdowns. A big-play machine, Brown should find no shortage of suitors as he gets ready to enter the NFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Brown is the perfect example of what can happen to a player with a phenomenal work ethic. Coming out of high school, Brown didn\u2019t have a single Division I scholarship. Instead of giving up on his dream, Brown spent his freshman season playing with the College of the Canyons. After one season, the Division I scholarship offers started rolling in, and Brown eventually landed with the Oklahoma Sooners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Once with the Sooners, Brown proved that his freshman success was no fluke. Over his two-year Sooner career, Brown recorded 132 receptions for 2,413 yards and 17 touchdowns while averaging 18.3 yards per reception. Catching passes from <b>Kyler Murray<\/b> certainly helped him out, but there\u2019s no denying Brown\u2019s natural talent on the field.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\">Strengths<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Elite speed that should rank among the top of the wide receiver draft class;<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Home run ability makes him a threat to score every time he touches the ball;<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Strong hands;<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">More than just a deep threat and is capable of getting open at all levels of the field;<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Able to adjust to off-target passes and position himself for contested targets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\">Weaknesses<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Suffered a lisfranc injury;<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Undersized and will need to bulk up in the NFL;<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Could struggle against press coverage at the next level;<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Route running could use more polish;<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Might not survive NFL hits with his current build;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b>NFL Comparison: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HiltT.00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T.Y. Hilton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/AndeRo04.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robby Anderson<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b>Teams With A Need<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/49ers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/patriots\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New England Patriots<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/cowboys\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/redskins\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Redskins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/raiders\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Raiders<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b>Projection: <\/b>Round two<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\">Bottom Line<\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Marquise Brown is one of the premier playmakers in this year&#8217;s NFL Draft. The speedy wide receiver has the ability to score each and every time the ball touches his hands and is an absolute nightmare in the open field. While he needs to become a more polished route-runner, he\u2019s still developed enough as a wide receiver that he won\u2019t be relegated to gadget plays a la <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PattCo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cordarrelle Patterson<\/a>. <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">However, Brown\u2019s foot issue is a serious red flag. Lisfranc injuries are one of the toughest to come back from and can sometimes permanently sap a player&#8217;s speed. Brown missed the NFL Combine while rehabbing his injury, so nobody knows how sure how his recovery is going. Additionally, some teams will be scared off by his smaller frame. Brown will need to add some muscle without sacrificing his elite speed, which isn\u2019t the easiest thing to do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">If Brown didn&#8217;t have his foot injury he\u2019d probably be a sure-fire first-rounder. However, his questionable health could make him slip into the second round. He won\u2019t last long though, as his film easily makes him worth a second-round gamble. Ideally, Brown will overcome his injury and manage to be a legit NFL wide receiver. However, if he never makes it all the way back, Brown can still be dangerous under the right offensive coordinator. If schemed open, Brown\u2019s speed and elusiveness will still make him a dangerous weapon in the National Football League.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"j2ojYlbnTcxk-3XX3CCpDg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1064662694\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'j2ojYlbnTcxk-3XX3CCpDg',sig:'Bvj-a8cJWnom8WG2Y_XUsO1K8rgPEDDjrqDZnws7HUA=',w:'594px',h:'416px',items:'1064662694',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After spending two seasons with the Oklahoma Sooners, wide receiver Marquise Brown is officially declaring for the 2019 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":58136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[54,2,1647],"tags":[4070,61,4749,40,1173,1691],"class_list":["post-58135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorials","category-featured","category-nfl-draft","tag-2019-nfl-draft","tag-football","tag-marquise-brown","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-oklahoma-sooners"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}