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He is nasty, laying out numerous linebackers and defensive backs as an in-line blocker.He perfectly complements Hollywood to bring the yin and yang, but his 4.42 speed can still take the top off Youth Jimmy Smith Jersey , making them contrasting, yet strangely interchangeable to a degree. This will prevent defenses from knowing what to expect on a play to play basis. The versatility will Boykin and Brown to play at X, Z, or H keeping defenses on their toes.Boykin’s unanimous weakness at Notre Dame was defeating press coverage. He has all of the tools to, but seemed \to lack the plan. His contested catch ability allows him to still be quite impressive. He might not release of the line well, but his great footwork to cut off his routes, particularly out routes, gets fantastic separation to create throwing lanes. His massive frame then allows him to wall off defenders and his sticky hands secure the catch. Boykin has some of the best hands in his class, only dropping three passes in 2018.Film study—Boykin is somewhat of an enigma as a prospect. He was only a one-year starter for the Fighting Irish. He also had less than stellar QB play, often being under-thrown on deep balls Stitched Jonathan Ogden Jersey , but this allowed him to show his ability to adjust to the ball and make plays. He flashes amazing strength as a blocker, but chooses to be more of a finesse player at the line of scrimmage and in his routes. If he uses his strength and length to win hand fights and defeat jams, then he could be an all-world receiver. He checks every box except beating press coverage so far. He’s a developing receiver and Hollywood Brown can certainly show him the ropes at getting off the line of scrimmage. Boykin’s ridiculous agility times suggests the capability to be untouchable at the top of his routes. The silver lining is that if Boykin develops against the press slowly, he is 6-foot-4 and has a 43.5-inch vertical. That paired with his soft hands makes him always open to an extent. He is very similar to Alshon Jeffery of the Eagles. He isn’t the best YAC receiver, as he turns into a physical runner rather than using his agility to make people miss. He does feature a nice stiff arm with length similar to a defensive end. Rookie Prediction: Miles Boykin will struggle through training camp, as the Ravens elite press secondary will work him over all summer long. If he didn’t struggle with this, he would’ve been a first-round talent. This will be a necessary beating, though, as few teams employ the strategy or ability to press like Marlon Humphrey, Jimmy Smith and company. His blocking ability will make him a valuable asset and Greg Roman will lull teams to sleep while staying focused on Lamar Jackson and Hollywood Brown Youth Jonathan Ogden Jersey , setting Boykin up to run double moves after bullying corners and safeties in the run game. Boykin is also an extremely good guy, who will be committed to the Baltimore community exemplifying the high morality that the Ravens seek to put forth as a top-tier franchise in the NFL.Rookie stats— 21 catches, 341 yards, two touchdowns. Boykin will also Moss the Browns rookie DB Greedy Williams, just like he did to Greedy’s teammate, Carolina Panther Donte Jacksontowin the 2018 Citrus Bowl. If all you knew about former Miami Hurricanes defensive tackle Gerald Willis was what he did on the field in 2018, you might have thought he should be a first-round draft pick. If you knew the whole story, you weren’t surprised that he went undrafted.Mel Kiper of ESPN may not have known the whole story of Willis’s college career, because Kiper spent much of the third day of the draft expressing surprise that Willis hadn’t been selected yet.Now Willis has his NFL team, the Ravens Stitched Ray Lewis Jersey , who signed him as an undrafted free agent on Saturday evening.Kiper said before the draft that Willis would be off the board by the end of Round 3 “at the latest,” and on Saturday he said repeatedly that he was surprised Willis wasn’t going in Round 4, Round 5, Round 6 or Round 7. Based solely on 2018, it’s easy to see why Kiper felt that way: Willis was chosen as the Hurricanes’ MVP, and he was named on multiple All-American teams.But NFL teams look at a lot more than that. For starters, they look at the fact that Willis began his career as a five-star recruit at Florida, played for the Gators as a true freshman in 2014, and then got kicked off the team for what was described as “a string of off- and on-field incidents.” We don’t know the nature of all of those incidents (two of them included a fight with teammate Skyler Mornhinweg and a cheap shot at Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston) but suffice to say football powers like Florida don’t kick five-star recruits off the team unless those incidents are serious.Willis then sat out 2015 and transferred to Miami. He got on the field as a backup in 2016, but then didn’t play in 2017 for what he described as “a lot of personal issues.”His excellent 2018 season was Willis’s only year as a starter Youth Ray Lewis Jersey , and even that year came with some potential red flags in the form of injuries that cut his season short and prevented him from working out at the Combine. It also doesn’t help that he’s better against the run than he is as a pass rusher, and teams are increasingly prioritizing interior pass rushers.So Willis was a one-year starter, was kicked off his first college team, missed a full season on his second college team with personal issues, missed time with injuries in his only season as a starter, and didn’t work out at the Combine because of injuries. The story should probably be less that it’s a surprise Willis went undrafted than that it’s a surprise Kiper thought Willis would be drafted in the first three rounds.