After drafting Notre Dame safety Kyle Hamilton at No. 14, the Baltimore Ravens made a trade for another first-round pick. In doing so, they paid a steep price.
The Ravens acquired the No. 23 overall pick from the Arizona Cardinals. To get that pick, they traded the No. 100 overall pick as well as receiver Marquise Brown.
We have traded WR Marquise Brown and the 100th pick to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for the 23rd pick. pic.twitter.com/KagFKFaEGg
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) April 29, 2022
In Arizona, Brown will be reunited with Kyler Murray, his quarterback while both were at the University of Oklahoma. Murray and Brown were both excited for the Boomer Sooner reunion.
Let’s run it back! Hollywood to the desert… Y’all welcome my boy! @Primetime_jet 🔥🥋🚀
— Kyler Murray (@K1) April 29, 2022
Let’z Get It Gang ❤️💯 https://t.co/UQrdZAvNsb
— Hollywood Brown (@Primetime_jet) April 29, 2022
They were not alone.
Lets gooo!!! This could work out really well!!! https://t.co/RjIpwZf8zP
— JP – #K1Gang (@PrimetimeJP1) April 29, 2022
If Kyler is happy, I’m happy https://t.co/gr313Hfya3
— Reese Furlow (@ReeseFurlow) April 29, 2022
LFG VALLEY. WELCOME TO THE BROTHA HOOD HOLLYWOOD https://t.co/16fuP72hjB
— Meech Carter (@itsMeechum) April 29, 2022
I can easily see Hollywood Brown hauling in some long bombs from Kyler Murray…Brown should get more volume in Arizona as well away from Baltimore's more conservative offense
— Andy Rioux (@andyrioux) April 29, 2022
Them OU boys going to ball out https://t.co/CorDy9gSmE
— Jacob(Turbo) (@lilturbo6_1) April 29, 2022
Brown is one of the fastest players in the NFL and has shown steady improvement through his first three seasons in the league. In 2021, he set career highs with 91 receptions and 1,008 yards. He added six touchdown receptions, two shy of his career-high of eight, which was set in 2020.
During the 2018 season at Oklahoma, Murray won the Heisman Trophy. He passed for 4,361 yards with 42 touchdowns and seven interceptions and added 1,001 yards and 12 touchdowns on the ground. Brown was his leading receiver in the passing game, catching 75 passes for 1,318 yards with 10 touchdowns.
Murray has been a source of rumors throughout the offseason. He made his frustrations with the Arizona organization known. But in the days leading up to the draft, the Cardinals exercised their fifth-year option on him. Time will tell if the Oklahoma reunion will work well. But if nothing else, it should make Murray happy.
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