We have a few comments from Scott Linehan on this pick.

“The speed is a huge factor. You have got to be productive. I’ve said this about every other position and they have to be smart guys and passionate to have production. Then we get into this profile with the position. This guy is a little over 6-foot tall, about 200 pounds, ran a 4.4, he has a great change in direction. He and (Donnie) Avery were one of the top five in the Combine in the three cone, which is a test. But this is a change of direction I think very relevant for the receiver position because it shows change of direction, get in and out, cut, things like that. The production part to me is very important. I think you like to see their body of work. Throughout his career, he had a great junior year. Senior year, he wasn’t as productive although he played injured and played through it so this shows this kid’s toughness. He played with a lot of true injuries that a lot of guys might not try to go so he adds that dimension. I like this kid’s ability though because he’s got very good hands but also good stretch of the field as well. I think my biggest goal personally and as an organization that we talked about was adding speed to our team. I really felt if we could put some speed at our receiver it would really help our system because it’s built on that. This kid is a good route runner. He makes tough catches and goes over the middle a lot like Donnie and it’s going to really put a lot of competition on that receiver position as well.

“The one thing you see in Donnie, because I set up a lot of things for him and their system because they catch a lot of bubble screens and receiver screens. The thing you have got to see Keenan do is catch the ball on those intermediate routes and run with it. He is tough, he looks fearless about going to the ball and attacks the football with his hands and does run with it very well.”

“I think kick-off returns. I think we are going to have a very interesting battle there. We start Dante, he is probably still pretty good at that too. So we have options there. We have Derek Stanley still who showed some promise at the end of the year last year. Dante, before he got injured last year, was doing a really nice job for us. That is one area I think will be fun keeping an eye on.”