Lavelle Hawkins

He made a handful of catches last year, including a couple of impressive sideline, toe tappers to stay inbounds. And caught a 50-yard preseason bomb. Really though I'm with ya, don't know how anyone has any expectations for this dude. He's shown potential, but thats about it. I would like to see more of him tho, he can't be worse then some of the dudes that have previously wore Titans jerseys

 

Mostly his production in college, but he had a few moments on the field last year. You're right, though - all those other guys had their moments, too. He seemed to run crisp routes and had good hands, so some of us (including me) probably got a little overly excited about him. Doesn't seem to be doing the right things in practice to get Dinger to trust him on Sundays, though.

His most memorable moment was his 2nd catch in preseason - 51 yd TD. But it was against the Raiders and it was preseason. We're a hopeful bunch, aren't we? A little like Charlie Brown kicking the FG... Titans keep bringing in young WRs, and we keep believing this one will be different.

 

He was a rookie, and he has shown promise in limited time?

 

well, Chris Davis' rookie year the only thing I remember is him fumbling that ball vs Indianapolis in Week 2, and hes still on the team. So the fact that we can't remember anything about Hawkins could mean hes due for a probowl year.

 

He was De Sean Jacksons receiving partner at Cal in 06 & 07 and put up good numbers.

• 2007: 72 rec, 872 yds, 6 TD; 42 KR 922 yds 22 yd av 1TD

• 2006: 46 rec, 705 yds, 4 TD

He finished last season as a special teams starter and had 7 catches for 68 yards.

Nothing special there but all of those catches came in the 6 game stratch when McCareins was out.Hawkins started to fit in well behind Gage,Jones and Scaife.

He also had 2 catches for 70 yardfs and a TD against Oakland in pre season.

Considering that our rookie WR don't usually even dress on game day Hakins must have impressed our staff.He has more upside than any of the scrub WR's we've drafted since Mason.

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I got to see a few practices last summer and I thought the kid looked real good. Nice hands and body control and runs good routes. Basically the opposite of what I saw with Paul Williams. The knock on him during the season was he was still learning the offense and needed to mature some. He also had some ankle problems that slowed his progress. He did look very good on a few receptions he had during the season.

IMO the pure ability is there and I'm not talking about a combine freak but a guy who might be similar to Eddie Royal of the Broncos. He is a guy who can make defensive back look silly with double moves and he catches the ball well with his hands. He was projected to go in the 2nd or 3rd rounds of the draft and was a steal in the 4th. If I remember right he made guys look ridiculous in the Senior Bowl practices.

 

I think the main reason that most people keep bringing him up is the HOPE that we've hit on something, whether or not there's a whole lot behind that hope.

We certainly don't know yet how he'll turn out. But he's shown us more than Paul Williams, and man we're hoping he's better.