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Dolphins claim Mack Hollins, sign Evan Brown off Giants’ practice squad

Name: Mack Hollins

School: North Carolina

Position fit: Outside WR

Stats to know: 1,008 of Hollins’ 1,667 (over 60 percent) career receiving yards have come on passes more than 20 yards downfield. Averaged 20.6 yards per reception on his 81 catches.

What he does best:

  • No matter what the 40 time says, Hollins can and will run right by defenders with a long stride and once he’s at full speed it’s hard for anyone to catch him.
  • Tracks the ball well, can catch over his shoulder without losing speed, but also showed the ability to catch underthrown contested balls by going up and high-pointing. Can adjust route if ball poorly placed.
  • Surprisingly strong and quick cuts on breaks of routes, doesn’t lose a lot of speed and doesn’t tip them often.
  • Can beat press coverage with a variety of moves. Plus if he beats press, he’s gone.
  • Catches with his hands, showed much improvement from 2015 to 2016 (6 drops on 36 targets to 1 drop on 17 targets).
  • Played every facet of special teams and was a captain, can contribute there right away for an NFL team.
Biggest concern:

  • Not a big route variety. While he showed some nice breaks on in and out routes, he rarely ran them. Almost exclusively a “take the top off” receiver in college.
  • Didn’t show much after the catch in terms of making guys miss. Forced only three missed tackles in three years.
  • Not a lot of experience on contested jump balls. Doesn’t mean he can’t win those, just rarely saw them in college.
Player comparison: Mike Wallace, Baltimore Ravens

Few receivers had the straightaway speed of Wallace in his prime, but Hollins looks every bit the part. Wallace could run right past a defender, and if he caught it there was no catching him. Wallace was a raw route runner coming out of college, and while he improved, he’s always been a deep-threat receiver first and foremost. Hollins on the field looks very similar to early Wallace, except he’s taller.

Bottom line: Hollins is a big-time sleeper in this draft. Hardly anyone is talking about him but his tape is extremely impressive. He scored 20 touchdowns in three seasons at UNC, and 15 of them were on deep passes (20-plus yards in the air). Almost all of them looked the exact same, with Hollins blowing past a defender or two, catching it in stride and gliding into the end zone. He’s still a work in progress, as his route-running isn’t perfect. But his game speed and deep-threat ability is so off-the-charts on tape that he has the potential to be a very good NFL receiver. He also adds instant special teams impact, which teams should covet.


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PFF scouting report: Mack Hollins, WR, North Carolina

The PFF analysis team breaks down the prospects of North Carolina's Mack Hollins ahead of the 2017 NFL Draft.
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The Dolphins announced they were awarded receiver Mack Hollins off waivers from the Eagles. They also signed center/guard Evan Brown off the Giants’ practice squad Wednesday.


The team waived cornerback Ken Crawley with an injury designation and waived center/guard Chris Reed in corresponding moves.

Hollins has appeared in 28 NFL games with three starts with Philadelphia. He has made 26 career receptions for 351 yards and a touchdown.

He missed the entire 2018 season on injured reserve.

Hollins originally entered the NFL as a fourth-round pick of the Eagles in 2017.

Brown made his NFL debut on Nov. 10 as a member of the Giants but has spent the majority of the season on the team’s practice squad.

He originally entered the NFL as an undrafted college free agent, signing with the Giants on May 11, 2018. Brown was on the team’s active roster for the entire season as a rookie but did not appear in a game.

Crawley played four games with two starts for the Dolphins this season after being acquired off waivers from New Orleans on Oct. 30.

Reed played five games with one start for Miami in 2019. He joined the team as a free agent signing on March 18.

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I liked hollins coming out of the draft. Have not liked what I saw of him in philly

although philly seems like a plague for WRs. I don’t know what it is
 
He looked really good coming out of College, but Philly doesn't have the greatest track record for developing WRs. See: Agholor and DGB

Hopeful that our coaching staff can turn this into a touchy subject for Eagles fans.
 
It's unlikely everyone returns for training camp 2020, however a receiving corp of Parker, Williams, Hurns, Grant, Wilson, Ford, Jennings, Hollins and Davis would be diverse with youth, size, speed and developmental prospects. There would be no need to draft a receiver, even in the later rounds.
 
The Giants oline is the only one worse than ours. Chris Grier with another great find.
 
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