NFL Draft 2019: Top 10 biggest steals on Day 3
By Shelbie Warr
Hakeem Butler. 4. player. 32. . Iowa State. Round 4
The Cardinals got a big name with the first pick in the fourth round. Overall, this is an ‘A’ grade pick for a team with a new quarterback and a new head coach heading into the 2019 season. He is a contested catch making machine that the Cardinal faithful should be quite excited about adding to their receiving corps in the upcoming year and beyond.
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This is one of those guys that wouldn’t have been as much of as a steal with say the Dallas Cowboys or the Kansas City Chiefs. It is the opportunity that he has for growth under the offensive genius that is Kliff Kingsbury that makes him a steal for this round. Kliff and his staff can develop him into an elite force on the outside that Kyler Murray is going to need to make this offense work the way he did at Oklahoma.
Butler ended his Iowa State career his junior season, finishing with 60 catches for 1,318 yards and nine touchdowns. It was a strong season that sets him up for an even stronger NFL career.