Marquise Brown was the first wide receiver taken off the board in the 2019 NFL Draft. This was in spite of the fact that he suffered a significant foot injury during his final season in college, and that it would be known he would be spending the bulk of his offseason with whatever team that drafted him simply recovering from that injury.
The Baltimore Ravens weighed the risks and rewards and determined that it was worth making the plunge. At least so far, that investment has appeared to pay off. While he would obviously cool down from the four-catch, 147-yard, two-touchdown debut he had in Week One, he had a fine rookie season for an offense that failed to produce even 3300 passing yards.