Marquise Brown vs Deebo Samuel vs N’Keal Harry: Odds to Have More Receiving Yards in 2019

By Robert Duff in NFL Football
Updated: April 7, 2020 at 3:55 pm EDTPublished:

- Oddmakers are offering a prop wager on which NFL rookie WR will gain more yardage this season on receptions – Deebo Samuel, Marquise Brown or N’Keal Harry
- Brown is favored to win the wager
- He gained 1,318 yards on 75 receptions last season with the Oklahoma Sooners
Deebo Samuel, Marquise Brown and N’Keal Harry have proven during their NCAA football careers that they can go long. But as NFL rookies, which one of these three receivers will go the longest?
You’re asked to wager on which of this trio will gain the most yardage on receptions during the 2019 NFL regular season.
2019 NFL Most Rookie Receiving Yards Odds
Player | Odds |
---|---|
Marquise Brown | +100 |
Deebo Samuel | +200 |
N’Keal Harry | +200 |
*Odds taken April 30, 2019
Brown was the best of three last season. He gained 1,318 yards on the other end of aerials delievered by Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray, while playing for the Oklahoma Sooners.
Brown Was Hungry for This
If you like feel-good stories, then you like Brown. In 2016, while attending College of the Canyons, a public community college in Santa Clarita, California, Brown was also working a job at Six Flags to make ends meet. He relied on his coach to provide him with food.
Marquise Brown on his emotional draft: "Three years ago, I had no food, I had no offers, I had nothing. I was out there working at Six Flags, working my tail off to just pay for my rent and for school. … For me to get drafted in the first round, it just means a lot to me."
— Jonas Shaffer (@jonas_shaffer) April 26, 2019
Today, he’s a first-round draft pick of the Baltimore Ravens. Brown has also enjoyed the benefit of catching passes from Heisman Trophy winners and NFL first-overall draft picks in successive years – Baker Mayfield and Murray.
HOLLY. WOOD.
Marquise Brown was a PROBLEM for @OU_Football. pic.twitter.com/Myo2ByvFVC
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) April 26, 2019
The NFL Network is already touting Brown as the favorite to be the NFL’s offensive rookie of the year. No Ravens player has ever won that award.
He is Deebo
Samuel, selected 36th overall by the San Francisco 49ers, went for career-highs in receptions (62) and yardage (882) last season with the South Carolina Gamecocks.
The moment Deebo Samuel got drafted by the 49ers is what it’s all about 🙏 pic.twitter.com/PYsduFma7w
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 27, 2019
At 5-foot-11 and 214 pounds, Samuel isn’t a diva wideout. He can run past defenders but he’s just as willing to run over them to get a few extra yards, and doesn’t mind taking a hit to make a play.
Deebo Samuel runs the slant as well as anyone!
Here is a compilation of him dominating the route with insane yards after the catch. Expect to see a bunch of this with the 49ers.#Deebo #DeeboSamuel #49ers@49ersHub pic.twitter.com/0YlZawA8MR— John Chapman (@JL_Chapman) April 29, 2019
His physical nature, combined with tremendous talent, enable him to gain significant yardage after he catches the ball.
Dirty Harry
Going to the New England Patriots with the final pick of the first round, Harry, like Samuel, is considered a beast to bring down after he gets his hands on the ball.
He went for 1,088 yards on 73 receptions last season at Arizona State.
Hey @Patriots fans – your new WR N'Keal Harry can make catches like THIS 😳 pic.twitter.com/IcTDGtbuZc
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) April 26, 2019
Harry’s skillset has been compared to fellow Patriots’ wideout Josh Gordon, but without all of Gordon’s baggage.
What’s the Catch?
If you go based solely on last season’s numbers, Brown’s the guy. But we like Samuel.
I would bet on Deebo Samuel 100 times out of 100 pic.twitter.com/yUm1X5yWka
— Brad Kelly (@CoachBKelly) April 22, 2019
The deep Patriots can afford to break Harry in slowly. You have to wonder how often the generally conservative Ravens, 22nd in passing yardage last season, will target Brown.
With a healthy Jimmy Garappolo at QB, the 49ers figure to air it out and Samuel should benefit from that philosophy.

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An industry veteran, Bob literally taught the course on the history of sports at Elder College. He has worked as a Sports Columnist for Postmedia, appeared as a guest on several radio stations, was the Vice President of the Society For International Hockey Research in Ontario, and written 25 books.