When Hakeem Butler met with the Cardinals and Kliff Kingsbury at the Scouting combine, the Iowa State wide receiver told Kingsbury that he had wanted to play for Kingsbury at Texas Tech – but Kingsbury never extended a scholarship offer.
Saturday morning, Kingsbury – talking to Butler after the Cardinals made the 6-foot-5, 227-pounder the first pick of the fourth round – issued a mea culpa.
“He told me he wasn’t going to make the same mistake twice,” Butler said.
Butler gives the Cardinals the big receiver for which they’ve been looking. At his height, he has the ability to go up and over defensive backs for the catch, something he turned into an art form for the Cyclones. Many projected him to go as high as the second round.
Butler acknowledged he was a little disappointed he lasted until the fourth, but “I’m just blessed, excited and thrilled to be in this position, honestly.”
The Cardinals have now bolstered a wide receivers room with two of their first five draft picks, adding smaller speedster Andy Isabella of UMass with their second second-round pick Friday. Both figure to fit nicely into a unit with Larry Fitzgerald and Christian Kirk.
https://www.azcardinals.com/news/big-wr-hakeem-butler-is-cardinals-choice-in-fourth-round
2019-04-27 17:03:45Z
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