WR Deon Cain is an ‘intriguing prospect’
Signing wide receiver Deon Cain for a Reserve / Future contract in late January is an off-the-radar move that could help boost the Ravens’ passing game, wrote Sports Illustrated’s Todd Karpovich.
Cain, a 2018 sixth round pick for the Indianapolis Colts, has spent the past two seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He managed five passes for 72 yards in six games in 2019, then spent much of the 2020 season on the Pittsburgh training team.
“He is an intriguing prospect going to off-season training and on the training ground,” wrote Karpovich. “At 1.80 m tall and 202 pounds, he is a solid size to match cornerbacks. Cain made comparisons with veteran receiver Kenny Stills.”
Cain was a star at Clemson, where he managed 20 touchdown passes in three seasons and was a member of the 2016 Tigers national championship team.
“Some draft analysts expected Cain to be taken in the second or third round of the NFL Draft,” wrote Karpovich.
Cain suffered a break at the ACL at the end of a strong training camp for newbies, but coach Frank Reich de Colts said at the time that “we know we have something special about Deon Cain.”
Cain will have a tough battle for a squad spot in a reception room that includes Marquise “Hollywood ‘Brown, Watkins, Miles Boykin, Devin Duvernay, James Proche II and any Ravens draft choice, but he is a player to watch .