The Baltimore Ravens sent wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown and a third-round pick (No. 100 overall) to the Arizona Cardinals during the 2022 NFL Draft, earning the 23rd round pick in Round 1.
Brown has just finished his first 1,000-yard season of his career. During his three seasons in Baltimore, he acted as a deep threat after the team picked him 25th in 2019 in hopes he would develop into an elite playmaker.
The Cardinals will add Brown to a receiving corps featuring DeAndre Hopkins, AJ Green and Rondale Moore. Hopkins, a perennial Pro Bowler, is coming off an injury-plagued season while Green and Moore head into their second seasons in Arizona. Green caught 848 yards for the Cardinals last year, while Moore caught 435 yards as a rookie.
Brown’s performance gradually increased over his three seasons in Baltimore. He debuted a 584-yard season in 2019, rushed for 769 yards in 2020 and rushed for 1,008 yards in 2021.
The one-time Oklahoma star will reunite with fellow college quarterback Kyler Murray in Arizona.
“Kyler has wanted ‘Hollywood’ Brown for a few years and he’s as happy as I’ve ever seen him,” Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury said Thursday night on The Pat McAfee Show.
Murray has expressed dissatisfaction with the Cardinals in the offseason but has insisted he is happy in Arizona.