Redskins sign former Navy legend Keenan Reynolds to practice squad

For now, the Redskins are content with their receiving core. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t investing in future help.

The team has reportedly signed Navy legend Keenan Reynolds to the practice squad. Reynolds, 22, joined the Baltimore Ravens in 2016 and spent most of the year on the practice squad. He worked with the team during the offseason before being cut on September 1st. He’s since been a free agent, and the Redskins recently decided to give the college legend a chance, per the team’s official Twitter account.

Reynolds is indeed a wide receiver, but he wasn’t always one. His path to the NFL has been quite unique. Reynolds was the starting quarterback for the Navy Midshipmen for four years. He usurped the starting spot in just the fourth game of his career, and essentially ran away with the job, both literally and figuratively.

In his four-year career with the Navy football team, he accumulated 31 passing touchdowns and a whopping 88 rushing touchdowns. He also threw for just over 4,000 yards and rushed for 4,559 as well. He rewrote the record books, at both the local level and throughout the entire league. He owns basically every rushing yards and rushing touchdown record in the books. To summarize all the numbers, he was a scoring machine at the college level.

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However, points don’t always equate to a place at the pro level. Reynolds was hard pressed to make the leap. He played in the East-West Shrine Game, but he was not invited to the NFL Combine. He did not go undrafted, as the Baltimore Ravens selected him in the sixth-round of the NFL Draft, but he spent almost the entire first years of his career on the practice squad, and he hasn’t seen any action yet.

With the Redskins, in due time, Reynolds could get a look on the 53-man roster. He presents exciting playmaking ability, and he could give them a boost in the return game. It was Reynolds who threw the passes in his college days, but back in the D.C. area after a brief trip to Baltimore, he’ll be catching passes for his hometown team.

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It’s hard to say if Reynolds sees the field in the near future. More likely than not, he’ll get a good, long look this year, and he’ll have to work to prove himself in the ensuing offseason. Still, it’s good to have the Navy legend on board. In time, he could steer this ship toward smoother waters.