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Redskins: Five young players who’ve been making waves in minicamp

By Ian Cummings

LANDOVER, MD - AUGUST 16: Wide receiver Trey Quinn #14 of the Washington Redskins is tackled by wide receiver Charone Peake #17 of the New York Jets (not pictured) as he returns a punt in the third quarter of a preseason game at FedExField on August 16, 2018 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MD - AUGUST 16: Wide receiver Trey Quinn #14 of the Washington Redskins is tackled by wide receiver Charone Peake #17 of the New York Jets (not pictured) as he returns a punt in the third quarter of a preseason game at FedExField on August 16, 2018 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) /
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LANDOVER, MD – AUGUST 16: Wide receiver Trey Quinn #14 of the Washington Redskins is tackled by wide receiver Charone Peake #17 of the New York Jets (not pictured) as he returns a punt in the third quarter of a preseason game at FedExField on August 16, 2018 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MD – AUGUST 16: Wide receiver Trey Quinn #14 of the Washington Redskins is tackled by wide receiver Charone Peake #17 of the New York Jets (not pictured) as he returns a punt in the third quarter of a preseason game at FedExField on August 16, 2018 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) /

No. 5 – Redskins WR Trey Quinn

No, this isn’t just my irrational infatuation with #TreyQuinnSZN speaking.

Okay, it’s a little bit of that.

But Trey Quinn, the Redskins 2018 seventh-round pick, has genuinely been drawing attention in offseason workouts thus far. The Redskins have often featured him in the slot, and as The Athletic’s Rhiannon Walker put it, Trey Quinn “could very well be a problem”.

According to Walker, Quinn has been making plays over the middle of the field. He always finds a way to get open with his quick twitch and nuance, and he doesn’t often drop the football. Quinn’s success in the offseason serves as a reminder that his Mr. Irrelevant title may not have been deserved.

The Draft Network’s Brad Kelly, an esteemed wide receiver analyst, had Quinn as his No. 67 overall prospect and No. 9 overall receiver in the 2018 NFL Draft, referencing Quinn’s “ability to snap his body back toward the quarterback at an elite pace”, as well as his natural ability to catch just about everything in his catch radius. Quinn showed flashes last year, and those flashes have carried over into minicamp. If he can stay healthy in 2019, he could be gearing up for a breakout year in the slot.

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