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Receivers that Washington should consider signing after the Kelvin Harmon injury

By Jacob Camenker

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 22: Wide receiver Malik Turner #17 of the Seattle Seahawks carries the ball against the defense of the Arizona Cardinals during the game at CenturyLink Field on December 22, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 22: Wide receiver Malik Turner #17 of the Seattle Seahawks carries the ball against the defense of the Arizona Cardinals during the game at CenturyLink Field on December 22, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) /
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WESTFIELD, INDIANA – AUGUST 1: Steve Ishmael #3 of the Indianapolis Colts catches a pass during the Colts’ training camp at Grand Park on August 1, 2019 in Westfield, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
WESTFIELD, INDIANA – AUGUST 1: Steve Ishmael #3 of the Indianapolis Colts catches a pass during the Colts’ training camp at Grand Park on August 1, 2019 in Westfield, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images) /

5. Steve Ishmael

Listing a guy with zero career NFL catches as a top-five option here should just about tell you how picked clean the receiver market is, outside of the risky guys that should be avoided.

But if Washington is going to add a free agent to their room, it may be more about upside than anything else. And one thing that Steve Ishmael possesses is upside.

Ishmael, 25, went undrafted out of Syracuse in 2018 but had a productive college career. In his final season as a member of the Orange, he caught a whopping 105 passes for 1,347 yards and seven touchdowns. He was highly productive and the Indianapolis Colts took a chance on him as a result.

The Colts never played Ishmael during the regular season, but he did spend some time on the active roster. He has good size at 6-2, 209 pounds and in his first preseason with the Colts, he grabbed nine passes for 77 yards. Not bad overall.

You could certainly argue that other veterans like Demaryius Thomas, Jarius Wright, and Jermaine Kearse should be above Ishmael on this list. But all of those guys have reached their peaks. With Ismael, there’s at least a chance that he could continue to develop.

Ishmael may be a project, but perhaps he’s one worth taking on for Washington. They had success claiming Hale Hentges off waivers from the Colts last year, so perhaps Ishmael could turn into something for them. At the very least, he may be a practice squad candidate, especially if practice squads are expanded due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so that’s another bonus of potentially targeting him.

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