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Packers WR Valdes-Scantling looks for new heights in 2021

In a certain way, you can look at Packers WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling’s career in two different chapters, even as he only heads into his 4th NFL season.

2018 and 2019 was Chapter 1, where the main character was introduced. Marquez, 23 at the time, was coming off an impressive Senior Season at Mid-Major University of South Florida, where he caught 53 passes for 879 yards and 6 touchdowns in the warm Florida sunshine. Shortly thereafter, he was selected by the Packers in the 5th round of the 2018 NFL Draft.

Heading into the 2018 season, Valdes-Scantling found himself in a crowded wide-receiver room, with veterans like Davante Adams and Randall Cobb, as well as two other rookie receivers the Packers drafted in 18′ (J’Mon Moore, 4th Round and Equanimeous St.