Detroit Lions receiver Kalif Raymond remembers the mantra he says he heard while growing up playing backyard football in Georgia: You don't need gloves. Catch with your hands. If he dropped a pass ...

Dan Hajducky is a staff writer for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men's soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities.

He says he and "a good deal" of wideouts spend precious free time searching for the perfect gloves -- like the model Odell Beckham Jr. wore making his iconic one-handed catch a decade ago.

Detroit Lions receiver Kalif Raymond remembers the mantra he says he heard while growing up playing backyard football in Georgia: You don't need gloves. Catch with your hands. If he dropped a pass, a ...

Dan Hajducky is a staff writer for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men's soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. "Using ...

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