June 29th, 2008 
Matt Loede 
Posted in From: Pro Football Weekly
In a recent interview with PFW, Titans WR coach Fred Graves said that rookie Lavelle Hawkins’ competitiveness and approach to the game reminded him somewhat of Panthers star Steve Smith’s. Graves was Smith’s position coach at the University of Utah.
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I am a life-long Cal fan living in Nashville and I am so fired up that we got ‘Hawk’. His personality is excactly what the Titans offense needs. He doesn’t do any one thing well, but he is a baller who will ultimately give the receiving core what it needs: an attitude, a cocky identity. He is the guy who will make amazing catches, big plays at key times, crazy juke/jump over the defender for a key first down. He was definately not a product of the system at Cal–Cal being a crazy passing team is a serious misnomer-they always run first and way too much. Hawk was the staple of the offense last year while Desean disappeared at times. Hawk is faster than he looks-Head to Head, Hawkins would beat Desean 5 out of 10 times running the 40 and 100 meter. Craig Stevens is either going to be out of the NFL in 3 years or he will be the next Jason Witten/Dallas Clark. He totally disappeared his Senior season–He has a ton of talent though. Titans fans will be doing ‘The Hawk’ by November.