PLAYER PROFILE
Height: 5-11
Weight: 183
College: Ohio State
Class: Junior
TRAITS BREAKDOWN
SIZE/PHYSICAL TRAITS (4/5)
- Slightly undersized at 5-11, 183 lbs.
- May struggle with size at times due to smaller stature/lack of length and ideal play strength
COVER SKILLS (27/30)
- Excels in press and off-man coverage (35.1% completion percentage on throws into his coverage in 2017, per PFF)
- Very good at preventing separation in man coverage
- Doesn’t give up big plays
- Seldom used in zone coverage but showed good instincts/awareness in small sample size
- Good vertical to contest jump balls
- Can play slot or outside effectively
AGILITY/TECHNIQUE (17/20)
- Extremely agile
- Excellent mirror-and-match footwork
- Quick feet
- Fluid hips
- Smooth backpedal
- Patient in press
- Crowds receivers on downfield throws and utilizes sideline as extra defender
- Somewhat susceptible to double moves at the line of scrimmage
- Can get a little grabby at the top of the route
SPEED/BURST (15/15)
- Excellent recovery speed (est. 4.3 40) to make up ground if beaten initially
- Can run with virtually any receiver on vertical routes
MENTAL PROCESSING (13.5/15)
- Good instincts/awareness in zone coverage
- Good pattern anticipation/recognition
- Runs routes for receivers
BALL SKILLS (7/10)
- Average ball skills
- Doesn’t locate the ball consistently, but does a good job of playing the ball through the receiver’s hands and doesn’t panic/grab receiver (15 pass breakups in 2017)
RUN SUPPORT/TACKLING (3.5/5)
- Willing and decent open-field tackler
- Sheds receiver blocks fairly well
- Occasionally takes poor angles to the ball-carrier
VERDICT
NFL COMPARISON: Jason Verrett
GRADE: 87.00/100.00 — (EARLY-MID) 1ST ROUND — Good player with Pro Bowl potential
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