PLAYER PROFILE
Height: 6-2
Weight: 215
College: Florida State
Class: Redshirt Sophomore
TRAITS BREAKDOWN
SIZE/PHYSICAL TRAITS (5/5)
- Great size for either safety position
- Long arms (33″)
SPEED/RANGE (13.5/15)
- Fast with great closing speed (ran 4.47 in the 40)
- Good sideline-to-sideline range
TECHNIQUE/AGILITY (13.5/15)
- Fluid hips
- Smooth backpedal
RECOGNITION/INSTINCTS (17/20)
- Good play recognition — processes play-action quickly and doesn’t bite hard on play fakes; sniffs out run plays
- Good instincts — always around the ball
- Leadership ability — made defensive calls and helped teammates get aligned
- Could do a better job of reading quarterbacks’ eyes in zone coverage
COVER SKILLS (18/20)
- Very good man coverage ability — allows very little separation and runs routes for receivers
- Has shown the ability to lock up running backs, tight ends and slot receivers in man coverage
- Pretty good in zone coverage — good awareness, but can be a step slow in zone at times
- Can play effectively at strong safety, free safety, slot corner or dime linebacker
BALL SKILLS/PLAYMAKING (7.5/10)
- 3 interceptions in 26 career games
- Dropped a number of interceptions
- Does a nice job of getting head around to locate the ball
- 11 passes defensed in 2017
- 40″ vertical to contest jump balls
TACKLING/RUN SUPPORT (9.5/10)
- Very good tackler — consistently breaks down and secures tackles (only missed 15 of 160 career tackle attempts, per PFF)
- Somewhat of a catch-tackler
- Good stack-and-shed technique
- Hard-hitter
- Generally takes good pursuit angles to the ball-carrier
- Effort wanes vs. the run at times — will quit on plays early and not pursue from the backside
BLITZ ABILITY (5/5)
- Very good blitzer
- Displays good timing and explosive first-step quickness
- Good flexibility to dip underneath offensive linemen
- Length makes it difficult to throw over him when he gets his hands up on blitzes
- Very strong — has generated push against offensive linemen
- Could add a couple pass rush moves to his arsenal
DURABILITY (-1)
- Torn meniscus in left knee ended 2016 season, missed 11 games
- Reinjured same knee and missed two games in 2017
VERDICT
NFL COMPARISON: Reshad Jones
GRADE: 88.00/100.00 — (EARLY) 1ST ROUND — Good player with Pro Bowl potential
