Category: 2022 Player Profiles

STRENGTHS
Pierre has the same style of running, as the Chiefs RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire. He has excellent vision and balance and has those quick feet that allow him to make cuts leaving defenders looking for a ghost. His lateral agility is so quick you want him running north and south instead of horizontally and that is very unusual for a back his size. He shows good hands out of the backfield, enough to be used in the slot or on third downs as a 4th receiver. Pierre has the breakaway speed that makes it easy for him to score a touchdown from any place on the field. His running back skills makes it easy for him to run between the tackles and once he is in the open field, his ghost-like cuts make it very hard to tackle him. In a spread offense, Pierre definitely has the ability to be an every-down player.

CONCERNS
Most teams because of his size and level of competition are thinking about Pierre as just a third-down back and this will affect his draft status. I don’t pigeonhole players, I think he can help to carry your running game as an every-down back.

BOTTOM LINE: 2.50
It’s true, I don’t have to worry that I might lose my job so, I can give you an opinion about a player that others will be more cautious about giving you. When I watch the film of Pierre I see a north/south between the tackles running back. I see a running back with good overall size and with the lateral explosion to make his own yards. He can take the ball to the house on any down and distance, and from any place on the field. Others will say, he’s only 207 lbs…I don’t know, I think he can gain some bulk. Others will say, he’s not doing it against top college teams in the SEC…I don’t know, I think he can follow blockers and with 4.3 speed outrun most defenders in the SEC. Of course, there are others that will say, he’s too small to block…seriously, he’s almost six feet, and if you use him in the slot why do you care if he can block? I will say this, don’t make the mistakes and think Pierre can not be an effective between the tackles running back because that is where he gains most of his yardage. His ability to make his own yards is unique. Most running back his size, are just one gear backs and that’s why most consider them as not every down-backs. Pierre is more than just a one gear back. Pierre could be the type of back Defensive Coordinators will have to game plan for or they will be seeing ghosts all over the field until he magically appears in their end zone.

STRENGTHS
Lewis is a pure “hit you in the mouth” Safety. He has excellent straight-line speed and burst to the ball. Lewis is smart and does have the cover skills to be used in the slot against those bigger slot receivers. He shows excellent leadership skills on the field communicating and directing other players before the snap of the ball. Lewis loves coming from his deep safety position and shutting down the running game with intimidating tackles. Lewis is a marauder, with the mentality that everything in front of him is enemy territory and he needs to seek and destroy them. He makes running backs not want to run, and pass catches not want to catch a pass and does it all without getting called for too many penalties.

CONCERNS
Yes, yes, yes, Lewis will get called for some penalties during the season and you will have to live with that if you select him but remember this, what is penalized during the season seems to disappear in the playoffs. Lewis has good cover skills and athletic cover talent but as soon as a player gets behind him he panics and loses control of his athletic talent. He seems to lose his balance and his legs tighten up and in general, he becomes “jelly-like” trying to defend. Lewis is not afraid to get beat he just hates it.

BOTTOM LINE: 2.14
Lewis is smart but his style of play makes me believe that he has to gain more bulk without losing his pure speed to stay on the field and be productive. This would help teams decide how they are going to use Lewis, up near the line of scrimmage as a hybrid S/LB or as a pure deep safety with some “in the box” responsibilities, or develop his confidence and use him more as a cover hybrid Corner/Safety. No matter how you use him, he will become a leader for your defense and an enforcer, making the other team’s players pray the ball doesn’t come their way for fear Lewis will make them regret it.

STRENGTHS
Jaquan has all the attributes you look for in a pure safety for the next level. He has the size, speed, high football IQ, leadership skills and is a good solid tackler. Jaquan can be used at multiple positions on your defense. He can be used up near the line of scrimmage because he plays with power and strength, unique for his size. He has the speed to be used in a 2 deep zone or single-high safety because he is very quick to come up and support the run. He is an excellent zone cover safety and a good Red Zone cover or short-yardage cover safety because of his high football IQ and instincts. Jaquan can be a coach on the field and is the type of player a defense has to have to become a playoff defense.

CONCERNS
In the film I have seen on Jaquan, he seems to lack the cover skills teams are looking for in their safeties right now. He will have to prove that he has that flexibility in his workouts and if he does he could be selected early.

BOTTOM LINE: 2.28
Jaquan is a very impressive football player but teams are now looking for more than just an impressive football player at the safety position in this passing league. The value is now in the players who can cover and cover like a cornerback with the size of a safety. They are looking for an “everything” type of safety. Although Jaquan can be used at more than one position in the defensive backfield until he shows in his workouts that he has the potential to cover like a cornerback teams will overlook this very impressive football player. They will look for the player who can cover with size and skip the other characteristics that make a good football player. Jaquan might get lost a little bit in all the corners and safeties in this draft unless he can show he can cover but once he gets on the field he will be an impact player and a coach on the field for the team that selects him…bet on it.

STRENGTHS
Martin is a sleeper cornerback hiding in plain sight for all to see. He has excellent athletic talent and quickness and has the size and length teams drool over. Martin is a physical cornerback who is quick to support the run, fight through blocks and make tackles in space behind the line of scrimmage. He has a high football IQ being able to play in complicated zone coverages. Martin is an excellent communicator on the field and shows leadership skills through his play on the field. He has the quick/twitch athletic talent and cover skills to be used in any style of single coverages. As I stated before, Martin is a sleeper Defensive back who has excellent size and athletic talent, is physical, with a high football IQ, who is a good open-field tackler, who can play more than one defensive back position, hiding in plain sight for all to see.

CONCERNS
Martin is a good tackler but I’d like to see him wrap up more often and be more of a secure tackler. He doesn’t have many interceptions because he is all about denying the ball in the air and limiting RAC yards. He has the hands and it is not really in my opinion, a negative but you know how some teams will nit-pick. With his long legs, lining M. J. up in the slot against those smaller and quicker receivers is not very smart, and not very good coaching, but I’m sure some teams will consider that a negative also…I do not. I just consider it poor coaching and poor evaluation of talent if you do think that is a negative.

BOTTOM LINE: 1.72
Martin is a pure outside cover corner who can play in any zone coverage. He could also be used as a free safety and at times during a game, as an in-the-box safety. If your team doesn’t need a potential shut down corner because he might not be able to play in the slot, against all kinds of receivers then I suggest you move on. If you believe because he played mostly in a complicated zone coverage scheme, that he doesn’t have the athletic skills to cover a wide receiver one on one, I suggest you move on. If you don’t think that M. J. has the ability to read receivers and be physical and deny a receiver the ball in the air, I suggest you move on. I watch the film and I see a 6’2” 200 lbs, intelligent, cornerback who is physical and supports the run, and because of his long strides runs in the 4.4, 4.5 range and played in the SEC. Others I guess will see things differently and that’s why the draft is complicated.

STRENGTHS
Damarri has excellent athletic talent and size to play his position but his game is all about wearing his opponent down mentally and physically. He is an intimidating tackler and will gladly come up and support the ruin. Don’t misunderstand me, Damarri is an accomplished defensive back. At the same time, he will bite your ear off, like Mike Tyson, to stop a receiver from catching the ball or gaining run after the catch yardage. Damarri can play on the outside but I believe his impact should be as a slot cover corner. His long arms, along with his speed and quickness will allow him to match up against just about any size receiver.

CONCERNS
Damarri’s aggressiveness is a gift and a curse. If his athleticism is being matched on the field by the receiver he is matched up against, his aggressiveness becomes a curse real fast. It’s also hard to trust Damarri when he is in single coverage on the outside because he will guess and jump routes and screw up his footwork off the snap, leading to big plays against him. When he plays in the slot he does less guessing and more reacting. Between the potential penalties and potential big plays against him, the question is, can Damarri learn to be more of an asset than a liability?

BOTTOM LINE: 3.44
Damarri has the talent, size, speed, and quickness but he plays with the recklessness that makes it hard to trust him. If he can become more calculating in using that recklessness, Damari can become a top defensive player and play all over the defense instead of hiding him in the slot and praying he does less damage.

STRENGTHS
Jalyn is an extremely long, athletic cornerback. He is fast and with his length can cover ground and trail receivers and still make a play on the ball. He has good hands to make the interception and is a good solid tackler. Jalyn supports the run and uses his long arms to keep blockers off his body to make a tackle. He is very smart and takes the techniques that he has learned from practice into the game. Jalyn’s athletic talent, size, length, speed, and fluidness, is what every team is looking for right now in the perfect corner for the NFL. He can play in any style defense, because of those attributes and his intelligence.

CONCERNS
Jalyn is too careful and hesitates and doesn’t trust his athletic talent. He uses good techniques but mentally struggles with attacking the play and trusting his instincts to make a play. Most of these issues are because he hasn’t played enough but still he doesn’t have that “I will get you before you get me” mentality needed to be a top cornerback for the next level. If he can overcome the lack of that mentality, he can become a top cornerback for the team that selects him.

BOTTOM LINE: 2.33
Because Jalyn has only played one year and coming off a knee injury, Jaylyn has learned to read the play but he hasn’t learned to read the receiver. When and if he can learn to read both, he might start taking more calculated chances and making a play on the ball instead of hoping the play comes to him instead. I would not pass too long on selecting talent like this because Jalyn is a safe pick. He is a number 2 corner with the potential to be a number 1 corner and that is what I would consider a safe pick. Of course, add to that special team’s play because of his speed and ability to tackle in the open field and I’m not sure why any team would wait too long in the draft to select him. My guess is because this is a deep corner class that Jalyn could get lost because he is not going to be considered as a playmaking or aggressive corner. I believe that aggressiveness is there and just needs some time to come out of its shell. If I’m right some lucky team is going to have a number one cornerback who got selected in the late rounds. Nevertheless, stranger things have happed in a draft and maybe Jalyn will move up the more he works out and has his interviews. After all, Jalyn is very talented and has tremendous upside to his overall game.

STRENGTHS
Isaih is a mix between a three-down running back and a change-up running back. He has tremendous athletic talent with the explosive lateral agility to make his own yards between the tackles or in the open field. He also has the size, power, and quick feet to break tackles between the tackles or in the open field. He can catch the ball with no problems and is one of the hardest running backs in this draft between the tackles. He gives the effort needed to block for his quarterback on third downs and shows the leadership skills through his play on the field to be an excellent teammate. Isaih has the “potential” to be one of the better running backs in the draft. I’m just not sure what kind of running back he will be.

CONCERNS
If this kid would just slow down after you hand him the ball and wait for his blocks and learn to set up his blocks he could be an every-down running back. He just plays with one gear on every down and that one gear is full throttle as soon as he gets his hands on the ball. It’s very frustrating to watch because he is so dam impatient and runs himself into tackles. That being said, he is so quick and fast and runs with good vision, balance, and power, it’s surprising he doesn’t break every play for big yardage. The kid runs angry.

BOTTOM LINE: 2.67
Isaih reminds me of a player who was on the Buffalo Bills practice squad for I think, 3 years, Christian Wade. Christen came from England, played rugby, and showed in pre-season the same type of talent that Isaih has shown. I have never been able to understand why the Bills did not use Christian. I understand that he never played American Football but he still showed the skills to be used at some point on the team as a third-down back or even just on special teams as he showed in some pre-season games. If Isaih can just slow down a tiny, tiny, bit when handed the ball and analyze what is happening in front of him, he could be one of the best starting running backs out of this draft class. If he continues to play like a car, running with its headlights off, in the night with the cops chasing him, he can still be an impact player on special teams, third downs, and maybe as a number two slot receiver in the future. It will be up to him but my guess is, if he hasn’t learned to have more patience by now, he’s not going to change in the NFL. For the purposes of this draft, he should be considered more of a change-up running back with return special team talent and the talent to impact and score a touchdown, at any place on the field and on any down and distance. I’ll take that any time.

STRENGTHS
Logan is an inside defensive lineman who has good athleticism and size to play more than one position, depending on down and distance. He is a strong pass rusher using good techniques and pad level to get into the backfield quickly. Logan is tall with long arms and legs and is quick off the line and this allows him on passing downs to have an advantage off the snap to be disruptive. Logan can be used inside in a 4/3 defense or on the outside in a 3/4 defense. On passing downs, he can be used over the center and this will give the team that selects him a lot of options. Logan’s pass-rushing skills and techniques might be the most mature out of this group of inside defensive linemen in this draft class.

CONCERNS
Logan’s pass-rushing skills will get him drafted but his lack of attention to stuffing the run will make him expendable in the future. His lack of attention to detail, anticipating where the double team is coming from, and overall inconsistency in shedding blocks and making tackles at the line of scrimmage are frustrating to me. He has the talent and size to be a complete Defensive lineman but he has to “want” to do the grunt work. For the purpose of this draft, I consider Logan as a system defensive lineman and if I’m correct this will affect his draft status.

BOTTOM LINE: 2.64
I like Logan’s talent but I’d like him more if he was as concerned about shutting down a team’s running game as he is rushing the passer. There is no doubt that if Logan plays in what I call a “one gap attack” type of defense that he can be very effective. There is no doubt in my mind that on passing downs he can be very disruptive. That being said, you must know by now, that I don’t give high marks to players who are not trying to be complete players. Since I do not interview players or interact with them I can only go by what I see on film. What I see with Logan is a very good pass rusher from the inside who will need to be in the right system to maximize his talents. I’m sure many others will think differently.

STRENGTHS
Tyler looks like an athletic offensive guard, player offensive tackle. He has good size and strength and is a powerful offensive lineman. He shows just enough lateral agility and quickness to be moved inside as a guard. Tyler is quick out of his stance and excellent at going out to the second level making his blocks. He has the athleticism to be used as a pulling offensive lineman and on sweeps and screens. Tyler has excellent athletic talent to play more than one position on the offensive line for the team that selects him but as I always say, it takes more than talent to play in the NFL.

CONCERNS
Tyler when playing tackle has never known a penalty that he didn’t want to commit. After being a starting offensive lineman for his college team his techniques are so poor it makes my headache. This sends a signal to me that Tyler is not very coachable and struggles with authority figures. It also sends a signal to me that most authority figures in his football life have enabled this attitude because of his athletic talent. To minimize these issues, I think you have to move him inside.

BOTTOM LINE: 2.67
I love his potential at guard. I love the fact that a very smart center who he can have respect for, will help him to mature. I love his power to run block and his athleticism to pass block. But I don’t love using him as a tackle and I think that using him as a tackle will be his downfall. After he is in the NFL for 4 or 5 years, a team might ask him to move to tackle in a pinch, but he should be a hell of a guard. I believe that Tyler can be a pro bowl guard and one of the best in the NFL.

STRENGTHS
Arnold has the potential to be an excellent and complete Defensive End/Edge Rusher for the team that selects him. He reminds me a little bit of Bills Jerry Hughes, same size and speed, and gives good effort on every play. He does a solid job against the run and shows no lack of toughness to make the tackle at the line of scrimmage. He has very long arms that allow him to play bigger than his size. Arnold doesn’t back down from doing his job. His ability to pass rush still has a lot more upside to it. Arnold has the potential to be a double-digit sack type of edge rusher and because of his long arms, should become a solid run defender too.

CONCERNS
He has to improve the strength in his hands to shed blocks quickly and he has to improve his football intelligence and pay more attention to the details of his position. That being said the number one issue he must improve on is his “get off” at the snap of the ball. He has to get quicker and more powerful and once he does that he will reach his potential to be a double-digit sack player.

BOTTOM LINE: 2.94
Arnold has to get quicker and stronger off the snap of the ball. He has athletic talents and as long as he works hard, gains more strength in his hands and in his lower body, Arnold should become an excellent defensive lineman for the team that selects him. As I stated before he has the potential to be a double-digit sack edged rusher. Just give him some time. It took some time for Jerry Hughes to impact. Jerry was selected in the 1st round and because of the depth at his position and lack of production, he was traded to the Buffalo Bills. In his first three years with the Colts, Jerry accumulated a total of 5 sacks and 29 solo tackles. After he was traded to the Buffalo Bills, the first year, Jerry had 10 sacks and 32 solo tackles. Sometimes it takes a little time to develop a player selected in the 1st round like Jerry was. I suspect in this deep Edge Rusher class, that Arnold might not be selected until the later rounds but you never know so, look at Rob’s board to keep track of Arnold, and hope the team that selects him gives him some time to develop.

STRENGTHS
Jalen has the most upside of any Tight End in this draft class. He is a very good pass blocker and his length, speed, and quickness will make him a nightmare matchup in the red zone on passing downs. He is a long, quick/twitch athlete with excellent feet and lateral agility. Jalen’s effort to block in the running game is commendable. His ability to block in the open field is excellent. Jalen has very good hand/eye coordination and a BIG pass-catching radius. He is a big and aggressive run after the catch receiver. Jalen has the athletic talent and pass-catching hands to make the big play at any point on the field. He also has the pass blocking talent to give his quarterback the time in the pocket to make the big play. Jalen has the “potential” to be as impacting as former Charges Antonio Gates.

CONCERNS
If I want to nit-pick I can say that he is not a great run blocker but his effort is outstanding and he could get better. Jalen has the lower body type of a receiver and long legs so, getting better run blocking, might be asking too much of him. He also needs to learn better communication skills when running his pass routes. By that I mean, learn to read defenses on the run like a quarterback, think like a quarterback, be one with his quarterback. When that happens, he will become a weapon on passing downs.

BOTTOM LINE: 2.19
Jalen could be scary good as soon as he studies the game and pays more attention to the details of his position. He reminds me a lot of former Chargers Tight End Antonio Gates and yes, I am suggesting that with the right quarterback and play-caller, he could have the same impact in the passing game as Antonio had. Jalen is a better blocker than Antonio was but, Antonio was a much smarter and better route runner than Jalen is right now. Jalen has the athletic talent to be effective against all types of defenses, zone coverage, or against single coverages but he has to work harder on his route running intelligence. If he will work hard and improve that aspect of his game there will be no stopping his impact on the team that selects him.