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.
