What was even more impressive was the development he showed over the season, with his overall PFF grade jumping from 53.1 to 74.4 from the first half of his season to the second. That season brought forth his best career PFF grade by more than 10 grading points, although the campaigns on either side of it might be why the Bengals have seemed reluctant to hand him a monster new contract. You wont find a more experienced safety in the draft class than Robinson. Which prospects should boost their draft stock at the NFL Scouting Combine? A few years ago, this meant, Strong safety used to be a coveted specialty role in the NFL, encompassing those who played more like auxiliary linebackers and patrolled the box, defending the run and covering short zones underneath. Pick Six Newsletter Crafted By The Best NFL Experts Get the day's big stories + fun stuff you love like mock drafts, picks and power rankings. Brown racked up six picks and six pass breakups in large part due to that make-up speed, but also because hes an all-around fluid athlete in space. ', Greek transport minister resigns over train crash; 36 dead. He carries one of the highest floors in the class. A former cornerback, Jackson has transitioned to safety and enjoyed a second career once he moved past the age of 30. Four! Jordan Battle is another Saban safety with extensive playing experience. linebackers, particularly in sub packages, and the league has come to covet other skills for strong safeties. Find out where your favorite Position stacks up against the 2023 class and view expert mock drafts. He collected 16 stops in the run game this past fall and proved to have one of the more versatile skill sets in the draft class. Tyrann Mathieu is such a matchup weapon that for several years of his career he was a pure slot cornerback more than he was a safety. SAN DIEGO COUNTY CREDIT UNION HOLIDAY BOWL. Hes proven to be exceedingly versatile, playing 510 snaps in the box, 682 deep and 259 from the slot for his career. 1, 2023 NFL mock draft: New 2-round projections for Senior Bowl week, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. You'll find the 40 time on the Y-axis and on the X-axis the weight in pounds. Strong safety used to be a coveted specialty role in the NFL, encompassing those who played more like auxiliary linebackers and patrolled the box, defending the run and covering short zones underneath. How do the top players at every position stack up? Marcus Maye was the deep-lying free safety who allowed Jamal Adams to be the do-it-all star in the Jets secondary. Reid was dragged down by the unit as a whole in 2020, and his coverage grade of 67.2 was the lowest of his career, but his previous two seasons had been flirting with an 80.0 grade, and he has increased the number of defensive stops he has made each season. Antonio Johnson, Texas A&M, Jr, 6-3, 190 3. Heres how we stack this years safety class: 1. Moehrig has some of the best ball production youll see from a safety prospect, as he led all FBS safeties in pass breakups in each of the past two seasons. At 6-foot-2, 202 pounds, Moehrig has ideal size and physicality for the position, as well. 2. Elijah Molden, Washington Molden is the gold standard in the slot for this class. We've compared players 40 times and weight and charted them on the scatter chart below. He has lined up in the slot on more than 200 snaps in a season for the past seven years and should get the chance to replace Malcolm Jenkins in that matchup role within New Orleans' defense this year. Over the past two seasons, he has 10 picks and four pass breakups. Tier 3 are the Round 4-5 caliber players. Hes extremely steady and rarely caught out of control. JL Skinner will be one of the more impressive prospects in Indianapolis this week. Its a rough NFL Draft year for several positions, but safety is sneaky-good. Live picks, grades and reaction to the 2023 NFL Draft. Now he is a year removed from that injury, and a return to that PFF coverage grade of 78.0 or better this season would see Thornhill likely even climb higher on this list. There's Bryan Cook was a distinctly unremarkable playing heading into 2021 and looked like a probable UDFA prospect, however, following an Cam Taylor Britt is a good NFL prospect who really elevated his stock with an impressive combine and senior bowl performance. Collins hasnt been the same player in Washington as he was at his best with the Giants, but he has never had a better defense around him than he will have in 2021. Weight: 205. Safety Rankings: The 32 best safeties entering the 2021 NFL season. Andre Cisco, Syracuse (second round) 4. Emmanuel Forbes has recorded 14 interceptions, six of which were returned for touchdowns, over the course of his career. Updated safety rankings for the 2021 NFL draft. As we look ahead to the next big mile marker in the predraft process, the NFL Scouting Combine, heres an updated look at how we rank the top safety prospects in this years draft: Chicago Mayor Lightfoot ousted; Vallas, Johnson in runoff, King asks Duke and Duchess of Sussex to move out of Frogmore so Prince Andrew can move in, Biden Mocks Marjorie Taylor Greene With 1 Simple Hand Gesture, A Nebraska high-school cheerleader competed on her own after the rest of her squad quit. Bates recorded the highest overall PFF grade among safeties last season at 90.1 he was one of two players with a PFF coverage grade north of 90.0. Sign up for our newsletter and get every update delivered to your inbox! Christian Gonzalez will certainly check the height, weight and speed boxes, and the same is true of Kelee Ringo. It offers one of the best groups of slot cornerbacks in recent memory along with some size-speed freaks and versatile safeties. Now that he has an opportunity to play within a better defense again, we should see a rebound performance in 2022. See his 2024 Rankings as well! The results are (sometimes) interesting but what it really does show, is that on the whole - NFL teams would have done better by putting their feet up and just switching on autodraft. Take a look, we have every team's draft since 2011 rated. Bench: 16. And while some positions in the league are extremely thin, highlighted by just a few stars but lacking any real quality beyond that, the safety position seems to be in excellent health. In 2021, Harrison should be surrounded by a dramatically improved supporting cast and able to build on the overall PFF grade of 76.6 he posted in limited snaps last year. Brown may very well have the best movement skills of any safety in the draft class. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) 2. Notre Dame s Hamilton has long been hyped as the top safety in the draft, and he tops Brooks latest top five at the safety position. Pick Six Newsletter Crafted By The Best NFL Experts Get the day's big stories + fun stuff you love like mock drafts, picks and power rankings. Byards play has dropped off recently after two seasons of spectacular PFF grades above 85.0. Over the past two seasons, he has 177 pass-rushing snaps on the blitz and has racked up 27 total pressures on those rushes. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. But both before and after that play, Williams has been one of the best in the NFL. The best days of Devin McCourty may be in the past. The obvious name missing is Penn State's Joey Porter Jr. Smith can really cover some ground. PFF's Big Board for the 2023 NFL Draft offers three-year player grades, combine measurables, position rankings, and in-depth player analysis for all of the top draft prospects. Ronnie Harrison, S, Alabama: Round 1, 4. Lets dive into PFF's top 32 safeties entering the 2021 NFL season. He collected 16 stops in the run game this past fall and proved to have one of the more versatile skill sets in the draft class. https://draftwire.usatoday.com/lists/2022-nfl-draft-rankings-safety-kyle-hamilton-dax-hill-jaquan-brisker-lewis-cine/, 12. By: CollegeFootballNews.com, College Basketball Predictions. Smiths rookie season was in 2012, and he has never had a poor healthy season since that point the kind of consistent excellence that Smith has been able to maintain for the Vikings is freakish at the safety position. Both players have shown elite upside and play, but they havent been able to maintain that peak for as long as some others. Collins isnt that far removed from a genuine Defensive Player of the Year kind of season, but he has declined sharply since that spectacular 2016 season. The 2023 Senior Bowl is officially in the books, and after another revelatory week of action in Mobile, its time to update our prospect rankings for each position group in the 2023 NFL draft class. Ward struggled early in his NFL career despite entering the league with the prestige of a first-round pick, but the last two seasons have seen him at his best. Similarly, Justin Simmons 90.7 PFF grade from 2019 represents his career-high by more than 10 grading points. Web90.6. Between being a former first-round pick, used in a debatable way early in his career and then used as a makeweight in the trade for Odell Beckham Jr., it would be easy to dismiss Jabrill Peppers as a bust, but he is far from a bad player. His man coverage skills are very good for a safety of his size, and hes a quality run defender as well. Cincinnati S James Wiggins is an under the radar G5 defensive prospect for the 2020 NFL Draft. Great read and closing speed here for the INT. pic.twitter.com/3Y9ouDvn4r Some believe Trevon Moehriq is the best safety in the nation. Fast forward a year and Carter is on the doorstep of making good on that claim. Safety in the NFL Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. Before that, Harris generated 10 picks and an overall PFF grade of 90.6 over the previous two seasons combined. Bryan Bresee is a player who has the coveted athletic qualities, but plays a bit stiff and lacking urgency. 2023 NFL Draft Strong Safety Rankings John Vogel October 27, 2022 in 2023 Rankings - 9 Minutes 1. If an NFL team's scheme has a defined box safety role, theres not a better player to fill it in the draft class than Skinner. And then his relatively long wingspan for a safety affords him leeway as a tackler. His 90.7 run-defense grade led all safeties in college football, while his 24 run stops ranked fifth most in the FBS. Nolan Smith missed time with injury this year, but he is slippery around the corner. 2021 NFL Draft Safety Rankings Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak. She said the support she got from other teams was 'overwhelming. Derwin James, S, Florida State: Round 1, 2. PFF BIG BOARD RANK: 112. The Buffalo Bills have an incredibly reliable pair of safeties, and the first on the list is Micah Hyde, who now has four straight seasons with an overall PFF grade of at least 70.0 and three of the four are significantly better than 70.0. In-depth prospect rankings with linked reports and all updated player information. Willis has back-to-back impressive seasons for the Colts since coming into the league as a fourth-round pick. After ranking the best players at every position as a part of PFF's 2021 NFL season preview, we have finally come to safeties. Jevon Holland, Oregon (third round) 5. Super informed fan? Subscribe to Sign up for our newsletter and get every update delivered to your inbox! Brown may very well have the best movement skills of any safety in the draft class. Similar to his twin brother Chase, Sydney can flat-out fly. Hes reportedly reached over 22 mph on the GPS readings, and if you watch his tape from any point this past season, its very believable. Directly comparing a true coverage free safety to a box defender or a tight-end matchup weapon on defense is a fairly arbitrary construct, so in this article we have split out the top safeties in the league into their differing roles. For the purpose of the NFL Draft Bible big board, we have done our best to separate prospects into free safety and strong safety designations. April 14, 2021 10:50 am ET. This site is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with these schools or teams. Siaki Ika is a traditional nose tackle. 2023 NFL Draft Safety Rankings are updated weekly. Hes one of the best tackling defensive backs PFF has charted in college. Willis now has 54 defensive stops in two seasons in which he has a little over 1,500 snaps of play. The 2023 Senior Bowl is officially in the books, and after another revelatory week of action in Mobile, its time to update our prospect rankings for each position group in the 2023 NFL draft class. Forty Time Secs 4.49. Thats because, at 205 pounds, hes more than willing to mix it up. Winfield is a playmaker and exceptionally good in coverage, where his ability to read the play quickly really comes to the fore. In a four-year career, he has played just over 2,000 snaps, which is essentially half of the available playing time. The worry is what happens when he cant play around the line of scrimmage. That marked his third career 80.0-plus coverage grade, and it was also the third time he was aligned at free safety for more than 600 snaps over a season. Hes one of the best true backend players in the draft class. Hyde is often put in a good position by the defensive scheme in Buffalo, but he responds by making the plays he is given the opportunity to make. Send feedback and thoughts to @ShanePHallam. Please check your email for a confirmation. Armani Watts, S, Texas A&M: Round The strong safeties of old continue to be replaced by hybrid matchup defenders, players who can line up in the box but also cover tight ends and running backs in single coverage from the slot or in other alignments as if they were cornerbacks. He earned PFF grades in 2020 that were impressive in all facets of play we measure and even had eight total pressures from 31 snaps on the blitz as a rusher. Harrisons career wasnt stellar in Jacksonville, but the second he was traded to Cleveland, he began to look like a different player, and that was within a secondary that wasnt loaded with quality. At almost 34 years old, McCourty is coming off his lowest-graded season since 2011, when he was still playing cornerback for the Patriots. All Rights Reserved. He can get a little wild as a tackler, although when he does catch a ball carrier cleanly, they stop in their tracks. Alabama's Brian Branch takes top spot: The slot position has evolved into an integral part of an NFL defense a role Branch can handle with ease. Similar to his twin brother Chase, Sydney can flat-out fly. Tyree Wilson is a long, explosive athlete who has shown growth over the past year, but still has a ways to go before he repays the top-five draft capital likely to be used on him in April. Visit CBSSports.com for an aggregate look at the2023 NFL Draft prospect rankings! His ability to get sideline to sideline, as well as downhill in the run game from a deep alignment, will serve him well at the next level. NFL Draft Buzz is on the lookout for new contributors who would like a chance showcase their perspectives on the NFL draft. College Senior Penn State. section: | slug: nfl-draft-2023-jalen-carter-will-anderson-jr-atop-pre-combine-list-of-best-defensive-prospects-by-position | sport: football | route: article_single_special | 2021 NFL Draft Safety Rankings 1. He has converted three of his five interceptions into touchdowns over the past three seasons. There were similar concerns with Jaycee Horn coming out of South Carolina: handsy downfield in coverage and a high missed tackle rate. 15. He has lined up in the slot on more than 200 snaps in a season for the past seven years and should get the chance to replace. While lacking splash plays, he is consistently in the right place at the right time and grades very well in all facets of the game. 2023 NFL Draft S Rankings (Shane) by Shane Hallam August 17, 2022 0 1430. Rankings the 2023 NFL Draft safety prospects with all of their scouting reports linked to their draft profile. Those players still exist, but the defense most in vogue right now is the Vic Fangio tree of two-high safety looks, where free safeties are occupying either one half of the field or even just a quarter with various pattern-match responsibilities. Another player coming off a down season, this was the first play we had seen from Harris dating back to college that had been anything but good. Metcalf to prevent a defensive touchdown, but Baker is a big-hitting safety who has always excelled against the run but has improved in coverage throughout his NFL career. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nfl | pageType: stories | Find out where your favorite Safeties stacks up against the 2023 class and view expert mock drafts. S. All Scouts Average Overall Rank 42.9. Clark is good enough at everything to be the kind of versatility player the Ravens covet in their secondary. Its exactly the role he handled for the Aggies the past two seasons. Joseph is able to read route combinations and anticipate breaks in his sleep. Savage is moving in the right direction but is still a little more flash than substance. He still has a knack for making big plays at the most critical times, as he came down with a pick in both the AFC championship and the Super Bowl, two of seven he had in total last season. We've compared players post combine 40 times and weight and charted them on the scatter chart below. It is difficult to find quality interior pass rushers so that makes a player with Carter's skill set even more valuable. Draft Wire editor Luke Easterling updates his safety rankings for the 2023 NFL draft following Senior Bowl week 2023 NFL draft: Post-Senior Bowl safety rankings Teams If Byard can bounce back to his best, he is a top-10 safety in this league. That snap breakdown is precisely what most safeties at the next level will be asked to do. NFL Draft Profile: Rhys Byrns, Punter, Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns NFL Draft Profile: Robert Carter, Safety, West Georgia Wolves NFL Draft Profile: Gurvan Hall Jr, Safety, Utah State Aggies The 2022 NFL Scouting Combine is in the books, and the pro day circuit is in full swing, which means its time to take an updated look at our prospect rankings for the 2022 NFL draft. Since entering the league, Jeremy Chinn may have had the most unique deployment of any safety, to the point that he breaks a lot of position designations and really is operating in a one-man role. This past season, he allowed only 17 catches on 32 targets for 176 yards with four picks and three pass breakups. Jamal Adams was thought to be this matchup weapon on defense, a player capable of lining up anywhere and doing his job well, But in Seattle, he has been struggling badly in any role other than one close to the line of scrimmage as more of a classic strong safety. WebGet the latest NFL Draft prospect rankings from CBS Sports. Its the 2022 NFL Drafts most underappreciated group at maybe the most He finished the year with 34 total pressures, 15 more than any other safety. 2021 NFL Draft: Safety Rankings. Battle is going to put that theory to the test, as he made four starts as a freshman back in 2019 before playing full-time the past three seasons. You'll now receive the top The Draft Wire stories each day directly in your inbox. Simpson will be one of the top performers at the NFL combine this week. Hes extremely fluid for a 220-pounder and can easily be a tight end eraser at the next level. Please check your email for a confirmation. USA Today Network NFL reporters break down the draft position-by-position. Unfortunately for Baker, the most memorable play of his season and arguably his career is getting chased down from behind by a flying D.K. 2021 NFL Draft: Safety Rankings. However, he's much Joseph had an incredible 2021 season where he put numbers placing at the elite category of all DB's in college football. 2021 NFL Draft: Top Safeties Oregon defensive back Jevon Holland (8) had nine interceptions in two seasons at Eugene before opting out in 2020. Christopher Smith, Georgia HT: 5111 WT: 190 Year: Super Senior High School: Hapeville Charter (Atlanta, GA) Rating: 4-star (0.8991) Myles Murphy is a powerful edge rusher with the quick twitch qualities to develop, but he lacks a refined pass rush plan. That recklessness shows up a bit too often in coverage, but if that can be coached out of him, a drafting team is getting a heck of a player. Here are the top 10 safeties in this year's draft class, per PFF's NFL Draft Guide. As part of our ranking of the position groups in the 2023 NFL Draft class, we have the safeties ranked No. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NCAA player performance data. Luke Easterling. The 2021 NFL draft is just a couple of months away, so its time to update our prospect rankings for every position He is still a talented player, but perhaps his role is more limited than originally thought. He was far more consistent in Year 2, giving up half as many touchdowns in primary coverage (three to six) as his rookie year while his coverage grade jumped 10 points. His acceleration for a 6-foot-3 safety is what really makes him unique. It offers one of the best groups of slot cornerbacks in recent memory Much of that is because of the Vikings' Mike Zimmer-led defense, but Smith was the player who made all of those coverage shells work. Each can line up anywhere they are needed within the scheme and playing next to one another is clearly a force multiplier for their success. His ability to line up in any safety position within any coverage shell allowed the rest of the pieces to fall into place around him. By: CollegeFootballNews.com. Kyle Hamilton can do it all -- he has the perfect size and agility for the position combined with nice coverage skills, hard tackling, and Jaquan Brisker is a great athlete with an elite combination of speed, size, tackling, and natural coverage ability to be a pro-bowl level sa Hill has played all over the secondary for the Wolverines, and this versatility is always in demand in the NFL especially when paired with Aspiring college or profootball journalist? 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Another rookie who was far from overawed by the step up to the NFL, Antoine Winfield Jr. was a significant role player in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl campaign. Find out where your favorite Position stacks up against the 2023 class and view expert mock drafts. The 2023 NFL Draft safety class should provide a deep talent pool throughout Day 2 of the draft. I agree to receive the "Pick Six Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. Dax Hill | Michigan. The 2023 NFL draft is getting closer, and our analysts are building their draft boards. His in-season tape is clear evidence, but you can also watch the practice/training camp footage that emerges every year of James going one on one with Keenan Allen one of the best route-runners in the game and covering him like a blanket. He has eight forced fumbles over the past two seasons; a few pass rushers to have equally impressive forced fumble rates were Josh Allen and Brian Burns. He h Nick Cross is an intriguing prospect who is an elite athlete with outstanding speed and explosiveness. Reed Blankenship | Middle Tennessee State, https://draftwire.usatoday.com/gallery/2021-nfl-draft-rankings-safety-trevon-moehrig-jevon-holland-richie-grant/, 2023 NFL mock draft: New 1st-round projections with trades, 2023 NFL mock draft: Pre-combine 3-round forecast with trades, comp picks, 2023 NFL mock draft: New 3-round projections with trades, comp picks, 2023 NFL mock draft: 3-round projections after Senior Bowl week, 2023 NFL mock draft: 2-round projections with big trades, and a new No. One player who seems to sit atop big boards around the league is Brian Branch of Alabama. Thats all well and good, but it's fairly meaningless if you cant cover. The biggest thing preventing him from being the consensus best safety in the NFL is health. Its why I think he can be so skilled in a coverage-first role in a two-high scheme. All Scouts Average Position Rank 11. Safety in the NFL is, in truth, several different positions with wildly different responsibilities, and comparing them directly is tricky. Poyer allowed just 8.7 yards per reception from 55 targets last season. His 26 coverage stops over that span were the fourth most among Power Five defensive backs, as his 91 targets went for only 368 yards (4.0 yards per target). 2023 NFL Scouting Combine: See the prospects invited, by position, NBC Sports EDGE's 2023 NFL Draft Content Hub, 2023 NFL scouting combine: List of draft prospects, workout schedule, TV and streaming info. WebGet the latest NFL Draft prospect rankings from CBS Sports. Trenton Simpson and Drew Sanders will almost certainly be the first two linebackers off the board. 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