Both players have shown elite upside and play, but they havent been able to maintain that peak for as long as some others. Richie Grant, UCF (first round) 2. Four! Some of these players could fit more than one of these buckets, and in fact have throughout their careers, but this is where they sit right now based on the past couple of seasons. ', Greek transport minister resigns over train crash; 36 dead. Antonio Johnson's season was not as inspiring as the 2021 campaign, but he has a versatile skill set. 1. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NCAA player performance data. SUBSCRIBE TODAY TO DOWNLOAD THE 2023 NFL DRAFT GUIDE FOR AS LOW AS 9 of 11. No player has the production of Ji'Ayir Brown over the past two seasons. Budda Baker is a heat-seeking missile in the Arizona defense, amassing 160 defensive stops in just five seasons of play. Dax Hill | Michigan. You'll find the 40 time on the Y-axis and on the X-axis the weight in pounds. Safety in the NFL is, in truth, several different positions with wildly different responsibilities, and comparing them directly is tricky. If he cant show that play again this year, then it really may never happen again. 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. Big 12 Picks, Lines For Saturday, February 25, College Basketball Predictions, Lines, How To Watch: Sunday, February 26, NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections, 68 Team Predictions, Bubble Teams February 27, AP Poll Top 25 Projection College Basketball Rankings Prediction Week 17, Coaches Poll Top 25 Projection College Basketball Rankings Prediction Week 17, Coaches Poll Top 25 College Basketball Rankings Week 17, AP Poll Top 25 College Basketball Rankings Week 17. 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. He also has ideal size, loo Verone McKinley III was an elite high school player, a good college player but may only ever be an average pro. The fact that Martin also has 851 snaps at outside cornerback in his career most coming as a freshman and sophomore is icing on the cake for his pro projection. Similar to his twin brother Chase, Sydney can flat-out fly. We dont particularly know how hell fare if asked to expand his horizons in the NFL. Brown may very well have the best movement skills of any safety in the draft class. With the rise of two-high safety looks in the NFL, the slot position has evolved into an integral part of so many defenses around the league. On average, the league has been very consistent, drafting approximately 20 safeties per year over the past decade. Harrison Smith has long been the prototype for this group of safeties. 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Justin Reid, S, Stanford: Round 2, 5. 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 | Gipson missed just seven tackles from 80 attempts in 2020. Tier 1 consists of the players expected to be taken in the first round. After ranking the best players at every position as a part of PFF's 2021 NFL season preview, we have finally come to safeties. 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. 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. Forty Time Secs 4.49. All Rights Reserved. 2021 NFL draft: Safety rankings led by TCU's Trevon Moehrig USA TODAY Sports Network Prospect rankings by position: QB | RB | WR | TE | OL | Edge | DT | ILB | CB One could not find a pass rusher more productive than Will Anderson Jr. over the past two seasons. Sign up for our newsletter and get every update delivered to your inbox! Felix Anudike-Uzomah has 19.5 sacks over the past two years, but more impressive is the ball production. SAN DIEGO COUNTY CREDIT UNION HOLIDAY BOWL. Yet, Joseph makes this list because of how adeptly he sees the game. Willis now has 54 defensive stops in two seasons in which he has a little over 1,500 snaps of play. Ward is coming off a season in which he earned better-than-average PFF grades across every facet of play. The biggest thing preventing him from being the consensus best safety in the NFL is health. From a testing perspective, theres a chance he puts up the most lackluster numbers at the combine of any player on this list. 1, 2023 NFL mock draft: New 2-round projections for Senior Bowl week, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. At almost 34 years old, McCourty is coming off his lowest-graded season since 2011, when he was still playing cornerback for the Patriots. Rankings 2024 NFL Draft S Rankings (Shane) 2024 NFL Draft Rankings 2024 NFL Draft S Rankings (Shane) by Shane Hallam August 18, 2021 0 1184 2024 NFL Draft Safety Rankings are updated weekly. Subscribe to He has a thinner build that brings questions about his sustainability in the run game, but there is no doubt about his immediate upside as a pass rusher. Jordan Battle is another Saban safety with extensive playing experience. Christopher Smith, Georgia HT: 5111 WT: 190 Year: Super Senior High School: Hapeville Charter (Atlanta, GA) Rating: 4-star (0.8991) The best days of Devin McCourty may be in the past. USA Today Network NFL reporters break down the draft position-by-position. 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. Live picks, grades and reaction to the 2023 NFL Draft. DeShon Elliott, S, Texas: Round 1, 3. Savage is moving in the right direction but is still a little more flash than substance. 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. Teams looking to add some size, speed, physicality, and athleticism to their secondary will have their share of options at the safety Its why I think he can be so skilled in a coverage-first role in a two-high scheme. Safety Rankings: The 32 best safeties entering the 2021 NFL season. Theres nobody better at this than Derwin James. Please check your email for a confirmation. Something of a journeyman at the position, Tashaun Gipson Sr. is with his fourth team in the NFL, but his first year in Chicago was one of the best of his career and saw him post grades of at least 69.9 in every facet of play PFF measures. What was concerning about last season was how badly he was exposed in coverage within the Seahawks defense. Often forgotten men of the team, safeties can make a major difference to the quality of a defense and a secondary. Thats because, at 205 pounds, hes more than willing to mix it up. 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. Get ready for the 2023 NFL Draft with positional and Tuli Tuipulotu was used as an edge rusher in Los Angeles, but projects to the inside. JL Skinner will be one of the more impressive prospects in Indianapolis this week. 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. Mathieu hasnt been at his best for a few years now, but his alignment versatility makes him incredibly valuable to any defense. Even the players on this list need to have more strings to their bow than simply stuffing the run from heavy formations. He has amassed 10 interceptions, 4.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and one touchdown. Joseph is able to read route combinations and anticipate breaks in his sleep. But when the team traded Adams to Seattle, Maye was able to step into that role and show that he can also do a bit of everything well. 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. His 2022 tape is littered with such splash plays, as he attacks with no fear despite being on the smaller end for the position. Hand: 9.50. Hes extremely fluid for a 220-pounder and can easily be a tight end eraser at the next level. Lets take a look at the future enforcers in the NFL that have entered their name into the 2021 draft. Rankings the 2023 NFL Draft safety prospects with all of their scouting reports linked to their draft profile. College Senior Penn State. He possesses good size and physicality for the position with average range and physicality. 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. Just behind his teammate is Poyer, a similarly versatile safety who allows the Bills to run any kind of coverage shell they want to. But the ones that do often turn into quality starters in the NFL. 8:58 am ET. One player who seems to sit atop big boards around the league is Brian Branch of Alabama. A few years ago, this meant Earl Thomas-type players who occupied the single-high zone in defenses playing almost exclusively Cover 3 or Cover 1. 2021 NFL Draft: Safety Rankings. 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. Siaki Ika is a traditional nose tackle. 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. Maintaining high-level play in the secondary over time is an extremely difficult task, yet Simmons has had back-to-back excellent years for the Broncos. It offers one of the best groups of slot cornerbacks in recent memory along with some size-speed freaks and versatile safeties. Jack Campbell has great size and production for the linebacker position. The 2023 NFL draft is getting closer, and our analysts are building their draft boards. Now, those players. 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. He racked up 10 picks over the course of his career and allowed only 80 yards on 17 targets with Notre Dame this past season. And then his relatively long wingspan for a safety affords him leeway as a tackler. 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With the NFL Scouting Combine getting set to begin positional workouts, heres a look at the biggest combine snubs at each position in the 2023 NFL Draft Class. 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. 2021 NFL Draft: Top Safeties Oregon defensive back Jevon Holland (8) had nine interceptions in two seasons at Eugene before opting out in 2020. Coverage is king in todays NFL, and the safety position is pivoting toward players who excel deep downfield. PFF's exclusive metrics provide matchup previews, position rankings, grades, and snap counts. Here are the top 10 safeties in this year's draft class, per PFF's NFL Draft Guide. 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. The now fifth-year safety missed just two tackles from 67 attempts in 2020. 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, 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. The Fighting Illini secondary was no joke in 2022, and Martin was a big reason why. His 90.7 run-defense grade led all safeties in college football, while his 24 run stops ranked fifth most in the FBS. 1, 2023 NFL mock draft: New 2-round projections for Senior Bowl week, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. He made a lot of spectacular plays as a rookie yet was also on the wrong end of some big gains for the offense. WebSafety Rankings 2022 NFL Draft Home Positions S ALL QUARTERBACK RUNNING BACK WIDE RECEIVER TIGHT END OFFENSIVE LINE DEFENSIVE LINE EDGE LINEBACKER DEFENSIVE BACK #1 RANKED - SCOUTING REPORT 14 Kyle Hamilton POSITION RANK #1 OUR RATING 91.6 S All Scouts Average Overall Rank 4.8 All Scouts Average Position Rank 1 Height Feet WebThe NFL Draft Bible Primer Series concludes with a look at the top safety prospects, as we get set to depart for the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, buckle up! The singular position safety doesnt feel like it does justice to the kind of deployment the Panthers orchestrated for Jeremy Chinn in his rookie season. 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 Jevon Holland, Oregon (third round) 5. The 2021 NFL draft is just a couple of months away, so its time to update our prospect rankings for every position Branch missed only four of his 173 career tackle attempts. Even with that tremendous speed, though, it may surprise you to know that Brown was almost entirely a. safety this past fall (only 60 of his 742 snaps came deep). Here are the 10 most physical safety prospects in this class. You'll find the 40 time on the Y-axis and on the X-axis the weight in pounds. 2023 NFL Draft Safety Rankings includes a prospect ranking, a breakdown of scouting for the position, key questions about the position, and a link to learn more.. 2023 NFL Mock Draft Safety Rankings: Brian Branch, Alabama; Antonio Johnson, Texas A&M; Jordan Battle, Alabama; Jammie Robinson, Florida State Even with that tremendous speed, though, it may surprise you to know that Brown was almost entirely a box safety this past fall (only 60 of his 742 snaps came deep). 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. Alabama head coach Nick Saban entrusted Branch with a significant share of the responsibility in that scheme. Marcus Williams signed a big free agent deal this offseason and has been incredibly consistent in the NFL at a position where consistently high-end play is hard to come by. Will each look comfortable flipping their hips and running in coverage? 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. The issue for James has been injuries. 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 His acceleration for a 6-foot-3 safety is what really makes him unique. Amos has been the leagues best-graded safety over the past two seasons. By: CollegeFootballNews.com. After ranking the best players at every position as a part of PFF's 2021 NFL season preview, we Jamar Johnson, Indiana (fourth round) 8. Over the last two seasons, Simmons has the No. We've compared players post combine 40 times and weight and charted them on the scatter chart below. See his 2022 and 2023 Rankings as well! Adams is a better player than he showed last season in Seattle, albeit likely not one good enough to justify the two first-round picks in the trade that took him there. Savage recorded four picks and seven pass breakups and made several critical hits last year. Byards play has dropped off recently after two seasons of spectacular PFF grades above 85.0. Battle is sort of a jack-of-all-trades, but a master of none. All the while, hes been an outstanding tackler (7.3% career missed tackle rate) and developed into a difference-maker in coverage. Jessie Bates III is only a year removed from a 90.1 PFF grade and a truly elite season for the Bengals. Now, those players are linebackers, particularly in sub packages, and the league has come to covet other skills for strong safeties. 2024 NFL Draft Position Rankings: QB | RB | FB | WR | TE | OT | G | C | DE | DT | NT | 3-4 OLB | 3-4 DE | OLB | ILB | CB | S | K | P Johnathan Abram, S, Mississippi State Height: 5-11. If Porter tests to his potential in Indianapolis this week, he is going to go early. PFF BIG BOARD RANK: 112. 2021 NFL Draft Safety Rankings 1. Thats all well and good, but it's fairly meaningless if you cant cover. Jaquan Brisker is a SS prospect in the 2022 draft class. Updated safety rankings for the 2021 NFL draft. Reed Blankenship | Middle Tennessee State, 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. Before that, Harris generated 10 picks and an overall PFF grade of 90.6 over the previous two seasons combined. Athletic testing and measurements at the NFL combine this week will either confirm what was seen on tape or inspire a second look. Kyle Hamilton can do it all -- he has the perfect size and agility for the position combined with nice coverage skills, hard tack Jaquan Brisker is a great athlete with an elite combination of speed, size, tackling, and natural coverage ability to be a pro-bow Hill has played all over the secondary for the Wolverines, and this versatility is always in demand in the NFL especially when pa Kyler Gordon has been shooting up draft boards lately - at the end of 2020 he was a likely late-round pick, but after an elite yea Cine is an athletic hard-hitting college safety who will likely be looked at as a box player at the next level. In a four-year career, he has played just over 2,000 snaps, which is essentially half of the available playing time. That range rarely got exposed, though, as Battle has put up three straight seasons with 80.0-plus coverage grades. The 2021 NFL draft is just a couple of months away, so its time to update our prospect rankings for every position group in this years class. Keeanu Benton is a proven run stopper who showed a bit more pass-rush potential at the Senior Bowl. 2018 NFL Draft Safety Rankings - DraftUtopia.com S Rankings 2017 NFL Safety Rankings Projected Rounds: 1. Which prospects should boost their draft stock at the NFL Scouting Combine? Trenton Simpson and Drew Sanders will almost certainly be the first two linebackers off the board. 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. 2021 NFL Draft Safety Rankings Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak. Thats because, at 205 pounds, hes more than willing to mix it up. 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. April 14, 2021 10:50 am ET. DeShon Elliott, S, Texas: Round 1, 3. Auburn at Alabama Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview, DePaul at UConn Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview, Maryland at Ohio State Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview, Pitt at Notre Dame Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview, Oklahoma at Kansas State Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview, Chicago State at Gonzaga Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview, Vanderbilt at Kentucky Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview, Xavier at Providence Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview, Texas at TCU Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview, Privacy Notice / Your California Privacy Rights. Tier 2 are the players projected to be taken Day 2. From the college perspective, here are the best safety prospects in the 2022 NFL Draft. Antoine Winfield Jr. may be entering only his third year in the league, but he hit the ground running for a Super Bowl team and then backed that up with an 86.1 PFF grade that ranked second in the league last year. Tier 3 are the Round 4-5 caliber players. 6-keys: media/spln/nfl/draft/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. 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: Sign up for the The Draft Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. 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. 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. Hes proven to be exceedingly versatile, playing 510 snaps in the box, 682 deep and 259 from the slot for his career. 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. You wont find many true freshman starters on defense at Alabama for head coach Nick Saban. Similarly, Justin Simmons 90.7 PFF grade from 2019 represents his career-high by more than 10 grading points. He is still a talented player, but perhaps his role is more limited than originally thought. Production often translates and Anderson has the height, weight and speed to be a top-10 edge rusher in the NFL. Clark is a player the Baltimore Ravens love to deploy all over the formation and can use him in pretty much every way, including rushing the passer. Experienced Jammie Robinson comes in at No. Nolan Smith missed time with injury this year, but he is slippery around the corner. Some team sources said they graded Davis in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. 1 overall PFF grade at the position and is the only safety who has put up a 90.0-plus grade over that time. Over the past two seasons, he has 10 picks and four pass breakups. Smith may be declining from his elite best (his past two seasons have earned PFF grades of 74.3 and 77.9, down from 90.0-plus), but he still ranked 12th at the position in 2021 for a defense that lost a lot of talent. Myles Murphy is a powerful edge rusher with the quick twitch qualities to develop, but he lacks a refined pass rush plan. Mar 18, 2021. There were similar concerns with Jaycee Horn coming out of South Carolina: handsy downfield in coverage and a high missed tackle rate. Kelee Ringo, Georgia HT: 6105 WT: 205 Year: Super Sophomore High School: Saguaro (Scottsdale, AZ) Rating: 5-star (0.9976) Kelee Ringo has all of the makings of an elite safety prospect, perhaps even generational. https://draftwire.usatoday.com/lists/2023-nfl-draft-rankings-safety-brian-branch-antonio-johnson-jordan-battle/, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Bench: 16. Techie with an interesting slant on player evaluation? Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. WebGet the latest NFL Draft prospect rankings from CBS Sports. Find out where your favorite Safeties stacks up against the 2023 class and view expert mock drafts. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. Sanders, an Alabama transfer, has spot edge rusher potential in addition to having the size necessary to hold up at the point of attack. 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. Dugger faced 84 targets in coverage over his first two seasons in the league, allowing 58 catches for 9.3 yards per reception. Since moving to Pittsburgh and being allowed to play his natural position, Fitzpatrick has blossomed into one of the best safeties in the NFL. But. As part of Athlon Sports' 2020 NFL Draft Guide, we have ranked each position, including 45 total safeties. Brian Branch is a flex defender capable of playing safety, fulfilling the nickel-back role and even playing on the boundary in a pinch. His range is average at best, and his change-of-direction ability doesn't come close to that of others on this list. The Florida State product posted an overall PFF grade of 87.8 as a rookie, but he has played just 299 total snaps in the two seasons since. Ncaa player performance data his first two linebackers off the board felix Anudike-Uzomah has sacks. Are very good for a safety of his size, and the safety position is pivoting toward who. 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