Devin Taylor S Bowling Green | NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report
Devin Taylor S Bowling Green
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report
| ROLE: Man-Zone Box/Strong Safety | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Updated: 03/16/2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draft Year: 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40 time: 4.62 seconds (30%*) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ROLE: Man-Zone Box/Strong Safety | |
| Last Updated: 03/16/2021 | |
| Draft Year: 2021 | |
| 40 time: 4.62 seconds (30%*) | |
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| Overall Rating: | 66.0 / 100 | |
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| Average rating of opposition Offense player has faced | ||
| Offense Rating: |
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79% |
| Click the links below to view how player ranks vs other prospects. | ||
| QB Rating When targeted: | 65.8 | |
| Tackling: |
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60% |
| Run Defense: |
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61% |
| Coverage: |
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62% |
| Zone: |
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62% |
| Man/Press: |
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61% |
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DRAFT PROJECTION:
5th
Overall Rank:
#162
Position rank:
#43
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| College Games: 40 College Snaps: 2603 | ||
Strengths
- Savvy cover skills to recognize and anticipate routes. Understands what's coming and has good ball skills.
- Extremely aggressive to come up and put his body in traffic to make tackles.
- Good instincts and anticipation reads and reacts with discipline. Dangerous with the ball in his hands.
- Physical, sheds defenders and works off blocks. Good toughness with recognition skills to fight through traffic and blow up screens.
- Trusts his eyes with very good awareness. Has very good reaction skills to break quickly on the ball.
Weaknesses
- Will slip off tackles and needs to finish more consistently.
- Needs to tighten his angles in pursuit. Needs to show better tackling technique to consistently finish.
- Opens his hips too early and allows himself to get turned around in coverage.
- Takes poor angles on the ball and lacks the pure speed to chase down the ballcarrier.
- Lacks the timed speed to mirror and maintain contact downfield. Loses the ball on slow-developing plays and has a tendency to reach and grab when he gets antsy.
How other scouting services rate Devin Taylor (Overall Rank)
All Scouts AverageOverall Rank
352.8
All Scouts AveragePosition Rank
140.0
*Percentile Ranking in Player's Position Group (NFL Combine Historical Data): This percentile reflects how a player's specific statistics rank
in comparison to historical performances at the NFL Combine, specifically within their position group. A higher percentile indicates a better performance.
For instance, being in the 90th percentile for a particular stat means the player outperformed 90% of their peers in that category.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.