linebackers, particularly in sub packages, and the league has come to covet other skills for strong safeties. Get ready for the 2023 NFL Draft with positional and Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer each fit into this category for the Buffalo Bills and together may form the best safety duo in the league. Hes missed 14.9% of his tackle attempts in his career and will have some ugly ones when asked to wrap up from a standstill. Dax Hill | Michigan. Hes been starting since he was a true freshman at South Carolina in 2019 and now has 2,909 career snaps to his name. Thats because, at 205 pounds, hes more than willing to mix it up. How do the top players at every position stack up? Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. 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. His 90.7 run-defense grade led all safeties in college football, while his 24 run stops ranked fifth most in the FBS. 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. Antonio Johnson's season was not as inspiring as the 2021 campaign, but he has a versatile skill set. A seventh-round rookie, Kamren Curl was one of the steals of the draft a year ago, one of the standout rookies of the season. He h Nick Cross is an intriguing prospect who is an elite athlete with outstanding speed and explosiveness. Over the past two seasons, Martin has missed all of seven tackles on 129 attempts. 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. PFF BIG BOARD RANK: 112. 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. College Senior Penn State. Ranking safeties in todays NFL is becoming increasingly complex because of defensive evolutions and the various roles the position encompasses. Weight Lbs 199lbs. Mathieu hasnt been at his best for a few years now, but his alignment versatility makes him incredibly valuable to any defense. Yet, Joseph makes this list because of how adeptly he sees the game. Noah Sewell is the younger brother of Lions offensive tackle Penei Sewell. 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. 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. NFL Draft Buzz is on the lookout for new contributors who would like a chance showcase their perspectives on the NFL draft. 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 led by TCU's Trevon Moehrig USA TODAY Sports Network Prospect rankings by position: QB | RB | WR | TE | OL | Edge | DT | ILB | CB Heres our updated list of this years top safety prospects: Sign up for the The Draft Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. 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. Here are the top 10 safeties in this year's draft class, per PFF's NFL Draft Guide. 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. Smith can really cover some ground. Live picks, grades and reaction to the 2023 NFL Draft. Battle is sort of a jack-of-all-trades, but a master of none. But both before and after that play, Williams has been one of the best in the NFL. Jordan Battle is another Saban safety with extensive playing experience. Just behind his teammate is Poyer, a similarly versatile safety who allows the Bills to run any kind of coverage shell they want to. 2023 NFL Draft Safety Rankings are updated weekly. Buffalo runs a scheme that puts them in position to succeed, but they take advantage of it extremely well on their own. Simpson will be one of the top performers at the NFL combine this week. Last season saw him earn a career-high PFF coverage grade (68.9). Similar to his twin brother Chase, Sydney can flat-out fly. Safety Rankings: The 32 best safeties entering the 2021 NFL season. S. All Scouts Average Overall Rank 42.9. Thats Branchs game. Which prospects should boost their draft stock at the NFL Scouting Combine? Get ready for the 2023 NFL Draft with positional and big board rankings from the team at The NFL Draft Bible. 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. Coverage is king in todays NFL, and the safety position is pivoting toward players who excel deep downfield. Keilahn Harris, Oklahoma Baptist, rJr, 5096, 179, 4.45e, No.33 ranked WR. 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. 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. 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. All Rights Reserved. Ranking safeties in todays NFL is becoming increasingly complex because of defensive evolutions and the various roles the position encompasses. 15. Before that, Harris generated 10 picks and an overall PFF grade of 90.6 over the previous two seasons combined. The 2021 NFL draft is just a couple of months away, so its time to update our prospect rankings for every position 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 biggest weakness has been a lack of plays on the football, with just two picks and 25 pass breakups across seven years of play. Christian Gonzalez will certainly check the height, weight and speed boxes, and the same is true of Kelee Ringo. The safety Savage is moving in the right direction but is still a little more flash than substance. He possesses good size and physicality for the position with average range and physicality. Gipson missed just seven tackles from 80 attempts in 2020. This has been true for a long time, but it seems to be getting more extreme. In many schemes, a switch to linebacker may even be in the cards. Hand: 9.50. DeShon Elliott, S, Texas: Round 1, 3. Adams was often deployed in favorable coverage matchups with the Jets, but he was on the receiving end of that too often in 2020. 2024 Rankings 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. SAN DIEGO COUNTY CREDIT UNION HOLIDAY BOWL. 2021 NFL Draft Safety Rankings Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak. Safety in the NFL is, in truth, several different positions with wildly different responsibilities, and comparing them directly is tricky. 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). 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. We've compared players 40 times and weight and charted them on the scatter chart below. He scored an unofficial 9.11 RAS at the Combine out of a possible 10.00. Visit CBSSports.com for an aggregate look at the2023 NFL Draft prospect rankings! Tuli Tuipulotu was used as an edge rusher in Los Angeles, but projects to the inside. DeShon Elliott, S, Texas: Round 1, 3. 1, 2023 NFL mock draft: New 2-round projections for Senior Bowl week, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. 2021 NFL Draft: Safety Rankings. Bates tallied a ridiculous 12 pass breakups to go along with three interceptions on the season despite playing the bulk of his snaps in the middle of the field, where those plays are hard to come by. 1 overall PFF grade at the position and is the only safety who has put up a 90.0-plus grade over that time. But the ones that do often turn into quality starters in the NFL. 2022 NFL Draft Safety Rankings Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak. 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). The Fighting Illini secondary was no joke in 2022, and Martin was a big reason why. On average, the league has been very consistent, drafting approximately 20 safeties per year over the past decade. PFF's exclusive metrics provide matchup previews, position rankings, grades, and snap counts. 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. Height Feet 6-1. 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 This most recent season saw him post career-low marks in overall grade (65.8) and coverage grade (61.5), which drags him outside of the top 10, such is the strength of competition. His overall PFF grade dropped, but he was still above average in every facet of play that PFF measures. You'll now receive the top The Draft Wire stories each day directly in your inbox. It offers one of the best groups of slot cornerbacks in recent memory along with some size-speed freaks and versatile safeties. Luke Easterling. As part of our ranking of the position groups in the 2023 NFL Draft class, we have the safeties ranked No. Heres how we stack this years safety class: 1. From the college perspective, here are the best safety prospects in the 2022 NFL Draft. Sign up for our newsletter and get every update delivered to your inbox! at Now, those players are linebackers, particularly in sub packages, and the league has come to covet other skills for strong safeties. 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 | Another strong candidate to hear his name called on Day Three of the draft, Harris was one It is difficult to find quality interior pass rushers so that makes a player with Carter's skill set even more valuable. 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. 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. That size does show up at points as a tackler, though. He can get a little wild as a tackler, although when he does catch a ball carrier cleanly, they stop in their tracks. Marcus Maye was the deep-lying free safety who allowed Jamal Adams to be the do-it-all star in the Jets secondary. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. Tier 1 consists of the players expected to be taken in the first round. Techie with an interesting slant on player evaluation? All the while, hes been an outstanding tackler (7.3% career missed tackle rate) and developed into a difference-maker in coverage. The issue for James has been injuries. 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. the ones that do often turn into quality starters in the NFL. 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. 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 2023 NFL Draft safety class should provide a deep talent pool throughout Day 2 of the draft. Here are the 10 most physical safety prospects in this class. 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. Trenton Simpson and Drew Sanders will almost certainly be the first two linebackers off the board. Four! Projected Round (2019): 1-2. He has converted three of his five interceptions into touchdowns over the past three seasons. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NCAA player performance data. Justin Reid, S, Stanford: Round 2, 5. Send feedback and thoughts to @ShanePHallam. New Orleans, LA, USA; Kansas State Wildcats wide receiver Phillip Brooks (8) runs the ball against Alabama Crimson Tide defensive back Brian Branch (14) during the first half in the 2022 Sugar Bowl at Caesars Superdome. 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. Dugger faced 84 targets in coverage over his first two seasons in the league, allowing 58 catches for 9.3 yards per reception. He is coming off a season with a career-high 90.4 overall PFF grade and a 90.9 coverage grade. 2023 NFL Draft Eligible Safety Prospects 1. Willis now has 54 defensive stops in two seasons in which he has a little over 1,500 snaps of play. From a testing perspective, theres a chance he puts up the most lackluster numbers at the combine of any player on this list. 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. Ward is coming off a season in which he earned better-than-average PFF grades across every facet of play. He made a lot of spectacular plays as a rookie yet was also on the wrong end of some big gains for the offense. Clark is good enough at everything to be the kind of versatility player the Ravens covet in their secondary. After ranking the best players at every position as a part of PFF's 2021 NFL season preview, we have finally come to safeties. 2021 NFL Draft Safety Rankings 1. 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. This past season, he allowed only 17 catches on 32 targets for 176 yards with four picks and three pass breakups. Hes elite when on the field, but he needs to stay healthy. Byards play has dropped off recently after two seasons of spectacular PFF grades above 85.0. He has three 80.0-plus PFF run-defense grades in his first five seasons, and his versatility allows him to move around the defense, playing plenty as a free safety and in the slot. Teams looking to add some size, speed, physicality, and athleticism to their secondary will have their share of options at the safety He is still a talented player, but perhaps his role is more limited than originally thought. Its why I think he can be so skilled in a coverage-first role in a two-high scheme. 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. There were similar concerns with Jaycee Horn coming out of South Carolina: handsy downfield in coverage and a high missed tackle rate. Theres nobody better at this than Derwin James. His ability to adjust on the fly and break laterally is arguably the best in the draft class. Budda Baker is a heat-seeking missile in the Arizona defense, amassing 160 defensive stops in just five seasons of play. 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. If Porter tests to his potential in Indianapolis this week, he is going to go early. 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. Find out where your favorite Safeties stacks up against the 2023 class and view expert mock drafts. Bench: 16. Forty Time Secs 4.49. Sign Up. Lets dive into PFF's top 32 safeties entering the 2021 NFL season. Amos is often underrated and overlooked because he doesnt make as many spectacular plays as other safeties he has just nine interceptions in six years but he produced the highest PFF coverage grade among all safeties in 2020 (91.5), with seven pass breakups and three picks on the year. The NFL combine will be important in sorting through the top of the cornerback group. 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. One could not find a pass rusher more productive than Will Anderson Jr. over the past two seasons. This site is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with these schools or teams. Its the 2022 NFL Drafts most underappreciated group at maybe the most Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. 1. The former Notre Dame star had a relative down year in 2020, but he still recorded five picks, five pass breakups and better-than-average grades in every facet of play. 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. Keeanu Benton is a proven run stopper who showed a bit more pass-rush potential at the Senior Bowl. WebGet the latest NFL Draft prospect rankings from CBS Sports. Will each look comfortable flipping their hips and running in coverage? 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. 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. 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. You wont find many true freshman starters on defense at Alabama for head coach Nick Saban. Over the past two seasons, he has 10 picks and four pass breakups. 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. Heres how we stack this years safety class: Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via USA TODAY Sports, Sign up for the The Draft Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. 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. Even the players on this list need to have more strings to their bow than simply stuffing the run from heavy formations. 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. 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. Curl could be primed for a big sophomore campaign. Its exactly the role he handled for the Aggies the past two seasons. 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. Its a big part of the reason hes such a good tackler. If youve watched Kyle Hamilton in his role this season with the Ravens, thats a good idea of what we can expect from Johnson at the next level. PFF's exclusive metrics provide matchup previews, position rankings, grades, and snap counts. Now that he has an opportunity to play within a better defense again, we should see a rebound performance in 2022. You wont find a more experienced safety in the draft class than Robinson. 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. Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. Having a slot player who can fill in in run support with authority makes defensive coordinators far more comfortable taking their safeties out of the box. She said the support she got from other teams was 'overwhelming. 9 of 11. Over the last two seasons, Simmons has the No. Tyree Gillespie, Missouri. 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Johnson has earned overall PFF and coverage grades of at least 80.0 in every healthy season he has played in the NFL, and now he gets the opportunity to show he can stay at that incredible level with a new team after his offseason move to Cleveland. Sign up for our newsletter and get every update delivered to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE TODAY TO DOWNLOAD THE 2023 NFL DRAFT GUIDE FOR AS LOW AS 8:58 am ET. Branch missed only four of his 173 career tackle attempts. 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? 2,909 career snaps to his name, Robinson has been an excellent tackler. 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