She said the support she got from other teams was 'overwhelming. Matthew OHaren-USA TODAY Sports. Catch up with our positional rankings here. Ronnie Harrison, S, Alabama: Round 1, 4. The 2023 NFL Draft safety class should provide a deep talent pool throughout Day 2 of the draft. 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. Watching him, you get the real sense that he is on the precipice of being a genuinely great player rather than the very good one that he is right now. Kyzir White, S, West Virginia: Round 2, 6. Dax Hill | Michigan. Simpson will be one of the top performers at the NFL combine this week. 2023 NFL Draft Free Safety Rankings John Vogel October 31, 2022 in 2023 Rankings - 6 Minutes 1. Coverage is king in todays NFL, and the safety position is pivoting toward players who excel deep downfield. at You wont find many true freshman starters on defense at Alabama for head coach Nick Saban. After ranking the best players at every position as a part of PFF's 2021 NFL season preview, we have finally come to safeties. 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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. Thats because, at 205 pounds, hes more than willing to mix it up. You'll now receive the top The Draft Wire stories each day directly in your inbox. The agility that Robinson plays with for a 200-plus-pound safety makes me think he missed his calling as a running back. Still, at his age, it feels wise to err on the side of caution. One player who seems to sit atop big boards around the league is Brian Branch of Alabama. Jackson had one of the best seasons we have ever seen at the safety position back in 2018, earning an overall PFF grade of 93.2 and a coverage grade of 94.7, but since Vic Fangio left town to coach the Broncos, Jacksons elite play has evaporated and he has posted seasons of 67.0 and 59.5 in terms of PFF grade. 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. Brian Branch is a flex defender capable of playing safety, fulfilling the nickel-back role and even playing on the boundary in a pinch. Jordan Battle, Alabama, Sr, 6-2, 210 2. Weight Lbs 199lbs. 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. And then his relatively long wingspan for a safety affords him leeway as a tackler. Hes one of the best true backend players in the draft class. ', Greek transport minister resigns over train crash; 36 dead. It would have been easy for Marcus Williams to allow his career to be haunted by the Minneapolis Miracle, when he showed up with the worst single play of his career at the biggest moment. 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. 75 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft. 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. This has been true for a long time, but it seems to be getting more extreme. 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. 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. 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. If Byard can bounce back to his best, he is a top-10 safety in this league. Forty Time Secs 4.49. Christopher Smith, Georgia HT: 5111 WT: 190 Year: Super Senior High School: Hapeville Charter (Atlanta, GA) Rating: 4-star (0.8991) Now that he has an opportunity to play within a better defense again, we should see a rebound performance in 2022. Safety in the NFL is, in truth, several different positions with wildly different responsibilities, and comparing them directly is tricky. Armani Watts, S, Texas A&M: Round 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. You'll find the 40 time on the Y-axis and on the X-axis the weight in pounds. 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. Armani Watts, S, Texas A&M: Round 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. 2021 NFL draft rankings: Safety. Get ready for the 2023 NFL Draft with positional and PFF's exclusive metrics provide matchup previews, position rankings, grades, and snap counts. SAN DIEGO COUNTY CREDIT UNION HOLIDAY BOWL. His acceleration for a 6-foot-3 safety is what really makes him unique. You'll find the 40 time on the Y-axis and on the X-axis the weight in pounds. 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. Buffalo runs a scheme that puts them in position to succeed, but they take advantage of it extremely well on their own. His biggest issue was with missed tackles, with 16 total on the year. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) 2. 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. His 2022 tape is littered with such splash plays, as he attacks with no fear despite being on the smaller end for the position. 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. Thornhills second season was something of a letdown, given how good he was in his first, but a torn ACL in Week 17 of that debut season probably impacted his play in Year 2. 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. 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 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. Arm: 31.13. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports. 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). Heres how we stack this years safety class: 1. 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. Your inbox approves See the data Golfweek's top news 's best, via Find out where your favorite Safeties stacks up against the 2023 class and view expert mock drafts. Tier 3 are the Round 4-5 caliber players. 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. 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. Before that, Harris generated 10 picks and an overall PFF grade of 90.6 over the previous two seasons combined. Its a rough NFL Draft year for several positions, but safety is sneaky-good. 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. Chinn lined up all over the formation and was more of a matchup weapon than just a safety he played at least 20 snaps at free safety, in the box, covering the slot, lined up as a wide cornerback covering tight ends or backs and even stacked up at the line of scrimmage looking to threaten as part of the pressure package. He can get a little wild as a tackler, although when he does catch a ball carrier cleanly, they stop in their tracks. By: CollegeFootballNews.com. April 14, 2021 10:50 am ET. Find out where your favorite Position stacks up against the 2023 class and view expert mock drafts. 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. Jackson has earned three of the best five overall PFF grades of his career since turning 30 and is coming off back-to-back years with a mark north of 80.0 overall. 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. Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. 2024 Rankings Theres nobody better at this than Derwin James. 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. Felix Anudike-Uzomah has 19.5 sacks over the past two years, but more impressive is the ball production. 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. There were similar concerns with Jaycee Horn coming out of South Carolina: handsy downfield in coverage and a high missed tackle rate. Thats Branchs game. The issue for James has been injuries. 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. DeShon Elliott, S, Texas: Round 1, 3. Winfield is a playmaker and exceptionally good in coverage, where his ability to read the play quickly really comes to the fore. WebGet the latest NFL Draft prospect rankings from CBS Sports. Coverage is king in todays NFL, and the safety position is pivoting toward players who excel deep downfield. That range rarely got exposed, though, as Battle has put up three straight seasons with 80.0-plus coverage grades. Kyzir White, S, West Virginia: Round 2, 6. Brown may very well have the best movement skills of any safety in the draft class. Four! Over the past two seasons, he has 177 pass-rushing snaps on the blitz and has racked up 27 total pressures on those rushes. It offers one of the best groups of slot cornerbacks in recent memory along with some size-speed freaks and versatile safeties. Rankings the 2023 NFL Draft safety prospects with all of their scouting reports linked to their draft profile. 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. The worry is what happens when he cant play around the line of scrimmage. Savage is moving in the right direction but is still a little more flash than substance. Ronnie Harrison, S, Alabama: Round 1, 4. From a testing perspective, theres a chance he puts up the most lackluster numbers at the combine of any player on this list. But the ones that do often turn into quality starters in the NFL. See his 2022 and 2023 Rankings as well! https://draftwire.usatoday.com/lists/2022-nfl-draft-rankings-safety-kyle-hamilton-dax-hill-jaquan-brisker-lewis-cine/, 12. The 2023 NFL draft is getting closer, and our analysts are building their draft boards. One could not find a pass rusher more productive than Will Anderson Jr. over the past two seasons. Super informed fan? 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. 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. 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. He has amassed 10 interceptions, 4.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and one touchdown. Some of that play is built off the back of a couple of exceptional games, but he now has nine picks and 11 pass breakups over the last two seasons, including the playoffs. 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. 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. Alabama head coach Nick Saban entrusted Branch with a significant share of the responsibility in that scheme. On average, the league has been very consistent, drafting approximately 20 safeties per year over the past decade. Bench: 16. Hamsah Nasirildeen, Florida State (third round) 6. 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. 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. Joseph is able to read route combinations and anticipate breaks in his sleep. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. Noah Sewell is the younger brother of Lions offensive tackle Penei Sewell. 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. 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. 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. This past season, he allowed only 17 catches on 32 targets for 176 yards with four picks and three pass breakups. 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. 2023 NFL Mock Draft: Panthers trade up for their QB, NFL combine burning questions: Young's size and more, NFL combine 2023 snubs and how other non-invites fared, Young-Richardson: Debate between production, potential, NFL combine 2023: Dates, times, how to watch, prospects, 2023 NFL Mock Draft: Colts, Bucs trade up for QBs, NFL Draft: Defensive positional rankings pre-combine, Seven burning questions for the NFL combine, Top DL prospect Carter tied to crash that killed teammate, Report: PGA Tour trimming some fields, ending cuts, Seahawks hint at drafting QB while talking deal with Smith, Kane trade grades: Rangers ace deal for former MVP, Detroit's Davis closing in on Maravich NCAA scoring mark, Trade tracker: Kings' Quick era ends with deal to Jackets. 2022 NFL Draft Safety Rankings Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak. S. All Scouts Average Overall Rank 42.9. 8:58 am ET. 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. He has converted three of his five interceptions into touchdowns over the past three seasons. 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. Justin Reid, S, Stanford: Round 2, 5. The 2023 NFL Draft safety class should provide a deep talent pool throughout Day 2 of the draft. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. 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. Antonio Johnson's season was not as inspiring as the 2021 campaign, but he has a versatile skill set. What was concerning about last season was how badly he was exposed in coverage within the Seahawks defense. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. He is a tall, high-waisted player capable of flashing downhill or impacting pass lanes. Its a big part of the reason hes such a good tackler. He was one of the most reliable slot defenders in the country, especially in tracking down ball carriers. Sign up for our newsletter and get every update delivered to your inbox! Siaki Ika is a traditional nose tackle. Hes elite when on the field, but he needs to stay healthy. 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. John Johnson III backed up his fine play in Los Angeles with a solid year in Cleveland. 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. He carries one of the highest floors in the class. In a four-year career, he has played just over 2,000 snaps, which is essentially half of the available playing time. Updated safety rankings for the 2021 NFL draft. 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 exactly the role he handled for the Aggies the past two seasons. They feel he is not strong or physical enough for the NFL because he missed a Branch missed only four of his 173 career tackle attempts. 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. No player has the production of Ji'Ayir Brown over the past two seasons. Although Justin Reid is coming off some ugly grading, we saw earlier in his career what he is capable of in a defense that doesnt shed all of its talent around him. Harris hit free agency coming off a season in which he graded at just 63.6 in coverage, and it meant he could only manage a cheap, one-year contract with Philadelphia. 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. 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. 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. 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. Clark is good enough at everything to be the kind of versatility player the Ravens covet in their secondary. DeShon Elliott, S, Texas: Round 1, 3. Nolan Smith missed time with injury this year, but he is slippery around the corner. 2021 NFL Draft: Safety Rankings. We've compared players 40 times and weight and charted them on the scatter chart below. 6-keys: media/spln/nfl/draft/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. Jackson is still just 26 and has too much talent to never find elite play again, but he needs to find a solution this offseason. 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. He carries one of the highest floors in the class. Get ready for the 2023 NFL Draft with positional and big board rankings from the team at The NFL Draft Bible. All the while, hes been an outstanding tackler (7.3% career missed tackle rate) and developed into a difference-maker in coverage. This site is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with these schools or teams. Most importantly, though, Branch finishes plays. 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. 1, 2023 NFL mock draft: New 2-round projections for Senior Bowl week, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. 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 | 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. Battle is sort of a jack-of-all-trades, but a master of none. 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. 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. Projected Round (2019): 1-2. Mathieu hasnt been at his best for a few years now, but his alignment versatility makes him incredibly valuable to any defense. Poyer allowed just 8.7 yards per reception from 55 targets last season. 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. Visit CBSSports.com for an aggregate look at the2023 NFL Draft prospect rankings! But both before and after that play, Williams has been one of the best in the NFL. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. Jack Campbell has great size and production for the linebacker position. See his 2024 Rankings as well! Peppers has made 27 defensive stops in each of the past two seasons and has at least 10 total pressures in each of the last three. 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. It is difficult to find quality interior pass rushers so that makes a player with Carter's skill set even more valuable. Despite his size, Gillespie It offers one of the best groups of slot cornerbacks in recent memory Derwin James, S, Florida State: Round 1, 2. Ranking safeties in todays NFL is becoming increasingly complex because of defensive evolutions and the various roles the position encompasses. Keilahn Harris, Oklahoma Baptist, rJr, 5096, 179, 4.45e, No.33 ranked WR. Smith can really cover some ground. Since moving to Pittsburgh and being allowed to play his natural position, Fitzpatrick has blossomed into one of the best safeties in the NFL. 2023 NFL Draft Eligible Safety Prospects 1. Tyrann Mathieu is a complete and versatile player who has been a difference-maker within the Chiefs defense since he arrived there. Hes been starting since he was a true freshman at South Carolina in 2019 and now has 2,909 career snaps to his name. But. Byards play has dropped off recently after two seasons of spectacular PFF grades above 85.0. 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The obvious name missing is Penn State's Joey Porter Jr. Henry To'o'To'o had a higher grade last year than his teammate, Christian Harris, who went No. * No. The now fifth-year safety missed just two tackles from 67 attempts in 2020. 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. 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