Safety in the NFL is, in truth, several different positions with wildly different responsibilities, and comparing them directly is tricky. Now, those players. Thats a tremendous rate for a player often working out in space. As part of Athlon Sports' 2020 NFL Draft Guide, we have ranked each position, including 45 total safeties. 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. 1 overall PFF grade at the position and is the only safety who has put up a 90.0-plus grade over that time. linebackers, particularly in sub packages, and the league has come to covet other skills for strong safeties. Brisker is one spot behind Michigan s Dax Hill. Clark is good enough at everything to be the kind of versatility player the Ravens covet in their secondary. Brown may very well have the best movement skills of any safety in the draft class. 2024 Rankings 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. Thats Branchs game. Kyzir White, S, West Virginia: Round 2, 6. We've compared players 40 times and weight and charted them on the scatter chart below. 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. 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. 2023 NFL Draft S Rankings (Shane) by Shane Hallam August 17, 2022 0 1430. There were similar concerns with Jaycee Horn coming out of South Carolina: handsy downfield in coverage and a high missed tackle rate. 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. 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. Will each look comfortable flipping their hips and running in coverage? She said the support she got from other teams was 'overwhelming. Hand: 9.50. Amos has been the leagues best-graded safety over the past two seasons. Lets take a look at the future enforcers in the NFL that have entered their name into the 2021 draft. Super informed fan? Nolan Smith missed time with injury this year, but he is slippery around the corner. The 2023 NFL Draft safety class should provide a deep talent pool throughout Day 2 of the 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. Thats because, at 205 pounds, hes more than willing to mix it up. College Senior Penn State. 9 of 11. Poyer allowed just 8.7 yards per reception from 55 targets last season. Similar to his twin brother Chase, Sydney can flat-out fly. 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. 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 Tier 2 are the players projected to be taken Day 2. Get ready for the 2023 NFL Draft with positional and Mandatory Credit: Andrew Wevers-USA TODAY Sports. 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. Keilahn Harris, Oklahoma Baptist, rJr, 5096, 179, 4.45e, No.33 ranked WR. 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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. Mathieu hasnt been at his best for a few years now, but his alignment versatility makes him incredibly valuable to any defense. 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. 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. After ranking the best players at every position as a part of PFF's 2021 NFL season preview, we 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. Hes extremely fluid for a 220-pounder and can easily be a tight end eraser at the next level. 250+ three-page scouting profiles - advanced stats, 3-year grades, player comps, combine data and Senior Bowl grades - for the 2023 draft class. The safety Forty Time Secs 4.49. Some team sources said they graded Davis in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. Byards play has dropped off recently after two seasons of spectacular PFF grades above 85.0. 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. Emmanuel Forbes has recorded 14 interceptions, six of which were returned for touchdowns, over the course of his career. Despite his size, Gillespie His 2022 tape is littered with such splash plays, as he attacks with no fear despite being on the smaller end for the position. 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. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. Antonio Johnson's season was not as inspiring as the 2021 campaign, but he has a versatile skill set. If Byard can bounce back to his best, he is a top-10 safety in this league. 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. He can get a little wild as a tackler, although when he does catch a ball carrier cleanly, they stop in their tracks. 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. 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. This site is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with these schools or teams. You'll now receive the top The Draft Wire stories each day directly in your inbox. Tier 3 are the Round 4-5 caliber players. Mar 18, 2021. That all gives Robinson one of the higher floors at the safety position in the class. Luke Easterling. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NCAA player performance data. He is coming off a season with a career-high 90.4 overall PFF grade and a 90.9 coverage grade. Safety in the NFL Arm: 31.13. 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 2021 NFL draft rankings: Safety. Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Tennessee Titans free safety Kevin Byard (31) takes the field before the game against the New Orleans Saints at Nissan Stadium. Hes been instinctual ever since he stepped on the field at Alabama for 290 snaps as a true freshman. 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. Sign up for our newsletter and get every update delivered to your inbox! Please check your email for a confirmation. 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. 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. Please check your email for a confirmation. The worry is what happens when he cant play around the line of scrimmage. 2021 NFL Draft: Top Safeties Oregon defensive back Jevon Holland (8) had nine interceptions in two seasons at Eugene before opting out in 2020. 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. 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. He finished the year with 34 total pressures, 15 more than any other safety. 75 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft. 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). Budda Baker is a heat-seeking missile in the Arizona defense, amassing 160 defensive stops in just five seasons of play. Curl could be primed for a big sophomore campaign. 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. Just behind his teammate is Poyer, a similarly versatile safety who allows the Bills to run any kind of coverage shell they want to. 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. Brandon Joseph, Notre Dame, Sr, 6-1, 192 4. John Johnson III backed up his fine play in Los Angeles with a solid year in Cleveland. You'll find the 40 time on the Y-axis and on the X-axis the weight in pounds. Theres nobody better at this than Derwin James. 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. Joseph rarely pops off the tape as a high-end athlete. 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. McCourty wasnt the only player who struggled for the Patriots in 2020, so maybe he can bounce back with the reinforcements they have assembled this year. Hes extremely steady and rarely caught out of control. 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After ranking the best players at every position as a part of PFF's 2021 NFL season preview, we have finally come to safeties. See his 2024 Rankings as well! 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. 2022 NFL Draft Safety Rankings Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak. If he cant show that play again this year, then it really may never happen again. Smith can really cover some ground. You wont find a more experienced safety in the draft class than Robinson. 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. NFL Draft Buzz is on the lookout for new contributors who would like a chance showcase their perspectives on the NFL draft. 2018 NFL Draft Safety Rankings - DraftUtopia.com S Rankings 2017 NFL Safety Rankings Projected Rounds: 1. Athletic testing and measurements at the NFL combine this week will either confirm what was seen on tape or inspire a second look. 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. Sign up for our newsletter and get every update delivered to your inbox! 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. 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. As part of our ranking of the position groups in the 2023 NFL Draft class, we have the safeties ranked No. Matthew OHaren-USA TODAY Sports. 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. DeShon Elliott, S, Texas: Round 1, 3. Its exactly the role he handled for the Aggies the past two seasons. 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 This past season, he allowed only 17 catches on 32 targets for 176 yards with four picks and three pass breakups. How do the top players at every position stack up? at Now that he has an opportunity to play within a better defense again, we should see a rebound performance in 2022. Felix Anudike-Uzomah has 19.5 sacks over the past two years, but more impressive is the ball production. Keeanu Benton is a proven run stopper who showed a bit more pass-rush potential at the Senior Bowl. 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. Adams was often deployed in favorable coverage matchups with the Jets, but he was on the receiving end of that too often in 2020. He carries one of the highest floors in the class. 15. Four! Since moving to Pittsburgh and being allowed to play his natural position, Fitzpatrick has blossomed into one of the best safeties in the NFL. Most importantly, though, Branch finishes plays. 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. 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. 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The 2023 NFL draft is getting closer, and our analysts are building their draft boards. Richie Grant, UCF (first round) 2. 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. Another strong candidate to hear his name called on Day Three of the draft, Harris was one And then his relatively long wingspan for a safety affords him leeway as a tackler. 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. Find out where your favorite Position stacks up against the 2023 class and view expert mock drafts. His acceleration for a 6-foot-3 safety is what really makes him unique. Teams looking to add some size, speed, physicality, and athleticism to their secondary will have their share of options at the safety 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. The 2021 NFL draft is just a couple of months away, so its time to update our prospect rankings for every position Hes elite when on the field, but he needs to stay healthy. 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. Similarly, Justin Simmons 90.7 PFF grade from 2019 represents his career-high by more than 10 grading points. Trevon Moehrig, TCU (second round) 3. 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. Yet, Joseph makes this list because of how adeptly he sees the game. He h Nick Cross is an intriguing prospect who is an elite athlete with outstanding speed and explosiveness. 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. 2018 NFL Draft Safety Rankings - DraftUtopia.com S Rankings 2017 NFL Safety Rankings Projected Rounds: 1. Jevon Holland, Oregon (third round) 5. Thats obviously not as big a deal in a deep role, but the team drafting him may have to accept some role limitations. From a testing perspective, theres a chance he puts up the most lackluster numbers at the combine of any player on this list. 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. Andre Cisco, Syracuse (second round) 4. 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. Derwin James, S, Florida State: Round 1, 2. Player He possesses good size and physicality for the position with average range and physicality. Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. You wont find many true freshman starters on defense at Alabama for head coach Nick Saban. Web90.6. 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. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. Maye earned a career-high PFF grade of 82.9 last season, also notching career highs in snaps from the slot and in the box. The only worry is thats just about the only role weve ever seen him play. Adams has PFF coverage grades of 53.1 and 47.4 since joining the Seahawks but has maintained a strong run-defense grade while continuing to shine when rushing the passer. 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. In-depth prospect rankings with linked reports and all updated player information. 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. 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. This has been true for a long time, but it seems to be getting more extreme. Kyzir White, S, West Virginia: Round 2, 6. Its a big part of the reason hes such a good tackler. 1, 2023 NFL mock draft: New 2-round projections for Senior Bowl week, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. 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. 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. 2021 NFL Draft: Safety Rankings. Find out where your favorite Position stacks up against the 2023 class and view expert mock drafts. Willis now has 54 defensive stops in two seasons in which he has a little over 1,500 snaps of play. It would be easy to look at Houston last season and conclude they have no defenders of any quality, but Justin Reid has been an impressive safety for most of his career. 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. Both players have shown elite upside and play, but they havent been able to maintain that peak for as long as some others. Fast forward a year and Carter is on the doorstep of making good on that claim. But. You'll find the 40 time on the Y-axis and on the X-axis the weight in pounds. Rankings the 2023 NFL Draft safety prospects with all of their scouting reports linked to their draft profile. 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. Will Cam Smith and Devon Witherspoon pass the speed test? That size does show up at points as a tackler, though. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports. 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. One could not find a pass rusher more productive than Will Anderson Jr. over the past two seasons. 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. 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