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Who's Dennard? A CB from where?

He is my favorite corner in the class, and he is from Michigan. Most people have him in the 2-4 range, behind one or more of Gilbert from Oklahoma, Verrett from TCU, or Ifo (I don't bother with his last name lol) from Oregon. 

 

Here is a bunch of his cutups. http://draftbreakdown.com/video/darqueze...tate-2013/

 

Honestly, scouting DBs is the hardest position for me because they go off camera a lot. All you can really scout every play is their jam at the line (which a lot of corners don't even do in college) and their initial hip swivel, and sometimes their closing speed/ball skills when they are targeted but that gets boring to sit through and wait for them to get targeted so I don't do it a ton. That said, Dennard has the fiercest jam at the line that I have ever seen in college and he would be a PERFECT fit in a Seahawks/Jags physical press defense. They say he has some top speed concerns but from watching a bit of those cutups and just from watching some of his games live I've never seen him get beat deep so I think it might be a Joe Haden situation. 

 

Long story short, I grade him as a top 12 player in this class but I think he will probably go in the 15-20 range. 

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