John Johnson III backed up his fine play in Los Angeles with a solid year in Cleveland. Henry To'o'To'o had a higher grade last year than his teammate, Christian Harris, who went No. 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. And while some positions in the league are extremely thin, highlighted by just a few stars but lacking any real quality beyond that, the safety position seems to be in excellent health. 2018 NFL Draft Safety Rankings - DraftUtopia.com S Rankings 2017 NFL Safety Rankings Projected Rounds: 1. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports. 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. Coverage is king in todays NFL, and the safety position is pivoting toward players who excel deep downfield. Four! Its a big part of the reason hes such a good tackler. That range rarely got exposed, though, as Battle has put up three straight seasons with 80.0-plus coverage grades. 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. You wont find a more experienced safety in the draft class than Robinson. Send feedback and thoughts to @ShanePHallam. Even the players on this list need to have more strings to their bow than simply stuffing the run from heavy formations. One player who seems to sit atop big boards around the league is Brian Branch of Alabama. Last season saw him earn a career-high PFF coverage grade (68.9). 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. Its the 2022 NFL Drafts most underappreciated group at maybe the most 2023 NFL Draft Strong Safety Rankings John Vogel October 27, 2022 in 2023 Rankings - 9 Minutes 1. 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. Weight: 205. Felix Anudike-Uzomah has 19.5 sacks over the past two years, but more impressive is the ball production. The worry is what happens when he cant play around the line of scrimmage. Super informed fan? 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 One could not find a pass rusher more productive than Will Anderson Jr. over the past two seasons. Hes been starting since he was a true freshman at South Carolina in 2019 and now has 2,909 career snaps to his name. 75 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft. By: CollegeFootballNews.com, College Basketball Predictions. the ones that do often turn into quality starters in the NFL. Some of these players could fit more than one of these buckets, and in fact have throughout their careers, but this is where they sit right now based on the past couple of seasons. Lets take a look at the future enforcers in the NFL that have entered their name into the 2021 draft. Sign up for our newsletter and get every update delivered to your inbox! 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. 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. 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. PFF's exclusive metrics provide matchup previews, position rankings, grades, and snap counts. Jamar Johnson, Indiana (fourth round) 8. Sanders, an Alabama transfer, has spot edge rusher potential in addition to having the size necessary to hold up at the point of attack. 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. 1 overall PFF grade at the position and is the only safety who has put up a 90.0-plus grade over that time. 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. Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. His ability to get sideline to sideline, as well as downhill in the run game from a deep alignment, will serve him well at the next level. Trevon Moehrig, TCU (second round) 3. 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. linebackers, particularly in sub packages, and the league has come to covet other skills for strong safeties. Ward is coming off a season in which he earned better-than-average PFF grades across every facet of play. 2024 Rankings Despite his size, Gillespie That snap breakdown is precisely what most safeties at the next level will be asked to do. Get ready for the 2023 NFL Draft with positional and big board rankings from the team at The NFL Draft Bible. No player has the production of Ji'Ayir Brown over the past two seasons. If he cant show that play again this year, then it really may never happen again. But the ones that do often turn into quality starters in the NFL. He carries one of the highest floors in the class. Here are the top safety prospects. He h Nick Cross is an intriguing prospect who is an elite athlete with outstanding speed and explosiveness. Jamal Adams was thought to be this matchup weapon on defense, a player capable of lining up anywhere and doing his job well, But in Seattle, he has been struggling badly in any role other than one close to the line of scrimmage as more of a classic strong safety. Brown may very well have the best movement skills of any safety in the draft class. Similar to his twin brother Chase, Sydney can flat-out fly. Hes reportedly reached over 22 mph on the GPS readings, and if you watch his tape from any point this past season, its very believable. Keilahn Harris, Oklahoma Baptist, rJr, 5096, 179, 4.45e, No.33 ranked WR. Player 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. And then his relatively long wingspan for a safety affords him leeway as a tackler. 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. His 90.7 run-defense grade led all safeties in college football, while his 24 run stops ranked fifth most in the FBS. Send feedback and thoughts to @ShanePHallam. 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. 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. See his 2022 and 2023 Rankings as well! That size does show up at points as a tackler, though. 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. Simpson will be one of the top performers at the NFL combine this week. 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. 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. Dugger faced 84 targets in coverage over his first two seasons in the league, allowing 58 catches for 9.3 yards per reception. He has amassed 10 interceptions, 4.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and one touchdown. Something of a journeyman at the position, Tashaun Gipson Sr. is with his fourth team in the NFL, but his first year in Chicago was one of the best of his career and saw him post grades of at least 69.9 in every facet of play PFF measures. 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. Hyde is often put in a good position by the defensive scheme in Buffalo, but he responds by making the plays he is given the opportunity to make. 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. College Senior Penn State. Savage recorded four picks and seven pass breakups and made several critical hits last year. 6-keys: media/spln/nfl/draft/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. 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. 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. Over the past two seasons, Martin has missed all of seven tackles on 129 attempts. Dax Hill | Michigan. He has converted three of his five interceptions into touchdowns over the past three seasons. 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. Now that he has an opportunity to play within a better defense again, we should see a rebound performance in 2022. Get ready for the 2023 NFL Draft with positional and Willis now has 54 defensive stops in two seasons in which he has a little over 1,500 snaps of play. Similar to his twin brother Chase, Sydney can flat-out fly. Here is a look at my personal positional rankings on the defensive side of the ball leading in to this week: During the build up to the 2022 NFL Draft, amid conversations surrounding Jordan Davis and Devonte Wyatt was the narrative that Jalen Carter was the best prospect along that Georgia defensive front. Justin Reid, S, Stanford: Round 2, 5. 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. Kyzir White, S, West Virginia: Round 2, 6. At 6-foot-2 and 220-pounds, New Englands Kyle Dugger has the kind of size to match up with tight ends in the slot, and the Patriots use him in that role a lot. Hes extremely fluid for a 220-pounder and can easily be a tight end eraser at the next level. The 2021 NFL draft is just a couple of months away, so its time to update our prospect rankings for every position group in this years class. 8:58 am ET. He has lined up in the slot on more than 200 snaps in a season for the past seven years and should get the chance to replace. 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. 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: Sign up for the The Draft Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. 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. Still, at his age, it feels wise to err on the side of caution. 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). Ronnie Harrison, S, Alabama: Round 1, 4. Ranking safeties in todays NFL is becoming increasingly complex because of defensive evolutions and the various roles the position encompasses. Kyle Hamilton | Notre Dame. Gipson missed just seven tackles from 80 attempts in 2020. On average, the league has been very consistent, drafting approximately 20 safeties per year over the past decade. 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. at Savage is moving in the right direction but is still a little more flash than substance. 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. Will Cam Smith and Devon Witherspoon pass the speed test? Teams looking to add some size, speed, physicality, and athleticism to their secondary will have their share of options at the safety 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. 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. April 14, 2021 10:50 am ET. 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. 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. Matthew OHaren-USA TODAY Sports. All the while, hes been an outstanding tackler (7.3% career missed tackle rate) and developed into a difference-maker in coverage. SAN DIEGO COUNTY CREDIT UNION HOLIDAY BOWL. Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Tennessee Titans free safety Kevin Byard (31) takes the field before the game against the New Orleans Saints at Nissan Stadium. NFL Draft Buzz is on the lookout for new contributors who would like a chance showcase their perspectives on the NFL draft. Just behind his teammate is Poyer, a similarly versatile safety who allows the Bills to run any kind of coverage shell they want to. 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. Over the past two seasons, he has 177 pass-rushing snaps on the blitz and has racked up 27 total pressures on those rushes. The issue for James has been injuries. Derwin James, S, Florida State: Round 1, 2. 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. 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. Those are great strengths to have on the back end. 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. 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. Budda Baker is a heat-seeking missile in the Arizona defense, amassing 160 defensive stops in just five seasons of play. 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. Battle is sort of a jack-of-all-trades, but a master of none. DeShon Elliott, S, Texas: Round 1, 3. Smith can really cover some ground. 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. Kevin Byard has been a prototypical free safety since he was a draft prospect. Similarly, Justin Simmons 90.7 PFF grade from 2019 represents his career-high by more than 10 grading points. Jessie Bates III is only a year removed from a 90.1 PFF grade and a truly elite season for the Bengals. Thats because, at 205 pounds, hes more than willing to mix it up. Myles Murphy is a powerful edge rusher with the quick twitch qualities to develop, but he lacks a refined pass rush plan. 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. All Rights Reserved. This past season, he allowed only 17 catches on 32 targets for 176 yards with four picks and three pass breakups. WebGet the latest NFL Draft prospect rankings from CBS Sports. Antonio Johnson's season was not as inspiring as the 2021 campaign, but he has a versatile skill set. Theres nobody better at this than Derwin James. 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. Christian Gonzalez will certainly check the height, weight and speed boxes, and the same is true of Kelee Ringo. Hes proven to be exceedingly versatile, playing 510 snaps in the box, 682 deep and 259 from the slot for his career. 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. Some team sources said they graded Davis in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. 2021 NFL draft rankings: Safety. In-depth prospect rankings with linked reports and all updated player information. 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. Safety in the NFL Since moving to Pittsburgh and being allowed to play his natural position, Fitzpatrick has blossomed into one of the best safeties in the NFL. She said the support she got from other teams was 'overwhelming. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. Nolan Smith missed time with injury this year, but he is slippery around the corner. Adams was often deployed in favorable coverage matchups with the Jets, but he was on the receiving end of that too often in 2020. 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. If Porter tests to his potential in Indianapolis this week, he is going to go early. 2024 NFL Draft Position Rankings: QB | RB | FB | WR | TE | OT | G | C | DE | DT | NT | 3-4 OLB | 3-4 DE | OLB | ILB | CB | S | K | P Johnathan Abram, S, Mississippi State Height: 5-11. 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. Andre Cisco, Syracuse (second round) 4. 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. Richie Grant, UCF (first round) 2. He made a lot of spectacular plays as a rookie yet was also on the wrong end of some big gains for the offense. 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Brian Branch is a flex defender capable of playing safety, fulfilling the nickel-back role and even playing on the boundary in a pinch. 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. A former cornerback, Jackson has transitioned to safety and enjoyed a second career once he moved past the age of 30. Armani Watts, S, Texas A&M: Round Mathieu hasnt been at his best for a few years now, but his alignment versatility makes him incredibly valuable to any defense. After ranking the best players at every position as a part of PFF's 2021 NFL season preview, we It offers one of the best groups of slot cornerbacks in recent memory Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. The agility that Robinson plays with for a 200-plus-pound safety makes me think he missed his calling as a running back. 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. Tier 3 are the Round 4-5 caliber players. Fast forward a year and Carter is on the doorstep of making good on that claim. The obvious name missing is Penn State's Joey Porter Jr. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nfl | pageType: stories | 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. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. Those players still exist, but the defense most in vogue right now is the Vic Fangio tree of two-high safety looks, where free safeties are occupying either one half of the field or even just a quarter with various pattern-match responsibilities. Hes extremely steady and rarely caught out of control. Catch up with our positional rankings here. Forty Time Secs 4.49. Over the last two seasons, Simmons has the No. You'll find the 40 time on the Y-axis and on the X-axis the weight in pounds. Siaki Ika is a traditional nose tackle. Over the past two seasons, he has 10 picks and four pass breakups. Brown has been making plays ever since he took over as a starter for the Nittany Lions in 2021. You wont find many true freshman starters on defense at Alabama for head coach Nick Saban. 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. 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 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. Here are the 10 most physical safety prospects in this class. 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. 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