Get ready for the 2023 NFL Draft with positional and 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. The 2023 NFL draft is getting closer, and our analysts are building their draft boards. 2023 NFL Draft S Rankings (Shane) by Shane Hallam August 17, 2022 0 1430. Rankings the 2023 NFL Draft safety prospects with all of their scouting reports linked to their draft profile. Simpson will be one of the top performers at the NFL combine this week. This site is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with these schools or teams. DeShon Elliott, S, Texas: Round 1, 3. Techie with an interesting slant on player evaluation? 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 | 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 is a tall, high-waisted player capable of flashing downhill or impacting pass lanes. Over the past two seasons, he has 177 pass-rushing snaps on the blitz and has racked up 27 total pressures on those rushes. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. Thats obviously not as big a deal in a deep role, but the team drafting him may have to accept some role limitations. Alabama head coach Nick Saban entrusted Branch with a significant share of the responsibility in that scheme. 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. Antonio Johnson, Texas A&M, Jr, 6-3, 190 3. 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. Here are the top 10 safeties in this year's draft class, per PFF's NFL Draft Guide. Jordan Battle, Alabama, Sr, 6-2, 210 2. He earned a PFF run-defense grade of 85.4, making some plays that caused flashbacks to the way his father played the run with the Minnesota Vikings years ago. By: CollegeFootballNews.com. 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. 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. 1, 2023 NFL mock draft: New 2-round projections for Senior Bowl week, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. He finished the year with 34 total pressures, 15 more than any other safety. 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. 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. Tuli Tuipulotu was used as an edge rusher in Los Angeles, but projects to the inside. Heres how we stack this years safety class: 1. Theres nobody better at this than Derwin James. Dugger faced 84 targets in coverage over his first two seasons in the league, allowing 58 catches for 9.3 yards per reception. Jamar Johnson, Indiana (fourth round) 8. His overall PFF grade dropped, but he was still above average in every facet of play that PFF measures. Hes been instinctual ever since he stepped on the field at Alabama for 290 snaps as a true freshman. One could not find a pass rusher more productive than Will Anderson Jr. over the past two seasons. Had it not been for injury, James might be the best safety in the league, and football fans everywhere have their fingers crossed that the injury bug is finally behind him so we can see the kind of special player he can be. He is still a talented player, but perhaps his role is more limited than originally thought. We've compared players 40 times and weight and charted them on the scatter chart below. 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. Savage recorded four picks and seven pass breakups and made several critical hits last year. 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. Thats the kind of defender you want around the football. the ones that do often turn into quality starters in the NFL. * No. 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. 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. Even the players on this list need to have more strings to their bow than simply stuffing the run from heavy formations. Emmanuel Forbes has recorded 14 interceptions, six of which were returned for touchdowns, over the course of his career. 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. He was one of the most reliable slot defenders in the country, especially in tracking down ball carriers. 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. Safety in the NFL is, in truth, several different positions with wildly different responsibilities, and comparing them directly is tricky. Antonio Johnson's season was not as inspiring as the 2021 campaign, but he has a versatile skill set. Another strong candidate to hear his name called on Day Three of the draft, Harris was one 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. Forty Time Secs 4.49. Noah Sewell is the younger brother of Lions offensive tackle Penei Sewell. Myles Murphy is a powerful edge rusher with the quick twitch qualities to develop, but he lacks a refined pass rush plan. Thats because, at 205 pounds, hes more than willing to mix it up. Budda Baker is a heat-seeking missile in the Arizona defense, amassing 160 defensive stops in just five seasons of play. 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. He is coming off a season with a career-high 90.4 overall PFF grade and a 90.9 coverage grade. Keilahn Harris, Oklahoma Baptist, rJr, 5096, 179, 4.45e, No.33 ranked WR. NFL Draft Buzz is on the lookout for new contributors who would like a chance showcase their perspectives on the NFL draft. 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. 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. 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. The 2023 NFL Draft safety class should provide a deep talent pool throughout Day 2 of the draft. Jaquan Brisker is a SS prospect in the 2022 draft class. It is difficult to find quality interior pass rushers so that makes a player with Carter's skill set even more valuable. James Wiggins, Cincinnati (fourth round) 7. 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. 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. Matthew OHaren-USA TODAY Sports. In a four-year career, he has played just over 2,000 snaps, which is essentially half of the available playing time. Arm: 31.13. 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. 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. 2021 NFL Draft: Top Safeties Oregon defensive back Jevon Holland (8) had nine interceptions in two seasons at Eugene before opting out in 2020. If Byard can bounce back to his best, he is a top-10 safety in this league. 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Both players have shown elite upside and play, but they havent been able to maintain that peak for as long as some others. Find out where your favorite Position stacks up against the 2023 class and view expert mock drafts. 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 scored an unofficial 9.11 RAS at the Combine out of a possible 10.00. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) 2. Welcome to College Football News's European Union Experience. Clark is good enough at everything to be the kind of versatility player the Ravens covet in their secondary. That all gives Robinson one of the higher floors at the safety position in the class. 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. 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. Battle is going to put that theory to the test, as he made four starts as a freshman back in 2019 before playing full-time the past three seasons. Ranking safeties in todays NFL is becoming increasingly complex because of defensive evolutions and the various roles the position encompasses. 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. 2021 NFL Draft Safety Rankings 1. 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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 2021 NFL draft is just a couple of months away, so its time to update our prospect rankings for every position 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? He still has a knack for making big plays at the most critical times, as he came down with a pick in both the AFC championship and the Super Bowl, two of seven he had in total last season. Often forgotten men of the team, safeties can make a major difference to the quality of a defense and a secondary. Send feedback and thoughts to @ShanePHallam. He h Nick Cross is an intriguing prospect who is an elite athlete with outstanding speed and explosiveness. On average, the league has been very consistent, drafting approximately 20 safeties per year over the past decade. 1, 2023 NFL mock draft: New 2-round projections for Senior Bowl week, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. It offers one of the best groups of slot cornerbacks in recent memory 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. 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. Byards play has dropped off recently after two seasons of spectacular PFF grades above 85.0. Send feedback and thoughts to @ShanePHallam. The agility that Robinson plays with for a 200-plus-pound safety makes me think he missed his calling as a running back. Derwin James, S, Florida State: Round 1, 2. 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. Brandon Joseph, Notre Dame, Sr, 6-1, 192 4. Mathieu hasnt been at his best for a few years now, but his alignment versatility makes him incredibly valuable to any defense. Four! 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. See his 2024 Rankings as well! Buffalo runs a scheme that puts them in position to succeed, but they take advantage of it extremely well on their own. Your inbox approves See the data Golfweek's top news 's best, via Gipson missed just seven tackles from 80 attempts in 2020. In many schemes, a switch to linebacker may even be in the cards. 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. Its exactly the role he handled for the Aggies the past two seasons. 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 | His range is average at best, and his change-of-direction ability doesn't come close to that of others on this list. 2022 NFL Draft Safety Rankings Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak. 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. 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. Willis has back-to-back impressive seasons for the Colts since coming into the league as a fourth-round pick. 1 overall PFF grade at the position and is the only safety who has put up a 90.0-plus grade over that time. You wont find many true freshman starters on defense at Alabama for head coach Nick Saban. Updated safety rankings for the 2021 NFL draft. linebackers, particularly in sub packages, and the league has come to covet other skills for strong safeties. Kevin Byard has been a prototypical free safety since he was a draft prospect. 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. 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. John Johnson III backed up his fine play in Los Angeles with a solid year in Cleveland. Subscribe to After ranking the best players at every position as a part of PFF's 2021 NFL season preview, we If Porter tests to his potential in Indianapolis this week, he is going to go early. Christopher Smith, Georgia HT: 5111 WT: 190 Year: Super Senior High School: Hapeville Charter (Atlanta, GA) Rating: 4-star (0.8991) He made a lot of spectacular plays as a rookie yet was also on the wrong end of some big gains for the offense. Most importantly, though, Branch finishes plays. 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. 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. 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. Kyzir White, S, West Virginia: Round 2, 6. You'll now receive the top The Draft Wire stories each day directly in your inbox. 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. Adams was often deployed in favorable coverage matchups with the Jets, but he was on the receiving end of that too often in 2020. See his 2022 and 2023 Rankings as well! Derwin James, S, Florida State: Round 1, 2. Branch missed only four of his 173 career tackle attempts. As part of Athlon Sports' 2020 NFL Draft Guide, we have ranked each position, including 45 total safeties. 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 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 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. Tier 3 are the Round 4-5 caliber players. This has been true for a long time, but it seems to be getting more extreme. Siaki Ika is a traditional nose tackle. 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. 15. He also forced two fumbles, making five in total over the last two seasons. Savage is moving in the right direction but is still a little more flash than substance. 3: With 2,909 career snaps to his name, Robinson has been an excellent tackler. Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. Tyree Wilson is a long, explosive athlete who has shown growth over the past year, but still has a ways to go before he repays the top-five draft capital likely to be used on him in April. S. All Scouts Average Overall Rank 42.9. Broad: 9-8. Now that he has an opportunity to play within a better defense again, we should see a rebound performance in 2022. The NFL combine will be important in sorting through the top of the cornerback group. The worry is what happens when he cant play around the line of scrimmage. As part of our ranking of the position groups in the 2023 NFL Draft class, we have the safeties ranked No. Trenton Simpson and Drew Sanders will almost certainly be the first two linebackers off the board. Safety Rankings: The 32 best safeties entering the 2021 NFL season. Ranking safeties in todays NFL is becoming increasingly complex because of defensive evolutions and the various roles the position encompasses. Dax Hill | Michigan. Hes extremely fluid for a 220-pounder and can easily be a tight end eraser at the next level. You wont find a more experienced safety in the draft class than Robinson. Projected Round (2019): 1-2. All Rights Reserved. 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. 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. 2023 NFL Draft Eligible Safety Prospects 1. By: CollegeFootballNews.com, College Basketball Predictions. 2023 NFL Draft Free Safety Rankings John Vogel October 31, 2022 in 2023 Rankings - 6 Minutes 1. Height Feet 6-1. Thats all well and good, but it's fairly meaningless if you cant cover. Tyree Gillespie, Missouri. Hamsah Nasirildeen, Florida State (third round) 6. 2023 NFL Draft Safety Rankings are updated weekly. Just behind his teammate is Poyer, a similarly versatile safety who allows the Bills to run any kind of coverage shell they want to. Hes elite when on the field, but he needs to stay healthy. Ronnie Harrison, S, Alabama: Round 1, 4. We dont particularly know how hell fare if asked to expand his horizons in the NFL. Some team sources said they graded Davis in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. Joseph rarely pops off the tape as a high-end athlete. 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