D'Joun Smith, CB - 65th overall pick

D’Joun Smith, Florida Atlantic, #21

Height	Weight	Arm	Hand	10 Yd	40 Yd	Bench	Vertical	Broad	3-Cone	Shuttle	60 Yd Shuttle
5-10	187	30 3/8	8 1/8	1.56	4.45	18	36	DNP	6.96	4.26	11.80

Game Film Evaluated:

Marshall (2014)

Nebraska (2014)

Pros: Returns kicks. Played a lot of press man in college. Comfortable getting physical with receivers. Locates the ball and can make a play on it. Dynamic returner. Plays ST as a gunner. He has adequate recovery speed if he misses at the line. Effective tackler. Gives good effort and can bring the receiver down. Best on short and intermediate routes.

Cons: Sometimes he gets out muscled by bigger receivers. Needs to be more consistant looking back for the ball and keep hands off the receiver downfield. He will line on inside shoulder of receiver and gives outside release to receiver, struggles to close that distance downfield.

Summary: D’Joun Smith has some upside, its rare to find a corner who is already comfortable jamming receivers at the line, plays a lot of ST units and is a dynamic kickoff returner. This increases his value significantly to make a team as a nickel corner and top ST player in the NFL. Smith can play either coverage but seems most comfortable in zone or press man with safety help. I project Smith as a mid 3^rd round pick who can make a team and fill a variety of roles to compete for a starting job by his 2^nd season.