Damarious Randall, FS - 30th overall pick

Damarious Randall, Arizona State, #3

Height	Weight	Arm	Hand	10 Yd	40 Yd	Bench	Vertical	Broad	3-Cone	Shuttle	60 Yd Shuttle
5-11	196	30 ¼	8 5/8	1.57	4.46	14	38	120	6.83	4.07	DNP

Game Film Evaluated:

Oregon State (2014)

Stanford (2014)

USC (2014)

Pros: Plays ST on punt coverage as a gunner. He’s athletic to stick with receivers in coverage, has the speed and quickness. Played with some lateral quickness to make play on the ball in zone. Ability to backpedal and explode to the action. Runs like a corner.

Cons: Took bad angle in cover 1, false step and poor angle to prevent long TD. Struggles to get off blocks and bring down runner in space, failed to fill the hole and allowed another big run. Got juked out of his shoes in space vs Oregon State, failed to bring down runner. Gets out muscled for position by receivers in coverage. Fails to locate ball and make a play on it. Struggles to flip hips in coverage and got completely turned around on double move. He’s a spectator when it comes to tackling. Prefers to lower shoulder and not drive into his tackles. Below average tackler. Poor body language on the field, shoulders often shrug and lacks positive emotion and energy on the field. Misses the QB when blitzing on multiple occasions. Inconsistent hands to bring in the INT when in position.

Summary: Damarious Randall is a great athlete but is not a good football player at this point. He is supremely athletic and capable of sticking with receivers in coverage from the safety position which presents tremendous flexibility. Plays all the ST units which increases his value as a mid round pick to make a team before he is ready to contribute to the starting lineup. He has a world of work to do before he can be counted on as the last line of defense in the NFL, his tackling is suspect, takes improper angles and does not play an aggressive game. It is difficult to coach aggressivness into a passive player, you can coach players to dial it back but not easy the other way. I project Randall as a 4^th round pick who should be a top special teams player and will need to work hard studying film and take coaching well before he can contribute on defense.