STRENGTHS
Jeremy has the size and athletic talent to play more than one position in your defensive backfield. He has those long arms and legs and when he is decisive, he can be an impact player. He’s a quick-twitch athlete with the talent to play and cover just about any style or size opponent in single coverage all over the field. Jeremy has a lot of upside to his game and that means although he shows excellent overall talent now, most of us haven’t seen anything yet as to the talent he could develop into. He has excellent speed and quickness and has that wiry strong body type that can shed blocks and make tackles. Jeremy is a reactionary type of player who does better in one on one situations and he can impact in the right system with the right coaching.
CONCERNS
Jeremy is not a safety for the next level. He struggles in space and in zone coverages and his lack of trusting his instincts and lack of understanding of how his defense is being attacked is not unusual for a player with his athletic talents. Jeremy plays and reacts better when he has one job to do and not when he is asked to multitask on the field.
BOTTOM LINE 3.22
Jeremy has the potential to be an excellent slot cover, defensive back or be moved to the outside as a cornerback but he is not a safety. Then why did he play safety for his college team you ask? I haven’t got the answer but, I will say this, when Jeremy has a definite assignment on the field in coverage or, when he sees the play in front of him to his side of the field to make a tackle, he shows how good a player he can be. He could be an excellent cornerback or like I said an excellent slot corner but put him off the line as a safety and he gets confused, hesitant, doesn’t trust his instincts and consistently takes poor angles to support the run and misses tackles because, of those poor angles. There is a lot of talent to work with but in my opinion that talent has to have direction and only have to worry about one side of the field to impact. If Jeremy shows the ability to recover when he gets beat in coverage than there is no doubt in my mind that he could be an excellent cover corner. So far on film, he only shows the ability to cover when the play is in front of him so that will be the big question in his workouts. I have a sneaking suspicion that he has this athletic talent also. That being said for this draft I know he can impact as a cover slot defensive back on third downs and most likely help on special teams so adding this type of athletic talent seems to me, to be a no brainer.
