Aaron Robinson CB Central Florida

STRENGTHS
Aaron is a cover corner with excellent size and cover skills. He looks on the field, much bigger than his size and he plays much bigger than his size because of his skills and physical play. Aaron has the size, strength to play in the slot or on the outside, and the determination to cover any size receiver. He has excellent speed and enough quickness to be used at different positions in the defensive backfield. Aaron has leadership skills through his play on the field and with a little more motivation could become a core player on defense, for the team that selects him.

CONCERNS
Aaron seems to lack the aggressiveness to tackle anyone on the field except for the person he is covering. His team doesn’t play much zone, and although he looks to be smart on the field, Aaron will have to learn zone concepts to show that he is more than just a cover defensive player and can play inside or outside and support the run better.

BOTTOM LINE 2.11
Hall of Fame Deion Sanders was an excellent cover corner and special teams ace but he would not tackle. He made it to the hall of fame in spite of that. Aaron will tackle the receiver he is covering but struggles to tackle any other player if they get loose and are coming at him. He won’ run guys down from behind, or cross the field to make a tackle either. Of course, he doesn’t play a lot of zone and that could be the reason why but when he plays in the slot, he doesn’t show the aggressiveness you expect and need to string out plays or fight off blocks to make tackles consistently. He seems to have the same attitude towards supporting the run that Deion had. That is, he’s not my man, and not my responsibility so tackling him is someone else’s job. I’m not suggesting that Aaron is a poor tackler or that he doesn’t tackle. I’m saying he is not as quick or interested if it is not his man. For a defensive back, if your teammates and coaches can’t trust a fellow teammate to make an honest attempt every time to tackle and help shut down the run it leads to a defense that gives up big plays at the worst times of a game. Aaron has the talent to be selected in the first round of this draft if a team needs a cover slot corner who can play on the outside in situations and be physical. But for me, his attitude to tackle CONSISTENTLY is a red flag that I struggle to overlook. You can’t have players going at each other in the locker room over, missed assignments and lack of effort. But that’s just me.