STRENGTHS
DWayne is a physical receiver who loves contact on the line or off the line. He shows on film good speed but what he brings with him is the toughness that not many receivers show coming out. DWayne has good hands and does a good job catching the ball over the middle. He is excellent on the cover units for special teams and with his aggressiveness and physical nature, Dwayne shows the character to continue to improve until he can become an intricate part of a team’s success.
CONCERNS
DWayne is a poor route runner, lacking the lateral agility and fluid hips, needed to be an outstanding receiver. He also has a small catch radius because everything below his waist seems to be a struggle for him to catch consistently. DWayne doesn’t have those soft hands to catch the ball away from his body also. Dwayne gets open right now when he runs routes because he is so physical at the line of scrimmage, and that is a gift and a curse because he hasn’t bothered to improve his ability to run routes and gain separation without being physical.
BOTTOM LINE 4.00
DWayne’s ability to play on special teams will attract teams to selecting him and that means DWayne will have the time and coaching to improve as a receiver and with his work ethic and character I believe he will. Right now, he has to have the ball delivered to him in his small catch radius, and increasing that radius, and catching the ball more consistently, will make Dwayne a more multi-positional receiver. Because of his physical nature, DWayne does better against bump and run coverage on the outside than he does against off coverage because of his quick hands and love for contact. He is not quick enough or has the hands and catch radius, to play in the slot but he can in the future if he works hard at it. DWayne is the Julian Edelman of this draft. Like Julian you just draft Dwayne and not worry about how he can impact your team because his effort to improve and be better comes from within and is difficult for most experts to see. DWayne for me personally, would be a late-round selection and certainly a rookie free agent priority.
