STRENGTHS
Kamari has the size, strength, athletic talent, high football IQ, and excellent tackling talent to play any position in the Defensive Backfield. When lining up on the outside he uses the sideline to help him defend as well as any Cornerback coming out in any draft. He reads receivers and understands how to recover mentally and still defend the pass when he is in trial technique. Kamari tackles like a Tasmanian Devil, eating up ground against those horizontal passes to the outside, behind the line of scrimmage. Because of his quick recognition skills to make tackles, and his sure tackling talents, Kamari can play any position in the defensive backfield in any style of defense. He has the athletic talent and high football IQ to be used in the slot, on the outside, or as a safety in zone or single coverage situations. Kamari shows on the field the leadership skills and maturity to become a franchise defensive back for the team that selects him.
CONCERNS
Kamari hasn’t shown the talent to make interceptions but my guess is that’s because mentally he is looking to make sure the player he is responsible for does not get the ball a all. His Tasmanian Devil-like tackling talents are all about, separating the ball from the receiver rather than intercepting the ball. Some teams will downgrade him for this lack of interceptions…I would not because he is way too talented to play any position in your defensive backfield. Kamari’s ability to tackle like a Tasmanian Devil doesn’t amount to many penalties and who doesn’t want that on their team? Kamari’s workout numbers will decide where some teams will rate him. For me even if his workout numbers are average his play on film tells me all I need to know.
BOTTOM LINE: 1.61
In this day and age of football, covering skills are slowly taking a back seat to tackle skills for defensive backs. Teams play multiple defensive schemes bouncing back and forth from Zone, to match up zone, to single man to man, to half the field in zone, half man to man, to single safety, to two deep safety. The key to a good defensive backfield nowadays is the ability to limit the run after the catch yardage. To do that, you have got to be good at tackling and if you are not you will not win consistently. The arm talent that quarterbacks are coming out with, and the different release points they can throw from, makes coverage very difficult with just one corner unless that corner can shut down the run after the catch yardage. Kamari has the cover skills, tackling skills, and high football IQ to play any position and limit RAC yards. Kamari is a complete defensive back who can play multiple positions in any style of defense. I don’t know about you but rating just a cover corner higher seems like old school to me.
