Justin Layne CB Michigan St

STRENGTHS
Justin has good size and has those long legs and arms that teams are looking for in cornerbacks. He has quick feet and good change of direction talent. Justin has the ability to play in single coverage and zone coverage. He is smart and does a good job communicating with his teammates when in zone coverages. Justin has the potential to be a better and more complete corner back at the next level. His size and talent alone make him valuable for many teams in the NFL because he has played in both styles of coverages and has solid overall production.

CONCERNS
Justin has to become much stronger in his upper body to compete at the next level for a 16-game schedule. He does good job tackling but is not big enough or strong enough to tackle at the next level. He does a poor job getting off blocks to make tackles because of a lack of strength. Justin also has not shown the ability to intercept the ball. Also, he can be beat deep in the middle of the field so that means he is better playing in zone coverage but is not strong enough right now.

TALENT BOARD ROUND 3.72
Justin does an excellent job in single coverage inside the red zone because of his length and long arms and legs. Because of his lack of strength, he does not fight for the ball and make interceptions. You can see how smart he is and you can see the talent to be better than he is right now but the problem is, when he plays zone you can see him struggling with his lack of upper body strength. To his credit he does make tackles but he is not a strong tackler and zone cover corners have to be strong tacklers because the key to zone coverage is to limit the yardage after the catch and punish the receivers. Justin has the potential and talent and the truth is all he needs to do is get stronger to start using that talent. Nevertheless, he will be more of a zone corner and this will eliminate some teams who don’t like to play zone to selected him.