STRENGTHS
Devin is a powerful, smart, instinctive receiver with excellent hands to catch the ball every time you throw it to him. He has the excellent speed to go deep and the hand/eye coordination to catch the ball while on the dead run. He does an excellent job against zone coverages and against single coverages, as long as you put him on the move he is very tough to defend against. Devin has the strength and toughness to gain run after the catch yardage and move the chains on those difficult third downs. He has dependable hands and has the mental strength, high football IQ to play more than one position, and the physical strength to become the type of receiver you can build your passing game around. In short, Devin has the potential to become a franchise receiver for the team that selects him.
CONCERNS
The naysayers will be bothered that Devin doesn’t show the quickness off the line or the fluidity to separate against man to man coverage. That is an issue but, learning better techniques and running routes better can minimize those issues and of course, an offensive coordinator with brains can minimize those concerns also.
BOTTOM LINE 1.79
It doesn’t take a genius to see on film how much of a nightmare match up Devin is when he is lined up in the slot or, used as the “move” receiver in an offense. His deep speed will be a problem for defenses to match up against and as soon as he learns better techniques to get off the line, Devin will be able to play inside or outside in any style of offense. His strength to gain yards after the catch and break tackles will make opponents have to play off him and when that happens double moves and other routes will open up for him to use against them. His deep speed, excellent hands, and the strength, to break tackles is what make’s him a difficult player to match up against. Corners that don’t have the strength to tackle him will be overmatch if he is used on the outside and, when he is lined up in the slot, safeties and linebackers will not have the speed to stay with him. Against zone coverages he is very smart at finding the open space and once again tackling him becomes a problem to stop him from gaining the needed yardage to move the chains. Now I know Devin will most likely not, be selected in the 1st round and those of you who know my profiles also know that the TBR is not to guess at what round a player will be selected in, that’s is what Rob’s value board does. All I do is try to inform you of the possible impact a player will have for the team that selects him. I believe, no matter what round Devin is selected in that he will impact as if he was selected in the first round. So, put him in whatever round you think he might be selected in but for me, he’s a 1st rounder for sure.
