STRENGTHS
Brandon is a strong receiver with excellent long speed and run after the catch ability. He has good balance and in the open field and once he gets up ahead of speed, he is very hard to Tackle. Brandon shows good quickness when cutting north and south and this is another reason for his ability to make run after the catch yardage. His quickness when cutting north and south is another reason for him to be a weapon when returning punts and kicks. Brandon has good hands to catch the ball and because of his long speed can get deep for the deep pass if the QB is given the time. Brandon has talent and size to become a good receiver for the team that selects him but his true value might be at returning kicks and punts if the NFL continues to have kickoffs and punts.
CONCERNS
Brandon has good talent but he doesn’t show on film a big catch radius for a big receiver. He also doesn’t show on film the ability to catch contested passes or get off the line against press coverage although, he does show very little wasted movement off the line and that is a good thing. Brandon is slow off the line but I just think given the time to develop and learn the tricks of the trade he can mask this weakness in the future. Brandon will have to learn to be more aggressive when the ball is in the air and I find that most receivers who are not aggressive when the ball is in the air, don’t have the confidence or hand/eye coordination, needed to be the franchise receiver that their overall talent may suggest they can become.
BOTTOM LINE 3.11
Brandon as talent but, he is just going to have to work a lot harder to reach it for the next level. He has to learn the tricks of the trade like getting off the line of scrimmage but for the time being, his ability to impact against zone coverages and the talent to gain yardage after the catch should be attractive to a lot of teams. Add to that his ability to return punts and kicks because of his quick north/south cutting, and long speed and could rate him high on some team’s draft boards. I will say this if you’re looking for a franchise receiver right away, I don’t think Brandon has that type of talent but he does have the talent to be an important part of a teams passing came and special team’s unit for sure. Anything after that will be up to how hard Brandon works to improve his overall game. I will say this if Brandon does improve and becomes more than just an important part of a team’s passing game that will be like putting a new and bigger motor into your already favorite car.
