2011 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Prince Amukamara

Strengths:

Excellent size and strength

Very good instincts

Playmaker

Very good ball skills

Nice awareness

Confident

Highly competitive

Smooth athlete

Impressive change of direction

Love his footwork

Instinctive

Fluid hips

Clutch

Plays very under control

Outstanding tackling technique

Best run support corner in 2011 Draft

Tough

Natural feel for the game

High talent level

Strong work ethic

Very consistent and productive

Overall skill set is rare

Weaknesses:

Still gets too high in backpedal

Hand usage in press man needs to be refined

Doesn’t display a very good second gear in back half

Needs to prove he’s still an elite corner without an elite pass rush (Ndamukong Suh) in 2011

Lacks elite speed

Summary: Amukamara could very well be the first corner drafted in 2011. He has a very nice talent level and he makes the most of it by being very competitive and not shying away from contact in run support. A couple things in his game could be fixed and he lacks elite speed, but there’s enough here to the point where I believe Amukamara will be a top 16 pick in 2011 and could go as high as top eight.

Player Comparison: Antoine Winfield. Amukamara has a lot more size than Winfield, but these corners are both excellent in run support and are quite simply playmakers.

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