2010 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Aaron Hernandez

Strengths:

Very good, smooth athlete

Outstanding receiver after the catch

Nice hand-eye coordination

Shows ability to adjust to poorly thrown ball

Consistent, soft hands

Elusive with nice speed

Tough over the middle

Not an easy tackle

Great red-zone target

Terrific vision in open field

Prototypical H-Back or spread tight end

Weaknesses:

Mediocre size

Very poor blocker; not interested or physical

Poor hand use when asked to fight in booth

Lacks polish as route runner

Not a good fit for every scheme

Character concerns

Wasn’t asked to run many routes like dig, post, deep out

Summary: Hernandez won’t fit a lot of schemes that ask him to be an in-line blocker. He lacks the measurables and all-around skill set to go in the first round in my opinion, but a great 40 time and vertical could intrigue some team to take him late first. Hernandez has some very intriguing tools, but his greatest weakness is when he is taken off the field, the defense will likely know it’s a running play. Hernandez lacks some polish and I don’t expect him to be an immediate contributor.

Player Comparison: Dustin Keller. Keller was a great receiving threat out of Purdue with below-average size for a tight end – a poor in-line blocker.

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