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2010 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Perrish Cox
Strengths:
Very good size and bulk for position
Highly productive
Extremely good ball skills
Quick, smooth feet
Nice speed; ability to recover
Comes clean out of backpedal
Good body control
Times jump balls well
Sets the edge in run support
Plays with good range
Talented enough to play on press man island
Very solid athlete
Nice upside
Good versatility as return specialist
Might be able to play safety
Weaknesses:
Very raw prospect; poorly coached
High in backpedal
Hips a little stiff
Not much man coverage experience
Opens hips up too quickly
Might lack some instincts
Tends to lose focus
Tackles with poor technique
Needs to improve hand use in shedding blocks
Character concerns
Summary: Cox is a very talented prospect, but he needs some coaching in the NFL and you can't always bank on improvement with prospects - it's a gamble. Cox profiles as more of a zone corner where his technique deficiencies will be masked. He was suspended for 2010 Cotton Bowl for violation of team rules. I am projecting Cox to go off the board in the top 70-80 picks. Cox is an intriguing talent whom some team might take a gamble on early in the second round.
Player Comparison: Kelvin Hayden. Hayden is one of the better zone corners in the NFL, but he might have better instincts than Cox. Same height-weight-speed projection.