2025 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Benjamin Morrison

Prospect Summary:

The 2025 NFL Draft has the potential to be an excellent year for cornerback talent, and Morrison could be one of those corners that gets selected on the opening night of the draft. Morrison has a quality skill set and is also an instinctive playmaker. If Morrison stays consistent with his 2023 performance, there should be plenty of NFL teams hoping to add him to their roster next April.

Morrison is a competitive, physical, and gritty defender for the NFL. He has quality size and uses that well to defend big receivers. He shows impressive instincts and polish to get his head around in coverage and locate the football. That allows him to defend the ball and provide some turnovers for his defense rather than drawing penalties for pass interference. Morrison has very good hands, high points the football, and breaks on the ball quickly. He is a smart and instinctive cornerback with good ball skills, which makes him a dangerous defender to throw against in coverage.

Morrison is well-rounded, and he can play off man, zone, or press-man coverage. He has the speed to carry verticals and the physicality to press receivers to generate reroutes and disrupt the timing of routes. With his intelligence and instincts, Morrison is very good in zone coverage with quick diagnosis skills. His off-man coverage is okay for the NFL, but he is not a super twitched-up athlete. Hence, he would be better off playing more zone and press man as a pro cornerback.

Morrison is a willing tackler and run defender who should help defend the ground game. The pre-draft workouts could be very important for determining how high Morrison gets drafted, but he still looks like a future pro starter and a player with the potential to be a good pro.