Ourlads' Profile:
2024 Guide: What Ourlads’ NFL Scouting Services said about BEAU BRADE:
Maryland | HT: 6000 | WT: 203 | 40 time: 4.55 | Arm: 3100 | Hand: 1018 | Wing: 7700
Two-year starter. Two-time All-Big 10 honorable mention. Typically aligned as the boundary safety in a healthy mixture of one-high and two-high coverages. Possesses average height and weight with ordinary arm length and a thick, muscular frame. The leader on the back end of the defense who gets everyone on the same page. Explosive athleticism matched with a high motor to make plays all over the field. Utilizes his natural movement skills and solid foot speed to excel as a sideline-to-sideline defender. As an underneath defender, he shows good vision to read route concepts and quarterback intentions to put himself in proper positioning. Shows toughness and physicality to reroute receivers and disrupt timing of the throw. Takes solid angles as a high defender on deep passes when the quarterback cracks the egg. Uses phenomenal burst and change-of-direction to close on receivers from depth. Has a knack for getting his hands on the ball; shows exceptional ball skills as he times up the receiver’s hands well to break up passes. Possesses the hip fluidity, man coverage technique, and physical toughness to carry tight ends vertical. Excellent in run support as he constricts running lanes with strength and movement skills. Works through traffic with notable agility and foot quickness to make his way to the ball carrier. Wraps up with sound tackling form and shows great strength to take ball carriers of all sizes to the ground. Assertive tackler in the open field. As the deep defender and last line of defense, he needs to more consistently get depth with receivers as he is prone to bite on big shot plays. Takes improper angles to the sideline and gets out of position when tackling in space. Needs to develop better block destruction skills in the run game and against screens.
2023 Stats: 75 T, 4 TFL, 6 PBU, 1 FF, 1 INT. Draft projection: 1st/2nd round