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2024 Guide: What Ourlads’ NFL Scouting Services said about DEMANI RICHARDSON:
Texas A&M | HT: 6004 | WT: 210 | 40 time: 4.60 | Arm: 3200 | Hand: 0978 | Wing: 7718
Five-year starter. Third-team All-SEC in 2021, All-Freshman team in 2019. Aligns as the boundary safety and will also walk up on the edge. Possesses good height and excellent weight with a muscular frame and short arms. Good mental processing as a deep defender to weave with the quarterback and react quickly when he starts his throwing motion. Decent range using solid acceleration and long strides to make ground. Quality lateral agility in underneath coverage to leverage his area well. Notable physicality in press man to hold up receivers and tight ends at the line-of-scrimmage. Will come down in run support and tackle in his gap with proper form. A physical presence in the box who will throw his body on the line with considerable strength to stalemate lineman and close running lanes. Displays a powerful punch to knock the ball loose and force fumbles. A valuable blitzer on the edge who finds ways to pressure the quarterback with bend and violence. Overall an uninspiring athlete with hip fluidity concerns. Bad habit of overcommitting and opening his hips too early when the ball is not coming out of the quarterback’s hands. Falls out-of-phase versus receivers with good snap on their routes; needs to track hips and maintain leverage. Fringe in transition; lacks explosiveness out of his break. Will make his money in the box at the next level.
2023 Stats: 59 T, 3 TFL, 1 sack, 3 PBU, 4 QBH, 1 FF. OSR:18/20. Draft projection: 5th-7th round