A Closer Look at the 2016 Safety Class

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For the past couple of years I've focused my draft attention primarily on the Safety position.

Jay's recent comments (Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden concerned about safety depth - Washington Redskins Blog- ESPN) about our S group once again brings the spotlight onto the Safeties. There is good reason for concern with 3 of the top 4 S returning from injury and the 4th transitioning from CB. Although there is always Dash as a fall back option through FA.

Anyhow this thread will be a look at the 2016 S class through breaking down their available film on Draft Breakdown | NFL Draft Prospect Videos and More and NOONKICK | FOOTBAWWW

Below is nfl.com draft profiles, which serves as a starting point list:

Player Pos Ht Wt College Grade

Neal, Keanu SS 6'0" 211 Florida 5.8
Joseph, Karl S 5'10" 205 West Virginia 5.7
Bell, Vonn FS 5'11" 199 Ohio St. 5.6
Killebrew, Miles SS 6'2" 217 Southern Utah 5.6
Cash, Jeremy SS 6'0" 212 Duke 5.6
Houston-Carson, DeAndre FS 6'1" 201 William & Mary 5.5
Green, T.J. FS 6'2" 209 Clemson 5.5
Thompson, Darian S 6'2" 208 Boise St. 5.5
Kearse, Jayron S 6'4" 216 Clemson 5.3
Mills, Jalen FS 6'0" 191 LSU 5.3
Frazier, Kavon SS 6'0" 217 Central Michigan 5.3
Simmons, Justin FS 6'2" 202 Boston College 5.3
Powell, Tyvis FS 6'3" 211 Ohio St. 5.3
Byard, Kevin S 5'11" 216 Middle Tennessee St. 5.2
Bush, Deon S 6'0" 199 Miami 5.2
Dillon, K.J. S 6'0" 210 West Virginia 5.2
Lucas, Jordan SS 6'0" 201 Penn St. 5.1
Carter, Tevin SS 6'1" 218 Utah 5.1
Shumate, Elijah S 6'0" 216 Notre Dame 5.1
Kindred, Derrick FS 5'10" 207 TCU 5.1
Fejedelem, Clayton S 6'1" 200 Illinois 5.1
Lomax, Jordan FS 5'10" 202 Iowa 4.9
Elston, Trae S 5'11" 195 Mississippi 4.9
Middleton, Doug SS 6'0" 210 Appalachian St. 4.9
Brutus, Lamarcus SS 6'0" 206 Florida St. 4.9
Caputo, Michael SS 6'0" 200 Wisconsin 4.9
Stewart, Trevon S 5'10" 195 Houston 4.8
Stamps, A.J. FS 5'11" 193 Kentucky 4.8
Williamson, R.J. S 6'0" 216 Michigan St. 4.8
Golden, Jamal SS 6'0" 195 Georgia Tech 4.8
Simone, Jordan S 5'11" 190 Arizona State 4.6


cbs FS list: (ranking--player--position--measureables--round projection)

2 *Jalen Ramsey FS 1 Florida State Jr 6-1 209 1
67 Jalen Mills FS 2 LSU Sr 6-0 191 2-3
89 *T.J. Green FS 3 Clemson Jr 6-2 209 3
97 Darian Thompson FS 4 Boise State rSr 6-2 208 3
138 Sean Davis FS 5 Maryland Sr 6-1 201 4-5
172 DeAndre Houston-Carson FS 6 William & Mary rSr 6-1 201 5
184 Justin Simmons FS 7 Boston College Sr 6-2 202 5-6
204 *Tyvis Powell FS 8 Ohio State rJr 6-3 211 6
212 Kavon FrazierInjured FS 9 Central Michigan Sr 6-0 217 6
229 *Keanu Neal FS 10 Florida Jr 6-0 211 6-7

cbs SS list: (ranking--player--position--measureables--round projection)


47 *Vonn Bell SS 1 Ohio State Jr 5-11 199 2
53 Jeremy Cash SS 2 Duke rSr 6-0 212 2
80 Karl JosephInjured SS 3 West Virginia Sr 5-10 205 2-3
113 Miles Killebrew SS 4 Southern Utah Sr 6-2 217 3-4
152 *Jayron Kearse SS 5 Clemson Jr 6-4 216 4-5
169 KJ Dillon SS 6 West Virginia Sr 6-0 210 5
191 Kevin Byard SS 7 Middle Tennessee rSr 5-11 216 5-6
210 Jordan LucasInjured SS 8 Penn State Sr 6-0 201 6
225 Trae Elston SS 9 Ole Miss Sr 5-11 195 6-7