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With the 136th pick the Bengals select
Coby Bryant CB Cincinnati
Overview
Productive four-year starter whose experience sharpened his football IQ and leadership qualities. Bryant has good size and can be a real-time route reader, with above-average ball skills and an anticipatory brand of coverage. He will need help against NFL deep speed and could struggle in an off-man capacity when he has to transition and match route breaks throughout the game. Zone cover schemes that allow for a more linear, eyes-forward approach should play directly into his strengths and allow him to become a CB2/CB3.
Strengths
"Very serious-minded. Good in your meeting room and talented on the back-end." -- Area scout for NFC team
Coby Bryant CB Cincinnati
Overview
Productive four-year starter whose experience sharpened his football IQ and leadership qualities. Bryant has good size and can be a real-time route reader, with above-average ball skills and an anticipatory brand of coverage. He will need help against NFL deep speed and could struggle in an off-man capacity when he has to transition and match route breaks throughout the game. Zone cover schemes that allow for a more linear, eyes-forward approach should play directly into his strengths and allow him to become a CB2/CB3.
Strengths
- Good size and build as an outside corner.
- Instinctive in coverage.
- Can track throws and catch it like a receiver.
- Made 10 interceptions over five seasons.
- Plays with proper spacing against high-low route combinations.
- Awareness to play the throw.
- Maintains inside leverage through his pedal.
- Ability to maintain positioning through route phase.
- Slick to swing around targets and disrupt catch without interfering.
- Committed to do the work in run support.
- Willing to contain the runner or hit him.
- Will give ground to legitimate pro speed across from him.
- Sticky hips slow directional change.
- Route experts could exploit his deficiencies in space.
- Will struggle to stay in play when routes cross his face.
- Average burst to close from off-man.
- Shorter arms create wrap-up inconsistency as tackler.
- Loses tackle balance when pursuing on the move.
"Very serious-minded. Good in your meeting room and talented on the back-end." -- Area scout for NFC team