Originally Posted by OldSchool (Post 10452700)

CB

Phillip Gaines, CB, Rice, Senior

Measurables: 6' .3", 193 lbs, 31 7/8" arms, 9 5/8" hands.

Bench Reps: 11

40 time: 4.35 unofficial, 4.38 official

Background: Played CB at Rice. He was a dominant CB in his senior year. He was targeted 40 times in 2013 and allowed 13 receptions while making 4 INTs with 9 PBUs, 32.5% success rate. He has 38 PBUs in his career at Rice which is their career record. Gaines had legal troubles in 2011 when he was arrested for possession of 2 ounces or less of weed.

Positives: Aggressive defender in coverage, he plays fearlessly and isn't afraid to challenge receivers at the line. He's experienced as a press-corner and looks comfortable in the zone as well. He has great ball skills and broke up a ton of passes when playing at Rice. He has tremendous speed and quickness to mirror even the fastest WRs to go along with his good length, great closing speed. He was left on an island for most of his career and performed at a high level in that role; shows good awareness in coverage to fall off his man and make a play on the ball when it is thrown elsewhere. Very fluid athlete who is a willing tackler.

Negatives: Needs to improve his technique to in order to be more effective as a press corner (though he is fine in his trail technique). Struggles to get off of blocks in the run game; needs to add more strength to deal with WRs blocking him or improve his physicality at the point of attack. Needs to do a better job of catching the ball when he gets an opportunity.

Overview: Gaines is a confident, aggressive, and physical corner who has the potential to become a top cover corner in the NFL in either zone or press-man schemes. He has all of the tools to succeed but could stand to improve his strength, teams also have to check out his character. I would take him as soon as the 4th round in this draft in order to improve our pass coverage.

Originally Posted by jonzie04 (Post 10452828)

never heard of him before today, but damn i love what i see in that guy. not a lot of corners with that kind of fire on the field. especially with the tools he has.

Originally Posted by Jakemall (Post 10452848)

Short arms...

Originally Posted by jonzie04 (Post 10452864)

his arms are 3/8 of an inch shorter than richard shermans. :hmmm:

Originally Posted by Jakemall (Post 10453189)

Does he also take PEDs?

But seriously, he's 6' Sherman is 6'3 with big hops..

All that said, I was kinda kidding.

Originally Posted by OldSchool (Post 10453320)

His arms aren't the longest but they are long enough. More importantly for me, he's a good sized corner who can run, jump and has the same short area quickness as Jason Verrett. I would love for us to draft him.

Originally Posted by Jakemall (Post 10453389)

He'd be fine I'm sure....what's he going to be like 5th or 6th round?

Personally, I like Kyle Fuller, Keith McGill and Bradley Roby.

Originally Posted by OldSchool (Post 10453409)

Looking at draft sites, they all say 7th round. His play is way above that of a 7th rounder, I would rate him as high as the 2nd for just his physical abilities alone; you're talking about a good sized corner at 6'1" and almost 200 pounds who has the movement skills of a 5'9" and under guy. The only reasons that I could think of why he would be rated so low are off the field issues and the fact that he didn't play against NFL level talent all of the time. However, his skill set translates very well to the NFL and he would immediately become a solid contributor for us.

His big problems: suspended for the Texas A&M game due to team rules violation; and arrested in 2011 for posession of 2 ounces or less of weed.

Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 10452813)

If by 'tape' you mean 'YouTube clips' then sure. But there's just as much actual gametape on John Brown as there is for any player in the country. All of the MIAA conference schools have multiple cameras at every game.