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CB/S Antone Exum, Virginia Tech -- It will be really interesting to see what team picks up Exum and how he develops. Here's a guy with a lot of interesting potential, can be used in lots of ways, but missed nearly all of 2013 with a torn ACL. There's no telling how well Exum will come back from it either; he may not be 100% until 2015. But Exum's a guy with good size (6'0", 218 lbs) who plays hyperaggressive. That excessive aggressiveness got him in a lot of trouble in 2012 with penalties, but that aggressiveness also allowed him to hang with receivers of all sizes and speeds. Exum's not shutdown corner material, but he was rarely torched going up against opponents' best receivers. Exum biggest failing is his inability to get his head turned around in time, and his hips don't seem to flip very quickly in coverage. He does, however, play very aggressive on receivers and ballcarriers, so perhaps Exum's a better fit at SS than he is at CB. At this point, he seems like a jack of all trades rather than a master of any particular one. I have a late round grade on him, but some team will reach for him out of need for (a.) big corners or (b.) safeties.
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