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FS Gerod Holliman, Louisville -- The vast majority of the people who follow the draft are Casual Fans, who don't bother watching any game tape. There is nothing wrong with that, but it does have necessary disadvantages when it comes to draft season. The most obvious one, of course, is that some player will inevitably seduce the Casual Fan with a flashy statline, regardless of how he might have actually performed on the field. Gerod Holliman (6'0", 200 lbs) will be #1 on the Casual Fan dining menu, and for good reason: he tied the Division I football record for interceptions in a season with 14 -- fourteen!!! -- and stacked up 60 tackles through the season. That is outstanding production, and it is legitimately the result of excellent speed, great hands, and above average ability to read routes and QBs. The downside is, I may have never seen a bigger pussy on the football field. Holliman is a horrid tackler -- not only is he a completely soft bitch who shies from contact, but he ACTIVELY RUNS HIMSELF OUT of run plays on many occasions. This is a guy committed 100% to the deep safety assignment, and if you run a defense that only asks your safety to do that, he could have great value. But on the vast majority of teams that ask their safeties to make plays against the run game, there's almost nobody more pathetic. You're essentially down one player in the run game so long as Holliman is on the field, and that's likely not going to change once his NFL opponents are bigger, faster, and stronger. Would not draft.
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