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CB Jalen Collins, LSU -- There's no secret that Collins will be a relatively hot commodity when the draft rolls around, seeing how he's arguably the tallest draft-eligible corner the Draft has to offer, at 6'2". He doesn't look remotely lanky or "all arms," either, like you could argue Trae Waynes seems to be. Collins is truly compact at 6'2", not quite the athlete the similarly-sized Sean Smith is, but very strong and should be perfectly built to battle the NFL's host of larger possession receivers. However, that truly seems to be his ceiling, as a specialty-type corner for those types of WRs. Collins seems to completely lack any quick-twitches necessary to guard the faster or quicker receivers in college football, much less professional football. He was utterly tooled-up against Alabama, and not just against Amari Cooper (who ****ing destroyed him). I like his aggressiveness against the run, so perhaps a creative/capable DC will convert him to strong safety, where he'd only have to worry about tight ends. But his usefulness in a league dominated by speedsters and acrobats at the WR position, I have no idea how his slow reactions will cope. I wouldn't touch him at all in the draft, but I'm sure some team will take him by the 3rd or 4th round.
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