NFL Draft Profile: D'Jordan Strong, Safety, Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
D'Jordan Strong
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
#2
Pos: S
Ht: 5093
Wt: 182
Hand: 928
Arm: 2928
Wing: 7100
40: 4.50
DOB: 8/19/1999
Eligibility: 2023
One-Liners:
Undersized cornerback with playmaking instincts. Strong projects to nickel, is best in man coverage and struggles in run support.
Evaluation:
Utilized as an outside cornerback in soft press, off man and cover three and four as well as cloud coverage. Strong possesses above-average change of direction ability with quick feet and a low center of gravity. He is patient in soft press, establishing contact and forcing receivers to the sideline when he can. Staying square, he is confident sitting on routes, not getting threatened vertically. Strong is a playmaker, breaking on routes when he has help over the top and finding a way to get his hands on the football on tipped passes. In run support, he makes an attempt to gain outside leverage. Being undersized and lacking strength, Strong gets driven and displaced by blocking receivers. He can miss in space as a tackler, trying to trip up ball carriers low. In the red zone, he is not alert, transitioning from playing pass to run. Strong shows poor spacing in deep zones, getting too deep and not making an attempt to close windows, allowing for easy completions. This limits his playmaking aspect in zone coverage as he is out of position to break up passes, even in condensed areas of the field.
Grade:
UDFA
