Player: Jaylon Jones

School: Texas A&M

Measurables:

• Height: 6’2” (NFL Combine)
• Weight: 200 (NFL Combine)

• 40: 4.57 (NFL Combine)
• 10 Yard Split: 1.48 (NFL Combine)
• Bench: 14 (NFL Combine)
• Vertical Jump: 38” (NFL Combine)
• Broad Jump: 10’2” (NFL Combine)
• 3 Cone: 6.88 (NFL Combine)
• 20 Yard Shuttle: 4.3 (NFL Combine)
• Other Notes: Jones athletic testing was extremely up and down. It is very interesting to note that despite having one of the worst 40s of the CB group, he had one of the best 10 yard splits. 

Graded Position Specific Traits:

• Man Coverage: 6.5/10
• Zone Coverage: 5.25/10
• Field Vision: 5.5/10
• Tackling: 6.5/10
• Run Support: 6.75/10
• Range: 5.5/10

Prospect Grade: 36/60; 60%- Borderline starter, maybe a high end backup to start with potential to start by end of year

Projected Draft Day: Round 3

Player Comparison: Rock Ya-Sin

Player Summary:

Jones is a pretty good corner all around, but isn’t great at any one thing. He definitely seems like a stronger man coverage cornerback to me than zone. With that being said, he plays from depth more than not. It’s hard to tell whether it’s a scheme thing or he’s afraid of getting beat. When he does line up in your face rarely, if ever, does he press. Although he does like to get hands on through the route. His footwork is good, not great. In coverage you can definitely see the lack of speed at times. 

Jones is pretty good in run support though. He has pretty good tackling although the way that he tackles is semi-worrisome. He basically missiles himself at ball carriers, while not wrapping up often. It got the job done on most occasions, but at the next level his coaches should probably teach him to wrap. He’s got good size, but not the type of size where he can just blow up anyone. One other note that I have is apparently he’s 25? I had no idea. That doesn’t affect his ability to play football but that has to be one of the oldest corners to come out recently.

I have Jones as a Round 3 cornerback. He’s a borderline starter. He will probably go into camp and compete, but he may not start right away. Starting by the end of his rookie year isn’t crazy to think though.