Player: Tariq Bracy

School: Notre Dame

Measurables:

• Height: 5’10.25” (Pro Day)
• Weight: 182 (Pro Day)

• 40: 4.54 (Pro Day)
• 10 Yard Split: 1.55 (Pro Day)
• Bench: DNP (Pro Day)
• Vertical Jump: 38.5″ (Pro Day)
• Broad Jump: 10’3″ (Pro Day)
• 3 Cone: 7.11 (Pro Day)
• 20 Yard Shuttle: 4.21 (Pro Day)

Graded Position Specific Traits:

• Man Coverage: 8/10
• Zone Coverage: 6/10
• Field Vision: 7/10
• Tackling: 6.75/10
• Run Support: 6.5/10
• Range: 5.5/10

Prospect Grade: 39.75/60; 66.3%- Higher end starter with the potential to be an elite starter

Projected Draft Day: Round 2

Player Comparison: Mike Hilton

Player Summary:

It’s absolutely mind blowing that Bracy is projected as a 7th rounder/UDFA. Bracy is an absolute lockdown in the nickel spot. Bracy does have inside-outside versatility although the majority of his snaps came from the nickel spot. Bracy is not a big corner, but he has a ton of fight in him. On screens and run plays, Bracy flashes the ability to be aggressive at the point of attack, and is pretty good at shedding blocks. Bracy also likes to use his hands to his advantage while he is in coverage, but unlike other corners he doesn’t get too handsy, he’s pretty good at keeping his coverage clean and penalty free. Bracy also does a ton of running across the formation, and when it’s at the snap Bracy has no problem finding his way through traffic, he has good vision when trying to find his way through.

Notre Dame did blitz Bracy a bit, and honestly he could be a bit better. Like he comes running down hill like a bat-out-of-hell, but I didn’t notice much of any production from it in the film that I watched. He’s a relentless blitzer, I’ll give him that much, but I would like to see him be a slightly smarter blitzer. He got caught by play action a couple times when blitzing. If he were to slow down just a hair and read the backfield he could’ve sacked the QB. 

If anyone wants to see just how good Bracy is, watch the Ohio State game. He had to cover Harrison, Egbuka, and JSN all at some point during that game. He gave up 2 receptions for minimal gain. The first catch was on a pick play where he was only a step behind and made the tackle pretty much immediately. The second was a scramble drill where Egbuka came back to Stroud and Bracy was basically draped on Egbuka and he just made a great catch.

It was the same thing in the UNC game. Bracy had Josh Downs basically locked down. The only plays where Bracy was beat was on pick plays. Bracy, when he does get beat though, has a pretty good ability to recover.