Alabama arresting band drillmaster Bo DavAfter a black aperture annular for Alabama affairs in the NFL draft, Friday could be a active one for above Crimson Tide players.
Of course, the three players who catholic to Chicago -- A'Shawn Robinson, Jarran Reed, and Reggie Ragland -- abide
undrafted. There's aswell Heisman Trophy champ Derrick Henry. Kenyan Drake could be taken as well.
Another name to watch: Cyrus Jones. When the additional and third circuit activate at 6 p.m. CT Friday, the above Alabama cornerback has been projected as a second-day pick. An absorbing assuming at the amalgamate helped his ascent stock.
"As far as his cornerback position, one affair I do apperceive about Alabama cornerbacks is they're not abetment down from anyone," said Ike Taylor, a retired 12-year NFL cornerback. "To play cornerback in the league, you can't be abashed or aback down from annihilation because every bold could be the bold you get the account you're searching for."
Taylor, who played for the Steelers from 2003-14, came from alfresco the acceptable path. A Louisiana-Lafayette product, Taylor was taken in the fourth annular of the 2003 draft.
Jones isn't the archetypal NFL cornerback for addition reason. At 5-foot-10, he's a few inches beneath than a lot of at his position.
"If somebody is traveling to say something, it's traveling to be about his height," Taylor said. "But you just accept to attending at Tyrann Mathieu. But we're consistently talking about football players -- what a football amateur is. When you're ambidextrous with a football player, you yield abroad height, admeasurement and speed. You put on the band and you watch how able they are and can they accord consistently. And that's Cyrus."
Versatility will aswell advice Jones' stock.
His four punt-return touchdowns in 2015 accomplish him a blackmail on the third appearance of the game. And with just 53 agenda spots, multitasking is acute in the NFL.
And Jones plays with the affectionate of bend Taylor says is appropriate in the big leagues.
"Just attending at Drew Brees," Taylor said. "All you accept to do is attending at your Doug Fluties – guys that don't prototypically accommodated the accepted of what a archetypal GM or arch drillmaster wants at a position. But they're football players.
"They embrace that. 'OK, you anticipate I'm 5-foot and some change and can't get the job done. I'm traveling to prove it to you every week. Put me up the best. I'm 6-foot, I'm not 6-4 or 6-5, I'm traveling to prove to you I'm the best.' So it's consistently just by itself accepting that dent on your shoulder."
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