DB Kendall Paul East Texas A&M Scouting Report

Kendall Paul 

Defensive Back

East Texas A&M

6’0 153

Overall Grade: 82

Player Profile

Strengths:

• Loose and fluid hips to turn and run, operate as a deep safety
• Positional versatility: able to man up as an outside corner 
• Rapid feet gets him screaming downhill inviting contact, utilizes shoulder at POA, doesn’t tackle high, goes for hips and legs
• Patient feet->quick trigger, no wasted movement
• Files lanes well. Slitters around blocks and through gaps with agility
• physical, scrappy style in the boundary disrupts timing and makes WR work for ball
• Rangy, covers ground in the flats and overtop
• Smart player that understands routes and timing when to peel off, trigger and disrupt
• Good low base as a boundary corner, keeps eyes low to read hips and react

Weaknesses: 

• Small frame, could be filled out more 
• Not as a comfortable as a off corner with open hips in a 3rds/quarters drop, limits reaction time

Overview:

Paul is a versatile, lighting in a bottle, chess piece on the football field. Even with a small frame Paul operated as a deep safety, nickel and boundary cornerback at East Texas A&M.

 Paul makes up for his smaller frame with a physical playing style. First Paul plays with great technique in his feet and hips. The feet are very clean, slow playing when needed and then rapid downhill. His hips are loose to be able to make speed and baseball turns to cover posts and outs. He has evident speed downhill and agility from the jump to be able to trigger in the run/screen game and in the flats as a curl/flat defender. 

Paul’s technique allows him to play with great timing knowing he has the speed and physicality to disrupt. Even more impressive is his ability to play outside Cornerback versus bigger receivers. Paul starts in a good base, keeping his eyes and hips low in man coverage to be able to read the receiver’s hips, turn and run, break inside or out and stay scrappy with timely hands to throw off the receiver’s timing to attack the ball. 

At the next level Paul should be utilized as a rolling 2 high to 1 high safety to allow him to disrupt the run and the flats when rolled down into the box, while also playing press man if needed. As the deep safety in these shells Paul can utilize his range and blazing speed to cover ground after reading out the routes which he can diagnose at the short, intermediate and deep level. This is a high IQ play with the technique and athleticism to excel but just missing the desirable size seen in the NFL. 

Scout: Andrew Bohovich