Positives: Exceptional athlete with terrific balance, body control and agility. Very fluid and quick and nimble-footed. Smooth turning and quick reacting. Closes on the ball very well. Has the great quick-twitch you look for in a corner, ball skills and natural running instincts when he has the ball. Makes big plays and scored on three different types of returns in 2001. Can play bump-and-run, man-off or zone coverage. Best athlete on a great Miami team, and with apologies to Edward Reed, may have been the team’s best player.

Negatives: Has average size and ability to play the run. Is not as physical as scouts would like.

Summary: May be the best cover corner in the entire draft and the best cornerback ever to play for Miami.

Positives: Very good all-around athlete with fluid movements, quick feet and very good body control and agility. Built more like a running back than a cornerback and, while a little short, is not a small player. Has explosive quickness. Shows man-on-man coverage ability and is very good in press coverage at times. Will hit and support against the run. Has good hands and running instincts and can return punts. Also is a good kick-blocker with his explosive jumping ability.

Negatives: A little shorter than scouts would like and is not as technique conscious as he should be. Loses concentration and focus at times. Got heavier and lost speed and recovery ability as a senior and did not look as fluid. Is too much of a close-but-no-cigar type of player on coverage and seems to give up at least one big play every game.

Summary: Seemed to lose some of his speed and athleticism as a senior when playing at a heavier weight and got beat a lot more often.

Positives: Very well-built and plays bigger than his size. A big, physical bump-and-run corner who has played well inside. Does a great job of using his hands and arms to pin the receiver at the line of scrimmage and has the explosive hand punch needed to really shock the receiver. As a run defender, Jammer does a very nice job of playing off blocks and is a good, strong tackler. He has good but not great range and good but not super make-up speed. He can generally run with a receiver and get in his back pocket when playing bump-and-run. In the right type of defense, he is potentially a shutdown corner. When in backed-off man-on-man, he will get beaten at times but is generally a good player. He also can play in a zone scheme. Jammer got to practice against Texas’ great young receivers, including Roy Williams, who in two years could be the most talented receiver in all of football next to Randy Moss.

Negatives: At times he will struggle when in backed-off man coverage. He is not that fluid turning and has a tendency to stay in his backpedal a little too long. Jammer had a major problem with pass-interference calls for the first eight games of the ’00 season, and while he partially alleviated the problem by not hugging the receiver quite as tightly when playing bump and by not going through him to get to the ball, he still will get flagged at times. Had a few concentration lapses in ’01 and seemed to lose focus when teams did not test him. Seems to have trouble finding and playing the deep ball at times, especially when it is thrown over his head, making him vulnerable to giving up a big play.

Summary: Can be a terrific bump-and-run type of corner or a very good, but perhaps not great, player if backed off. However, he must continue to improve his technique and feel for coverage and the game and avoid concentration lapses to realize his potential and to become a true shutdown corner worthy of an early first-round pick.

Positives: Team’s leader. Very hard worker who is always in great shape and will go the extra mile. Tempo-setter who gets everyone to work harder. Very good athlete for a safety who may be athletic enough to play cornerback. Is strong for his size and is a dedicated lifter. Big-play maker with a sixth sense for the game. Very alert in coverage and has exceptional anticipation and good timing. Gets a good read and break on the ball and gets his hands on a lot of passes. Seems to have good hands for the interception. Has made as many big plays as anyone the past two years. Will play hurt and played with a bad shoulder for part of the 2001 season, which explains why his tackling and hitting fell off in some games.

Negatives: Not as big as scouts would like a safety to be or as fast as they would like at cornerback. Has some trouble playing the deep ball, especially when it is thrown over his head.

Summary: One of the top defensive backs in the country, a big-play maker and a top leader who can come right in and contribute.

Notes: Played in every game as a true freshman in 1998 and had 13 tackles and blocked three punts on special teams. Did not play in ’99. Came back as the team’s third corner and fifth defensive back in 2000 and had 37 stops, seven passes broken up and two interceptions. Replaced the Bills’ first-round pick Nate Clements in ’01 and had a Clements-type year, with 39 unassisted tackles, seven interceptions returned for 194 yards and one touchdown and six passes broken up. Was a second-team All-Big Ten pick but may have been the best corner in the conference. Had surgery on his shoulder and toe in early December and missed Ohio State’s bowl game.

Positives: Nice size. Plays faster than he timed at the Combine. Good plus athlete. Excellent athlete. Has quick feet and fluid hips. Very good balance and body control. Quick-twitch type of athlete who breaks on the ball very well. Has good ball skills and hands. Can play man-off or bump coverage.

Negatives: Lacks discipline and technique and relies too much on his athletic ability. Immature. Lacks accountability. Has had off-the-field problems with regard to academics and the legal system. Suspended in the spring of 2001 and spent some time in jail after being picked up for speeding and being charged with driving without a license and giving a police officer false information. Is coming off two surgeries.

Summary: Has a lot of talent, but he has to grow up and learn to work harder on the little things, to prepare better and to avoid getting himself in trouble off the field.

Positives: Tall, long-limbed corner with excellent size and adequate speed. Uses hands and arms well to control the receiver coming off the line and likes to play press coverage. Shows flashes of big-time ability and, at times, will step up when challenged by a top receiver either in his own team’s practices or in games.

Negatives: A little choppy in his backpedal and needs an extra step to turn and run with the receiver. Not as quick and sudden as scouts would like and lacks great make-up speed. Not as effective in man-off coverage as he is in zone and will bite too quickly on moves. Seems to lose his focus at times.

Summary: Has the size and talent but needs to focus on every play. Is not an elite cover man but can be an effective corner in the right scheme.

Positives: Well-built and developed body. Short but not small. May be the best pure athlete on the Florida defense. Fine cover corner. Fluid with quick feet and quick change of direction. Has good instincts and anticipation. Playmaker with good ball skills and hands. Excellent runner on interceptions and on punt returns. He is the best cover corner the Gators have had in a long time, and getting to practice against Florida’s high-powered passing offense and top receivers has helped his development.

Negatives: Shorter than scouts would like. Is not that physical. Will try to bait the quarterback if he is being ignored and sometimes goes too far. Tends to rely too much on ability and get sloppy about technique and attention to detail. May not have great deep make-up speed.

Summary: A big-time corner who can cover and return punts. Could start as a rookie.

Positives: Thompson is a big, sculpted safety with almost no body fat and good plus athletic ability and speed for the position he plays. He has very good range, ball skills and hands. Over the second half of the ’01 season, he was all over the field and showed good plus range against the pass and a knack for the interception. When healthy and playing safety, he has always made plays and picked off passes. He can play either safety position and may be able to play as a bump-and-run or zone corner.

Negatives: Neck still must be checked out. May not have the suddenness and man-on-man cover skills to be a backed off cornerback on the next level, although with his size, he might have a chance as a bump or zone corner. Is not super smooth turning and will lose a little in transition. Is not a great hitter or tackler in the John Lynch mold.

Summary: One of the best defensive backs and safeties in the draft provided the medics are willing to sign off on his neck.

Positives: Looks the part. Passes the eyeball test the second he walks into the room. Williams is as big as some linebackers and as fast as some corners. He has good range and covers a lot of ground with his long strides. At times, shows big-play ability and comes up big in the clutch. Can be very effective vs. the run and as a blitzer when he really is into the game.

Negatives: Is not a sudden, quick-twitch athlete. Has some tightness in his upper body and hips. Struggles when he must flip his hips and go back on the ball. Hot-and-cold player who disapppears for stretches. At times, seems to really struggle to change directions and looks like a straight-line athlete. More stopwatch fast than quick. Is a better hitter than tackler who will have a hard time breaking down and making the open-field tackles at times. Does not always take good angles to the ball.

Summary: An enigma. Will look like a top pick with plenty of talent on some plays and in some games and like an average player and ahtlete who is not really into the game on other plays and in other games. Nevertheless, with his workout numbers, he will be a first-day pick and could even be a late first-rounder.

Positives: Top athlete with top instincts and a knack for the big play. Natural football player who has a sixth sense for the game and anticipation that can’t be taught. Big, physical safety who is a terrific run-support player and hitter. Can be very explosive. Has some cover skills and can break on the ball. Dominates the game when he lines up in the box. Excellent special-teams player. Flows to the ball easily and moves fluidly. Plays big in big games.

Negatives: Has been used in the box like an extra linebacker for most of his career, so he only has limited experience in coverage. Needs to polish up his coverage skills and work on his footwork and technique.

Summary: A natural football player and big-play maker who makes things happen. Would be a great fit in a Jeff Fisher- or Gregg Williams-type defense in a Blaine Bishop-type role. May have been the best football player in the country last year. Will be a very early first-round pick if he works out well and shows he can run and cover well enough.