Advanced scouting: Tony Jefferson

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By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com


To help preview who might be on the Dallas Cowboys’ board for the NFL draft, ESPNDallas.com has identified five players at five key positions that we’d like to learn more about. Along those lines, we’ve asked former Cowboys assistant coach Glenn “Stretch” Smith – the official scout of Galloway & Company – to study tape of each player and give his thoughts.


No. 2 safety: Tony Jefferson



2013 NFL Draft Series


Height/weight: 5-foot-11, 213 pounds


School: Oklahoma


Why he’s on the radar: The Cowboys are thin at safety thanks to the release of veteran Gerald Sensabaugh. Barry Church is one starter, but there is some concern about who will play alongside him. If the Cowboys don't draft a safety in the first two rounds, maybe getting Jefferson, who can play both safety spots, is an option. He's good in coverage and playing near the line of scrimmage.

Projection: Fifth round

Stretch Truths: Does not have top-end speed (ran the 40 in 4.75 seconds). … Not natural pedaling and turning his hips. … He is a box safety who can play the run with force. He’ll tackle with pop and deliver a blow. … Could be a demon on special teams but lacks size and speed to be an elite safety. … Cowboys need better in the first four rounds.
 

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Jefferson has dropped off the face of the earth since the season ended. Now it looks like he'd be lucky to get drafted in the first two days at this point. The slow 40 is one thing, he also has characterized as a lazy player.

There are better guys available...a lot of them in fact.
 

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Jefferson has dropped off the face of the earth since the season ended. Now it looks like he'd be lucky to get drafted in the first two days at this point. The slow 40 is one thing, he also has characterized as a lazy player.

There are better guys available...a lot of them in fact.
He was an over-hyped player at Oklahoma. He was hyped as a playmaker but rarely did he make plays.

He's more of an in the box safety who is fairly average in coverage. Watkins is stretching the truth with that "he's good in coverage" statement.

The 5th round sounds about right.
 
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