2024 5th Round Pick #169 Overall Kitan Oladapo - S - Oregon St.
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Overview
Oladapo possesses classic strong safety traits and play attributes, which should help evaluators define him more easily. He has very good size, with the play strength and toughness to tackle near the box and enough cover skills to line up over tight ends in man. While he can play some split safety, he can be a little inconsistent in big space, so playing forward is his best bet. There is room for improvement as a tackler, but he generally pursues with leverage and takes his role as last line of defense to heart. He has "make it" size and attributes. He's likely to come in as a backup with special teams duties but has a pretty good shot of becoming an eventual starter.
Strengths
Athletic frame with desired build and play strength for the NFL.
Team captain who gets the back end situated pre-snap.
Swoops in using proper angles to clean up leaky edges in run support.
Stays in balance to tackle while driving downhill toward the play.
Can line up over both Y and F tight ends in man coverage.
Adequate ball skills to attack the throw and create incompletions.
Weaknesses
Bumpy transitions out of backpedal and struggles to change direction in big space.
Gets overtaken by long speed when situated as a deep safety.
Needs to meet blocking receivers with quicker pop to eliminate them.
Can be indecisive diagnosing mesh point on zone read and RPOs.
Shorter arms create some inconsistency as a wrap-up tackler.
