Official Day 2 (Rounds 2 and 3) of the 2015 NFL Draft Thread

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Confirmed

Dov Kleiman @NFL_RealUpdates 9s10 seconds ago
Green Bay #Packers have selected DB Quinten Rollins with the 62nd overall pick in the 2015 #NFL Draft.

[Carolina_Packer]

That was before he ran a 4.93 at the combine...

That number doesn't lie, but sometimes you'll take someone who diagnoses and takes good angles more than you care about 40 times. Darius Hayward-Bay was world class fast, but wouldn't know a route tree if it fell on him.

[Rastak]

8. QUINTEN ROLLINS | Miami (Ohio) 5111|195 lbs|5SR Wilmington, Ohio (Wilmington HS) 7/1992 (age 22) #2
GRADE 2nd Round Total: (12/12) 72/4.0/16/7
MEASUREABLES Arm: 30 1/4 | Hand: 09 | Wingspan: 73 1/2
COMBINE 40-YD: 4.57 | 10-YD: 1.61 | 20-YD: 2.67 | BP: 14 | VJ: 36 1/2 | BJ: 10’02” | SS: 4.28 | 3C: 7.10 | LS: 11.53


BACKGROUND: A football and basketball recruit out of high school, Rollins focused mostly on basketball and enrolled at Miami (Ohio) to play on the hardcourt. He started all four seasons for the Redhawks basketball team at point guard (106 career starts), finishing second in school history in steals (214) and fourth in career assists (391). Rollins was a two-year team captain and earned the Team’s Defensive Player of the Year Award three straight seasons. Unsure about a professional basketball career, he decided to play one year of football with his final season of collegiate eligibility and went to Redhawks head coach Chuck Martin, who invited him to spring practice for a try-out, just days after the basketball season ended. Rollins said he “was almost done with football” during spring because he was so far behind compared to others on the team, but he stuck with it and moved his way up the depth chart through spring and summer, earning a starting job for the season opener. Rollins finished the 2014 season with 72 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, 16 passes defended and a MAC-best seven interceptions, which ranked third nationally. He earned MAC Defensive Player of the Year and conference First Team honors, receiving an invitation to the 2015 Senior Bowl.


STRENGTHS: Constructed well for the position with good length and solid build for his height…fluid athlete with coordinated footwork and smooth belt action to easily flip his hips…good flexibility out of his stance, keeping his nose over his toes and staying low to spring in any direction…above average ballskills, reflexes and hand-eye coordination (16 passes defended in 12 starts)…impressive tackling technique for a player with his inexperience, sinking, striking and wrapping with timing and pop…throws his body around with emphasis and has embraced the physical side of the game…good eye use to read and anticipate the play before it happens, staying dialed in with natural instincts to put himself in position to make plays on the ball…ideal toughness for the position, both physically and mentally…highly confident with a short memory to bounce back quickly after mistakes, especially important for a player with his inexperience…aggressive hands to fight through blockers and make a play on the ballcarrier…has experience on special teams coverages…mature work ethic with ambitious personality, both on and off the field…solid durability with his body holding up the full football season without serious injury (not used to that type of consistent beating in basketball)…productive one year on the football field, earning MAC Defensive Player of the Year honors.


WEAKNESSES: Only one year of football experience since high school and never played cornerback until Spring 2014…very raw technically and still learning trends and tendencies at the position…unpolished recognition skills and needs to better anticipate route concepts and how to leverage the field…shows natural transitional quickness, but his mechanical flaws will hinder his ability to gain proper body position downfield…often allows too much cushion at the line of scrimmage and is raw with his spacing and closing time…does have press experience, but doesn’t make contact off the snap and is unproven jamming receivers at the line…bad habit of biting on outside moves at the line and giving up inside position due to impatient feet…too often flips his hips off the snap and needs time to develop his backpedal technique…green behind the ears with defensive schemes and still learning secondary terminology.


SUMMARY: Rollins was an unknown in the football scouting world after not playing the sport since high school, but it didn’t take long for him to move up the depth chart for the Redhawks, impressing coaches and scouts throughout the season and ultimately winning the MAC Defensive Player of the Year honors. He played the robber rover position in high school, but played mostly offense so he entered 2014 with no football experience in four years and zero experience in his life at cornerback. Rollins adjusted quickly and showed a raw understanding of the position, lining up inside and outside for the Redhawks, also playing man and zone coverages. He needs coached up with backpedal and overall technique, but he has moldable traits with the basketball athleticism, ballskills and defensive mind-set (three-time defensive player of the year for the Miami basketball squad) that translates well to the football field. Although there will be a steep learning curve for him in the NFL and inexperienced mistakes will be inevitable, Rollins is an attractive player due to his talent, toughness and confidence to embrace challenges with his overachieving work ethic. There will be bumps in the road, but he has the physical and mental make-up to see the field early in his career and learn on the go, either at cornerback or free safety – solid second round pick.

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Brad Biggs @BradBiggs 5s6 seconds ago
Terrific story on #Packers CB Quinten Rollins here from @MattBowen41 Super read. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...liest-prospect …

[pittstang5]

Love the pick - which makes me dislike the pick yesterday. Oh well.

Are we done with DBs now?

[wist43]

Would be all onboard if it were Anthony/McKinney and Rollins...

Just hate the Randall pick so much... still can't get over how bad a pick that was.

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I like Rollins a hell of a lot more than Randall!!!

i do too

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Dov Kleiman @NFL_RealUpdates · 2m 2 minutes ago
Seattle #Seahawks have selected DE Frank Clark with the 63rd overall pick in the 2015 #NFL Draft.

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Would be all onboard if it were Anthony/McKinney and Rollins...

Just hate the Randall pick so much... still can't get over how bad a pick that was.

exactly

and this pick just makes that pick look so much worse

[wist43]

Maybe TT realized how badly he fucked up yesterday, and thought he better back himself up today, lol...

[Bretsky]

yeah, lets draft another cb, that sounds like something ted would do

CLASSIC FORESHADOWING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mraynrand]

Fluff piece I read a while back:

http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/...c-8715e673b0b0

[Rastak]

Round 3 - for my squad I'd love to see AJ Cann still around or move up and grab him.

[smuggler]

Woot! Rolly!

[wist43]

Very surprised that TT took defense/CB there...