Charles
Gaines.
Charles
Gaines.
Louisville· 5'10"· 180 lb· 4.44s 40
His build and quickness are best suited to align with a Cover-3 match or Cover-1 man-heavy defensive scheme, leveraging his ability to trail receivers.
Year 1 could see him rotating in man coverage situations, with a ceiling as a starting boundary corner in a man-centric scheme.
A Fangio two-high zone scheme would diminish his value, where his smaller frame and aggressive style are less prioritized.
A highly athletic and competitive corner whose best fit is in systems that ask him to play tight man coverage frequently.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.44sp50
- Vertical
- 34.5inp50
- Broad jump
- 123inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.07sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.20sp50
- Bench
- —rep
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Louisville | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Louisville | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Louisville | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.