Ryan
Smith.
Ryan
Smith.
North Carolina Central· 5'11"· 189 lb· 4.47s 40
Cover-3 match with complementary man principles, utilizing versatile defensive backs in press and off-man concepts.
Immediate special teams contributor and developmental outside corner, with a ceiling as a reliable nickel or boundary press-man defender.
Pure zone coverage schemes that rely on extensive read-and-react ability and lack opportunities for physical play at the line of scrimmage.
A physical, athletic corner whose best fit is in systems that value press coverage and allow him to play downhill.
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
- 4.47sp50
- Vertical
- 36inp50
- Broad jump
- 122inp50
- Three-cone
- 6.88sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.09sp50
- Bench
- 18repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | SMU | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | North Dakota State | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | SMU | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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.