Kary
Vincent Jr..
Kary
Vincent Jr..
LSU· 5'9"· 185 lb· 4.36s 40
"A 5-foot-9, 185-lb LSU nickel and 400m sprinter with a 4.36, an 8.16 RAS, and a 2020 opt-out — a late-Day-3 slot corner projection where the straight-line speed was the argument, not the size or ball production."Pre-draft read
A nickel corner with verified track speed best utilized in a two-high safety scheme. He thrives in off-coverage, pedaling with balance, keying the three-step passing game, and closing on flat routes and curls with plus burst out of his plant. His hips flip cleanly on option routes without a stutter.
In press, his high-cut build and short arms are a liability as bigger receivers wall him off on vertical stems. His ball skills are disruptive rather than possessive; hands play late, and interceptions result from closing speed and quarterback error. Against the run, he triggers downhill to cut runners at the ankles but is a form tackler who avoids contact through traffic and can be walled off by second-level blockers.
Cover-2 or Cover-3 match zone, leveraging two-high safeties or single-high support to mitigate isolated vertical routes for the nickel corner.
Year 1 gunner and situational slot defender against sub-packages; ceiling as a quick-trigger Cover-3 slot corner.
Any press-man heavy scheme that isolates outside corners against X-receivers without safety help.
A speed-dependent slot corner whose immediate value is in special teams and as a depth piece in a zone-heavy nickel package, but whose size and physicality limit his upside against NFL-level boundary receivers.
K-CINCO — LSU DB Kary Vincent Jr. 2019 Highlights
Full-season 2019 cutup from the national-title LSU defense showing slot coverage reps and closing speed.
Kary Vincent Jr. — LSU 2019 Highlights
2019 highlight package featuring nickel and safety reps, with clear evidence of the burst out of the pedal.
Kary Vincent Highlights
Career highlight compilation showing route recognition on three-step passing and open-field speed on returns.
A four-year LSU corner, he projects as a slot-only defender whose primary asset is elite speed, demonstrated by his SEC 60-meter championship and 4.36 forty-yard dash. Teams are acquiring a twitched-up nickel with special teams upside, recognizing that his size and play style dictate an inside-only role, backed by solid college production in a premier program.
He entered the draft having opted out of the 2020 season, making his 2019 tape the most recent full evaluation. During his time at LSU, he contributed to the 2019 national championship team, accumulating 4 career interceptions and 20 passes defended. His usage centered on nickel duties, and his athletic profile suggested a clear path to special teams contributions from day one.
Evaluators recognized his undeniable athleticism but noted the 2020 layoff, small frame, and modest ball production as significant flags. These factors limited his projection to a nickel-and-teams flier. He was a consensus Day 3 projection, ultimately selected in the seventh round, a move that aligned with taking a speed lottery ticket for slot depth and a potential plus gunner.
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Play Recognition
Play recognition on three-step passing, allowing him to quickly key route stems and jump hitches or slants when quarterbacks declare early.
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Short Area Burst
Short-area burst evidenced by a 35.5-inch vertical and 117-inch broad jump, enabling quick closing ability from off-coverage positions.
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Verified Track Speed
Verified track speed from his SEC indoor 60m championship and 4.36 pro-day forty, providing clear straight-line burst.
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Slot Body Control
Slot-fit body control, displaying clean hip flips on option routes and mirroring quick in-breakers with balance.
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Special Teams Profile
Special-teams profile with speed and a release package that project immediately for gunner and vice duties.
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Size Limitations
Size limitations at 5-foot-9, 185 pounds with short arms, dictating a slot-only projection against larger NFL receivers.
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Physicality At Catch Point
Physicality at the catch point is a concern; his hands play late as he watches the ball into the pocket rather than playing through.
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Modest Ball Production
Modest ball production for his athletic profile, with 4 career interceptions suggesting tracking and ball skills deficiencies.
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2020 Opt-Out
The 2020 opt-out means his most recent full tape is from 2019, providing a two-year-old sample for evaluation.
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
- 4.36sp50
- Vertical
- 35.5inp50
- Broad jump
- 117inp50
- Three-cone
- —s
- Shuttle
- —s
- Bench
- 8repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | LSU | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | LSU | 13 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | LSU | 15 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Career | — | 39 | 88 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Late-Day-3 speed corner who bounced between practice squads and active rosters as a depth and teams piece — the realistic outcome for a slot-only 5-9 corner with a 4.36 forty.
Undersized slot-only corner whose closing burst and route recognition compensated for a lack of length; the Callahan outcome is the best-case starter-in-nickel version.
Small late-round corner who never carved out an NFL role beyond camp bodies and practice-squad stints, the floor if the special-teams reps do not stick.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Pre-draft context. A four-year LSU corner and world-class track athlete, Vincent left Baton Rouge as an SEC indoor 60m champion (6.59), a member of the 2019 national-title defense, and a career line of 4 interceptions and 20 passes defended. His pro day confirmed elite short-area athleticism at a small frame — 5-foot-9, 185 pounds, 4.36 forty, 35.5-inch vertical, 117-inch broad, 8 bench reps, an 8.16 RAS — but the 2020 opt-out meant evaluators were grading a two-year-old sample. Boards graded him a Day-3 slot-only speed flier with a gunner floor.
NFL fit — Denver. The Broncos took him at 237 as a nickel and teams project, then traded him to Philadelphia before he ever played a snap in Denver. From there the career became a series of practice-squad shuttles: waived by the Eagles, claimed by the Cowboys, back to Philadelphia, back to Dallas. He logged spot defensive snaps and gunner reps on teams across those years but never locked down a rotational role, and the small-slot profile combined with the 2020 layoff meant every camp was a fight for the last defensive-back spot.
Retrospective. A late-round speed swing that never converted into a stable NFL role. The athletic testing translated to gunner value, but the size ceiling and the lack of a boundary fallback capped him as an emergency defensive-back option rather than a rotational nickel. Grades as a miss relative to a normal 7th-round hit rate: he stuck on rosters and practice squads for multiple seasons but never carved out the sub-package role the pick was underwriting.