Kendall Sheffield, the Ohio St. CB, sits at No. 120 on the consensus board across 1 public boards. The tier model reads him as a role player — 6% elite, 17% starter.
Athleticism
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Inconsistent outside cornerback prospect with rare speed and explosiveness, but lacking the ball skills and instincts of an NFL cornerback.”
Role and scheme fit
The archetype rules read him as a balanced-CB.
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“…Inconsistent outside cornerback prospect with rare speed and explosiveness, but lacking the ball skills and instincts of an NFL cornerback. Sheffield has the twitch for ball production underneath and the long speed to handle vertical workers, but his inconsistency to find and play the football once it comes out of the quarterback's hands is problematic. Relative to his fluctuating career, his ceiling is fairly high t…”
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