Tyler Nubin, the Minnesota CB, sits at No. 48 on the consensus board across 26 public boards. The tier model reads him as a role player — 8% elite, 20% starter.
Instincts
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “He's average in man coverage and might lack ideal top-end speed, but his anticipation and discipline help make up for that.”
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Talented safety prospect with the size, length and instincts that teams are looking for to shore up the back end.”
Production Context
NFL Network's Bucky Brooks: “Nubin is a sensational playmaker with the ball skills and tackling ability to control the middle of the field from numbers to numbers.”
Role and scheme fit
The archetype rules read him as a balanced-CB.
Sources · 4 · quotes 2
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- Lance Zierlein, NFL.com
- Bucky Brooks, NFL Network
- Lance Zierlein, nfl_com_zierlein
- Bucky Brooks, nflcom_bucky_brooks
“…Talented safety prospect with the size, length and instincts that teams are looking for to shore up the back end. Nubin has the ability to play as an interchangeable safety but will make his money as a ball thief. He's rangy over the top in two-high safety looks and plays chess in the middle of the field, using instincts to think along with the quarterback and pounce on throws from an angle. He's average in man cover…”
“…Nubin is a sensational playmaker with the ball skills and tackling ability to control the middle of the field from numbers to numbers. As an interception machine (12 INTs over the past three seasons at Minnesota) with a knack for baiting quarterbacks into mistakes, he could thrive as the star atop the Christmas tree in a single-high defense.…”
Sourced synthesis from 4 scouting sources, not original film. How these reports are written →