Cole Bishop, the Utah SAF, sits at No. 77 on the consensus board across 24 public boards. The tier model reads him as a role player — 8% elite, 22% starter.
Instincts
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Bishop has man coverage potential on tight ends and is a bona fide striker when crashing down from his zone perch.”
Physicality
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Bishop was a highly productive tackler and valuable three-year starter for Utah.”
Technique
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “He stays busy around the line of scrimmage and can dart into gaps but can be a little slow playing off of big blockers.”
Role and scheme fit
The archetype rules read him as a hybrid-S.
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“…Bishop was a highly productive tackler and valuable three-year starter for Utah. He stays busy around the line of scrimmage and can dart into gaps but can be a little slow playing off of big blockers. Bishop has man coverage potential on tight ends and is a bona fide striker when crashing down from his zone perch. He balances pursuit flow with a last-line-of-defense mentality as a run defender from high safety but wi…”
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