Jammie Robinson NFL Draft Overview
Position: Safety
Height: 5′-11″
Weight: 191 pounds
School: Florida State
2023 NFL Draft: Jammie Robinson Scouting Report
After spending the past four years at South Carolina and Florida State, safety Jammie Robinson has finally declared for the 2023 NFL Draft. The safety is hitting the big stage at the right time, as his previous season was the best of his career. Appearing in 13 games, the defensive back finished the season with 99 tackles, five tackles-for-loss, one sack, one interception, and five passes defended.
Jammie Robinson originally joined the college football world in 2019. Signing with South Carolina, Robinson contributed as a true freshman, recording 62 tackles, 1.5 tackles-for-loss, one interception, and four passes defended. The next season, Robinson recorded 73 tackles, two tackles-for-loss, and one interception for the Gamecocks before choosing to transfer to Florida State for the 2021 season. During his first season with the Seminoles, the safety recorded 84 tackles, seven tackles-for-loss, four interceptions, and three passes defended.
Strengths
- Versatile player with experience at multiple positions;
- Great ball skills and anticipation to break on throws;
- Guards the edge well on contain and keeps backs from going wide;
- Hard hitter that can knock balls loose;
- Very strong, especially for his build;
- Very good tackling fundamentals – only 7.4% missed tackle rate per PFF.
Weaknesses
- Very petite frame – 19th percentile height, 5th percentile weight, 2nd percentile arm length;
- Not particularly fast – lacks the speed to play deep in Cover-1;
- Struggles at the catch point against tight ends and bigger slot receivers;
- Doesn’t always take the best path to the ball carrier;
- Underwhelming recovery ability when beat.
NFL Comparison: Smaller Patrick Chung
Teams With Need at Position: Carolina Panthers, Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Projection: Round 3
Bottom Line on Jammie Robinson
If Jammie Robinson were a little bit bigger, he might be a first-round pick. The Florida State product is so good at so many things, and that versatility to do a little bit of everything is going to be his calling card. He can play deep in two-safety looks, get down in the box to defend the run, and line up as a slot cornerback and cover tight ends and wide receivers. He can all of these things to a passable level, and this ability should let him stay on the field regardless of situation. Some players of Robinson’s build are simply too small to survive in that NFL, but that shouldn’t be an issue here. Robinson is ridiculously strong for his size, as evidenced by his 23 bench press reps. He knows how to use this strength, as he’s a hard hitter that rarely misses tackles.
Unfortunately, size does matter in the NFL, and Robinson’s underwhelming build is going to limit his ceiling. While he is strong enough to play the position, all of the strength in the world won’t matter in coverage when taller receivers with considerably longer wingspans jump up for a high pass. Just based on his build alone, his ball skills are never going to be anything special, and he lacks the deep speed to make plays as a single-high safety. Basically, he can be a good player in the short and intermediate parts of the field, but that’s about it.
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