{"id":38002,"date":"2018-02-17T09:45:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T14:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=38002"},"modified":"2018-03-11T15:20:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T19:20:14","slug":"deshon-elliott-2018-nfl-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/02\/17\/deshon-elliott-2018-nfl-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"DeShon Elliott 2018 NFL Draft Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview
\nPosition<\/strong>: Safety
\nHeight<\/strong>: 6\u20192
\nWeight<\/strong>: 210 pounds
\nSchool<\/strong>: Texas Longhorns<\/p>\n

Combine Performance Data
\n40-yard dash<\/strong>: 4.58 seconds
\nBench press<\/strong>: 15 reps
\nVertical jump<\/strong>: 36 inches
\nBroad jump<\/strong>: 10 feet, 1 inch<\/p>\n

DeShon Elliott 2018 Draft Profile<\/strong><\/h1>\n

DeShon Elliott<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is\u00a0nicknamed “The Joker” due to his fascination with Batman’s biggest adversary<\/a>. And like Heath Ledger’s character in The Dark Knight, Elliot is a true Agent of Chaos on the gridiron. If you throw on some of his highlights or any of his game tape, one of the many things that will jump off the screen is he can hit and hit hard<\/a>.\u00a0He was quite the enforcer for the Longhorns in 2017 and could very well be utilized the same way in the league with his size and range that he possesses. Elliot was a four-star athlete coming out of high school in 2015 and was the 25th ranked safety. He\u2019ll be one of the four safeties in that class hearing their name called come draft weekend. Minkah Fitzpatrick<\/a><\/strong>, Derwin James<\/a><\/strong> and Ronnie Harrison<\/a><\/strong> have all declared for the draft as well. Fitzpatrick and James will most definitely be the first two safeties off the board, Elliot could very well be the third.<\/p>\n

Elliott, a Thorpe Award finalist and consensus All-American finished the season with 63 total tackles, 8.5 for a loss, 1.5 sacks, nine pass deflections, six interceptions, three forced fumbles and two defensive touchdowns. The game that will have scouts and general managers talking now until draft day is the Longhorns’ clash with USC.\u00a0He finished the game with seven tackles and two interceptions. Many analysts have Sam Darnold<\/a><\/strong> as the top quarterback in this year\u2019s draft, yet Elliot picked him off twice and almost had a third after he read Darnold\u2019s eyes and jumped the route. He had two multi-interception games this season and could\u2019ve ended the season with eight or nine total interceptions if it wasn\u2019t for the drops. He was most definitely in the position to have a lot more than he did.<\/p>\n

Strengths<\/h2>\n