{"id":64329,"date":"2019-04-25T00:06:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T04:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=64329"},"modified":"2019-04-25T00:06:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T04:06:55","slug":"will-harris-2019-nfl-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/04\/25\/will-harris-2019-nfl-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Harris 2019 NFL Draft Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Position: <\/strong>Safety<br \/>\n<strong>Height: <\/strong>6\u20191\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Weight: <\/strong>207 pounds<br \/>\n<strong>School<\/strong>: Boston College Eagles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Combine Performance Data<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>40-yard dash<\/strong>: 4.41 seconds (fourth-best among safeties)<br \/>\n<strong>Bench press<\/strong>: 20 reps (tied for third-best among safeties)<br \/>\n<strong>Vertical jump<\/strong>: 36.5 inches<br \/>\n<strong>Three-cone drill<\/strong>: 6.91 seconds (fifth-best among safeties)<br \/>\n<strong>20-yard shuttle<\/strong>: 4.12 seconds (fifth-best among safeties)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Will Harris 2019 NFL Draft Profile<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Boston College safety <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/will-harris-1.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will Harris<\/a><\/strong> is looking to follow in his father\u2019s footsteps as he heads into the <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/last-word-on-pro-football-2019-nfl-draft-headquarters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2019 NFL Draft<\/a>. While his father never broke camp with a professional team, Harris has a chance to be the first in his family to make it onto the NFL field.<\/p>\n<p>Harris is coming off of arguably the best season of his collegiate career. Appearing in all 12 games as a senior, Harris recorded 75 tackles, one interception, and one tackle-for-loss for the Boston College Eagles. His strong play earned him third-team All-ACC honors for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Harris initially joined Boston College prior to the 2015 college football season. Earning a spot as a true freshman, Harris spent the majority of the season serving as a backup. However, the defensive back forced his way into the starting lineup late in the season. In all, Harris finished his freshman season with 20 tackles, one interception, and one pass defended.<\/p>\n<p>Harris held on to the starting job throughout the remainder of his collegiate tenure. The Georgia native played in all 26 games as a sophomore and junior, recording a combined 130 tackles, three interceptions, six passes defended, and 6.5 tackles for loss.<\/p>\n<h2>Strengths<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>one of the fastest straight-line safeties in the draft;<\/li>\n<li>boasts ideal athleticism based on Combine testing;<\/li>\n<li>has size and strength to match up against tight ends;<\/li>\n<li>hard-hitting safety who won\u2019t get overpowered;<\/li>\n<li>can immediately contribute as a special teamer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Weaknesses<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>slow reactions in coverage;<\/li>\n<li>doesn\u2019t possess ideal ball skills;<\/li>\n<li>struggles to read route combinations and is a step late in zone;<\/li>\n<li>struggles to disengage against larger blockers in the run game;<\/li>\n<li>loses effectiveness away from the line of scrimmage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NFL Comparison<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/AlleAn02.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Antonio Allen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Teams With Need at Position<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/49ers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/saints\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Orleans Saints<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/raiders\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Raiders<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/packers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/dolphins\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miami Dolphins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/buccaneers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/falcons\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Atlanta Falcons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Projection<\/strong>: Round five<\/p>\n<h2>Bottom Line<\/h2>\n<p>Harris should start 2019 on an active roster, but he shouldn\u2019t be starting. The Boston College product has the athleticism and overall build to succeed in the NFL. His physicality allows him to match up with tight ends and his speed allows him to hold his own against running backs. He\u2019s rarely out of place when asked to play near the box and can immediately contribute on special teams.<\/p>\n<p>However, Harris has a few glaring flaws which will relegate him to backup work. Despite his top speed, Harris isn\u2019t instinctive and struggles to diagnose plays from zone coverage. He\u2019s typically one step too slow when asked to drop back and read the field. While a man coverage defense can help mask this flaw, at some point Harris will have to play in a zone. Additionally, Harris struggles to disengage against larger blockers at the college football landscape. This could develop into a big problem in the NFL, as the size and speed of the competition increase tenfold relative to college football.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has the physical tools required to correct these flaws and make this scouting report look really bad in a few years. However, he\u2019s still a ways away from putting it all together, if he ever does. The right coaching staff could turn him into a starter. But in the meantime, look for Harris to spend 2018 as a backup and key special teams contributor.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"7o09qfCFSd9yMFuzuFdvFg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1134399044\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'7o09qfCFSd9yMFuzuFdvFg',sig:'WPLHVxdDRu-vzPE0C9fkQj3Nb9nk9__g2Fmyw916ml0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1134399044',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Harris 2019 NFL Draft Profile: The Boston College safety finished his senior season as a third-team All-ACC selection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":64330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1647],"tags":[4070,61,40,1173,5171],"class_list":["post-64329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-draft","tag-2019-nfl-draft","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-will-harris"],"modified_by":"John Bava","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}