Cornerback

Florida State

5-11 190

40 time: 4.42

Draft board overall prospect rank: #93

Draft board cornerback rank: #13

Overall rating: 71*

            3/22/10: Patrick Robinson has first round talent, but a 5^th round attitude. He has looked brilliant in flashes and could be a top flight NFL cornerback in a few years. He has amazing athletic ability and the game of football comes to him naturally and he has amazing instincts, but his tape is way too inconsistent. There have been some rumors that the reason he hasn’t looked as great on tape as he is hyped to be is because he is trying to avoid injury so he can be everything he is at the NFL level. Some say this raises his draft stock, saying that he will be great at the next level, but do you really want to base your claim that he will be a top NFL cornerback on that? It’s certainly believable, but in my mind it actually hurts his stock. Is this the type of player you want on your team? Want happens if his team is losing, does he turn it off to avoid injury? He plays the run very half heartedly as well and that could also be attributed to wanting to avoid injury. He doesn’t disengage from blocks on run blockers and is a very sub par tackler. He often loses focus on the field and he doesn’t play up to his measurables and he can be a bit of a diva cornerback. The upside is certainly there with not only the triangle numbers, 5-11 190 4.42, as well as a 39 inch vertical, but he has had some games where he has looked flat out dominant in coverage, though not surprisingly those were big, nationally televised games, but there isn’t much else other than upside at this point. Places like ESPN have really hyped this kid and given him a first round grade, and I would not be surprised if more than half of the NFL gave him a 2^nd round grade, but I don’t like his inconsistencies and his attitude and can’t give him any more than a 3^rd round grade.

NFL Comparison: Dunta Robinson

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