Former player names Dolphins’ Jevon Holland ‘most versatile’ player

Former player names Dolphins’ Jevon Holland ‘most versatile’ player

Quick! Name some of the most versatile players in the NFL! Chiefs safety Tyrann Matheiu is a great choice. So, too, is Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey. And, if former NFL running back Maurice Jones-Drew is to be believed, Dolphins 2nd-round safety Jevon Holland deserves to have his name on the list as well.

Jones-Drew picked Holland during a segment on Good Morning Football as his choice for the NFL’s most versatile player despite Holland not taking any snaps in a game just yet — quite the testament to how much Holland is capable of and, as Jone-Drew points out, how highly the Dolphins are reportedly regarding him through the very early portions of his career thus far in South Florida.

Jones-Drew, who has worked with Holland in the past, cited that past experience with helping him to choose Holland for this exercise.

“I’m gonna go with the Miami Dolphins’ second-round pick Jevon Holland out of the University of Oregon. Now, I coached him in high school and this is why I brought him up because he was our best DB and our best WR at that point but it was just high school. So then he goes to Oregon, dominates as a freshman. Plays safety, corner as we see here covering tight ends, inside linebacker, plays the nickel. They have him return kicks and punts,” said Jones-Drew.

“But then all of a sudden there’s this rumor out that if he had played in this 2020 season, that Oregon had a package for him offensively. Now that’s going to be like Charles Woodson-esque, right? Now all of a sudden you’re trying to get the ball in his hands. The Dolphins have talked about — and this is just me talking with some of their coaches and people in their organization — they have said he is just been tremendous out there. The knowledge of the game. They can put him everywhere. I can’t wait for him to show his versatility this year.”

High praise from a highly accomplished pro himself.