A.J. Green: What the Browns are getting in their UDFA CB

Green has a lot of positives but is not a great athlete

Once the NFL Draft was complete everyone on the Twitter-verse had a list of their favorite undrafted free agent targets and the young corner from Oklahoma State was a consensus pick. The most heralded UDFA pick-up in the Cleveland class will be an extremely interesting story-line to follow. Green may be the most hyped undrafted player since Isaiah Crowell.

Name: A.J. Green

Position: Cornerback

School: Oklahoma State

Height: 6-1

Weight: 202 pounds

Strengths: The fact Green wasn’t drafted at all is mind-blowing as most analysts had him going in the early rounds. He has the obvious size coaches love at corner and his film showed speed that was perfectly fine for the next level. Green is a versatile player who can play either man or zone at a high level and can play physical at the line of scrimmage forcing receivers to have adjust almost immediately.

Weaknesses: Green likely didn’t get drafted because his combine was a disappointment. Green ran a pedestrian 4.62 40-yard dash and despite having the height to excite scouts, his arms were still under 30 inches long. It is hard to take a player that doesn’t have the measurables that match up with their style of play and his transition could be hard at the next level. Green also likes to provide a ton of cushion when playing in off coverage and this will eat him up at the next level with the lack of speed.

Overall: Green is the best of the undrafted bunch and should make this Browns roster. He has enough tools to develop into a meaningful contributor down the road while being a consistent special teamer in the meantime. With that said, he needs to clean up his play as he relied a lot on his physical traits like size and speed in college, and as his combine showed, those traits may not be enough in the NFL.

 

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