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Posted by jellis at 3/8/2011 10:16 AM CST on truebluefanclub.com
For a while now, folks have been operating under the assumption that LSU's Patrick peterson was the best cornerback in this year's draft class, followed not to far behind by Prince Amukamara of Nebraska.
While it's a popular opinion, a minority of the "experts" do prefer Miami's Brandon Harris over Amukamara. Since it's the Cowboys' struggles at cornerback last year that have so many people giving them Amukamara in the mocks, it's worth examining all the options.
Harris is smaller than his Big 12 counterpart, measuring 5-10, 191 pounds as opposed to Amukamara's 6-0, 206-pound frame. Officially, Amukamara posted a 4.43-second 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine, while Harris' time didn't break the 4.5-second mark. Harris also wasn't in Amukamara's class in the vertical jump or broad jump, whatever that matters.
It would seem the combine mostly served to affirm Amukamara's status as the draft second-best corner, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and there must be something to like about Harris on film.
"I'm very versatile," Harris said in Indianapolis. "I'm able to do a lot of things on the football field. At Miami, they played me in the slot a lot and I also played outside. I was able to move around and make a lot of plays. Being able to blitz from the outside and cover guys man-to-man in the slot, I was able to do a lot of things they wanted me to do."
For a while now, folks have been operating under the assumption that LSU's Patrick peterson was the best cornerback in this year's draft class, followed not to far behind by Prince Amukamara of Nebraska.
While it's a popular opinion, a minority of the "experts" do prefer Miami's Brandon Harris over Amukamara. Since it's the Cowboys' struggles at cornerback last year that have so many people giving them Amukamara in the mocks, it's worth examining all the options.
Harris is smaller than his Big 12 counterpart, measuring 5-10, 191 pounds as opposed to Amukamara's 6-0, 206-pound frame. Officially, Amukamara posted a 4.43-second 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine, while Harris' time didn't break the 4.5-second mark. Harris also wasn't in Amukamara's class in the vertical jump or broad jump, whatever that matters.
It would seem the combine mostly served to affirm Amukamara's status as the draft second-best corner, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and there must be something to like about Harris on film.
"I'm very versatile," Harris said in Indianapolis. "I'm able to do a lot of things on the football field. At Miami, they played me in the slot a lot and I also played outside. I was able to move around and make a lot of plays. Being able to blitz from the outside and cover guys man-to-man in the slot, I was able to do a lot of things they wanted me to do."