2009 Rookie Scouting Portfolio Sample: Hakeem Nicks (1 Viewer)

As promised (and a little early), here's a sample 2009 RSP checklist and profile. This is my way of organizing my notes when I review film. I believe this structure makes it a little easier for me to make sure I'm watching for a player to demonstrate specific skill sets and hopefully easier for a reader to examine what I might have to say about aspects of a player's game.

This sample is of University of North Carolina WR Hakeem Nicks during his stellar day against West Virginia during the bowl circuit. As you will see, despite his great stats and some highlight reel plays, the system I employ does help me notice where Nicks needs to improve as a player. Overall, you'll see that I like Nicks as an NFL prospect and if his hamstring issue from the combine doesn't become a protracted health issue into this spring/summer, then I think he has the skills to be a contributor early in his career and the upside to develop into a reliable starter that a quarterback will love to target on third down or during the last two minutes of each half. I think he has the skills to be a consistent, 70-catch performer in the NFL.

Note: Workout times, height, and weight might be absent/incorrect for the samples I post this morning. I wanted to edit the checklist observations and get them online today and then focus on editing everything else for publication.

I'll be checking in to answer any questions or just discuss what your thoughts are about Nicks (re: NFL prospects, comparison to other WRs in the draft class, his injury and subsequent weight gain, etc.).

I hope you enjoy this RSP sample. If you haven't heard, the RSP - a 500-page, online publication will be free to FBGs subscribers. Despite its enormous detail, there are rankings and summaries for each position that you can print or save separately from the main file and use as a handy draft day reference. So it's a versatile reference whether you want to dive into its game film break downs or just get the quick and dirty.

Hakeem_Nicks_Sample.pdf

Links to other samples, Pat White and Chase Coffman to come tonight/tomorrow

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Very nice read, on a player who i think is going to be very good. Kind of like a less powerful Anquan Boldin. What worries me is you have him marked as someone who has trouble breaking the jam. Do you think with NFL coaching he'll be able to improve in that respect in his first training camp? He has the power and quickness needed to break the jam of an NFL corner, imo; perhaps his deficiency in that regard is due to poor coaching.

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Very nice read, on a player who i think is going to be very good. Kind of like a less powerful Anquan Boldin. What worries me is you have him marked as someone who has trouble breaking the jam. Do you think with NFL coaching he'll be able to improve in that respect in his first training camp? He has the power and quickness needed to break the jam of an NFL corner, imo; perhaps his deficiency in that regard is due to poor coaching.

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Again, this is my equivalent of the raw data - my math work as Bloom says about his stuff - but I have him marked no for the jam for two things that I recall: 1) I didn't see him face it in one game and I take the approach that if you don't see a player do something (with certain checklist exceptions (injuries/character/weather related) then I mark "no" because in a performance oriented job, you have presume the guy can't do it and prove you wrong rather than presume he can and mess you up. Err on the side of caution...2) When he faced the jam, he basically had the DB ride him up field. He couldn't rip away from the jam. Strength wise, he'll have no problem. It's just a technique thing and I believe his upside will be fine - so yeah, I agree it's not a physical deficiency.

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