These are my notes from March 27th on Reagor... if you’re not interested in scouting reports, all good this is not for you
Jalen Reagor
5 games Texas, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Colorado and 2018 Texas
First thing that jumps out is wow he looks a lot like DJax. Same height and build, wears the number 1 like DeSean did at Cal and the same helmet style and visor.
Plays primarily the Z receiver, off the ball and to the strength of the formation. Will line up in the slot at times but this is only for when they want to use him in jet motion. TCU did not have good QB play in any of the games I watched and there were many poorly thrown balls that I would’ve liked to have seen what Reagor could’ve done. They make a conscious effort to get him the ball on jets, orbits, reverses, smoke screens and swing passes. Has breakaway vertical speed and the defenses seemed to know it. Many times on the broadcast they referenced him being the fastest player in the Big 12 and that he was voted fastest player by his peers at the Big 12 meeting. With the ball in his hands he has that type of 0-60 speed that you only see in a few players. Ran right by a couple defenders and took a punt to the house against Colorado and it looked like he was barely trying. Did not see him run a lot of routes besides a curl, post, fly or fade. Did have a couple sluggo’s that resulted in big gains or TD’s because of nosey CB’s. Was surprised to see TCU throw him some fades on the goal line given his lack of height and length but he actually came down with a couple. What he does not have though is great hands. He lacks in concentration at times on some rather easy throws and allows defenders to get a hand in to knock the ball out when he should be tucking it away into his body. This is a coaching thing and can be worked on. He will go up and extend to make the catch and is not a body catcher.
Overall he’s a dynamic athlete who played much faster than his 4.47 40 at the combine. Looks way faster on film. Would be a DeSean 2.0 for us and plays the same position DJax does. Do not see him as a slot guy nor a guy I’d line up in the backfield as he doesn’t break many tackles. If he was our only receiver I’d be disappointed but if he’s paired with a bigger X type of receiver or a slot guy I’d be fine with it. Overdraft at 21 with the other talent in this class but could be there at 53 similar to when DJax went back in 2008.
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