Devier Posey Scouting Report WR Ohio State Buckeyes
This is our DeVier Posey Scouting report. Posey is a wide receiver for the Ohio State Buckeyes, and is finishing up his senior season in 2011. For all of our other scouting reports click here
Devier Posey is a talented player whose draft stock is going to be effected negatively by the Ohio State scandal, which means that if Posey interviews well he could be a steal for some team if he’s drafted late in day two or early day three .
Measurables
6’2” 212 pounds
Holds High School (LaSalle, Cincinnati) track records in the 200 (21.5s) and 400 (47.78s)
(combine numbers will be posted here after combine happens)
Stats
2011 Season: N/A through 11/12 (Suspended for 10 games)
Career:
Rec: 124
Yards: 1793
YPC: 14.5
TD’s: 16
Pros:
Reall good size speeed combination…A really plus proute runner (consistently finds gaps in coverage)….Makes big plays down the field…Has good body control to make plays in the air…
Cons:
Lacks vision, explosiveness with the ball…Could improve on blocking ability (gets too many holding penalties)….traps too many passes against his frame…NCAA violations may be a concern for some teams…does not have huge numbers
Player Comparison: Dwayne Bowe/Stevie Johnson
Projection: 3rd Round
Summary:
DeVier Posey has a lot working against him in the 2012 draft, namely missing ten games due to suspension and entering a draft loaded with talent. Ohio State’s offense has not featured much of a passing game over the past five years, but Posey has been a bright spot in that area. He has great speed off of the line and a great ability to get open by finding gaps in zones. Once he catches the ball, he is strong with the football and gaining extra yards, but rarely breaks off significant YAC unless he is in open space. Posey’s is in the second tier of wide receivers entering this draft, so I do not see him going in the first or second rounds, unless teams are hurting for skill players. He has second to third round talents, but could drop to the fourth round depending on needs. Posey will probably not be a Calvin or Andre Johnson type player, as Justin Blackmon may be, but could help stretch the field and add another threat to a team with a solid number one guy already.
Thoughts from Mackenzie:
Posey has solid physical tools. He really is a jack of all trades but the master of none type player; good, but not great speed (4.47 40 yard dash), good, but not great height (6’2), and good, but not great bulk (200lbs). But he does have good football speed, and he is a well rounded player physically.
Posey is among the best route runners of all the big receivers in the FBS. He has outstanding quickness in and out of breaks for his size, he is among the best at finding holes in the zone and getting open on option routes, and he uses deceptive head fakes in his routes to get open. His route running is pretty impressive considering his age, and it suggests he has a very strong work ethic off the field.
Posey plays with outstanding on field intensity. He has Anquan Boldin like physicality in his routes, he is an outstanding run blocker, and he is really tough trying to power through defenders after the catch. But he does attract a fair amount of holding penalties for a wide receiver, and he could definitely afford to improve his upper body strength.
At first glance, Posey has below average numbers (last year he got 60 catches, 828 receiving yards, 8 touchdowns, with a 13.8 yards per catch). But remember; regardless of whether or not people think Terrelle Pryor was good last year (which, for the most part, he wasn’t), what’s undeniable is he almost never passed the ball. He only passed for 2094 yards last year, an awful number. The fact that Posey got 40% of Pryor’s pass yards is pretty impressive. Plus he has gotten off to a strong start in 2010, so Posey has achieved pretty well statistically.
Posey isn’t much of a yards after the catch threat. He has below average vision with the ball in his hands, he lacks the shiftiness to make defenders miss in the open field, and he doesn’t have the breakaway speed to outrun some corner and safeties.
Posey’s main issue is mediocre hands. He traps a lot of balls against his frame, and he drops a fair amount of passes. But he is pretty good at catching the ball at its highest point, he is very good at adjusting to the football, he can get really high in the air, and he displays impressive body control when going for the poorly thrown pass.
NFLmocks preseason bio:
Posey is one of the better big play wide receivers in the country, but like the last couple of guys on this list, he is also in for a five game suspension for the situation that has happened in Columbus. That is unfortunate, because with a big senior season, Posey had a chance to really be an asset to the Ohio State passing game, and he still has that chance, he will just have to wait until mid-season to do it. Posey is a big receiver with good hands and speed. He runs track for Ohio State, or has run track for them, and is a threat to score every time he touches the ball. One of the top senior receivers in this class, he has caught 113 passes over the last couple of years for 1,676 yards and 15 touchdowns. Big play guy who could easily be a second round pick in next year’s draft.
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