Desmond Trufant Scouting Report CB Washington Huskies

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Trufant is likely to return for the 2012 College Football season because he has a lot of physical ability but has been inconsistent. If he improves his consistency he could shoot his stock into the first round range for 2013.

Measurables

6’0 184 pounds

(combine numbers will be posted when they become available).

Though he’s been unofficially timed at 4.33

Stats (CFBstats.com)

2011:

2010:

Pros:

Elite straight line speed…Good height…fluid athlete…high ceiling…just really aggressive and competitive….makes a lot of plays on the football…good bloodlines (Marcus Trufant’s younger brother)…pretty good timing on blitzes…gets good depth in his zone coverage

Cons:

Deflects a lot of passes, but doesn’t come away with enough interceptions…needs to get stronger to press consistently at the N.F.L. level…aggressive, but needs to do a better job of limiting his mistakes…Needs to work on breaking down in the open field and making the tackle…inconsistent in the technical parts of his game…needs to improve on reacting to comeback routes to make a play on the football

Player comparison:

insight from Mark Knight of Husky Haul

Right now if he declared I would think he would go fairly low like 6th round or something. He just isn’t polished enough yet. There is a lot he needs to work on, in most areas of his game. 

He is really aggressive and can cause turnovers. He is about average in both zone and man-to-man coverage. He struggles with tackling sometimes on wrapping up. However, I have seen in the last few games a vast improvement in this area. At the beginning of the season he was missing a good amount of tackles. Because of his aggressiveness he can sometimes jump routes. 

Overall though he is the potential and the ability to be a good player at the next level. He is fast, and can lockdown receivers when needed. Just needs to work on consistency.

Bio:

2010: Started all 13 of the Huskies’ games in 2010 at one cornerback … six tackles and an interception in the overtime win over Oregon State … season-best nine tackles vs. Stanford … seven tackles at Washington State … three tackles, one for a 14-yard loss, at Oregon … five stops each at BYU and USC … half a sack in the Syracuse game.

2009: Came on early in the season to earn a starting spot at one cornerback position and started the final nine games of the season … played in all 12 … one of 10 Husky true freshmen to see action in 2009 … won the Travis Spring Most Outstanding Freshman Award at the team’s postseason banquet … honorable mention All-Pac-10 … named to The Sporting News freshman All-Pac-10 team … after seeing significant action in the first three games of the year, picked up first starting assignment at Stanford … the following week at Notre Dame, had six tackles, including one for a loss, and scored on a 17-yard fumble recovery … in the win over Arizona, had four tackles, one for loss, and a 32-yard return of an interception on Arizona’s final drive of the game, securing the UW victory … four tackles at ASU and three vs. Oregon … seven tackles (all solo) and an interception at UCLA … also had seven tackles (all solo again) the following week at Oregon State … seven tackles in the 42-10 win over 19th-ranked California.

Video:

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Josh MTD (2010. Not highlighted)