Sincere McCormick, RB, UTSA: 2022 NFL Draft Scouting Report
Strengths
When it comes to evaluating Sincere McCormick ahead of the 2022 NFL Draft, he has no shortage of strengths. Since the moment he began carrying the ball for the Roadrunners he’s produced. His average yearly production at UTSA was 242 carries, 1,310 yards and 11 touchdowns. One year like that would probably lead to a player getting drafted, and he averaged that over three years.
He’s also shown improvement. Each year Sincere McCormick ran for more yards and more touchdowns than the previous year. He even boosted his yards per catch average by over a full yard (6.6 to 8.4) from 2020 to 2021.
Toughness is the word that springs to mind when discussing Sincere McCormick. He might be 5’9” 205, but he has a thick lower body and runs with a low center of gravity. On film, I’ve witnessed him trucking defenders at the goal line multiple times to get into the end zone. He also rarely missed time and hasn’t suffered any significant injuries, despite his heavy workload.
McCormick has great natural vision. UTSA ran a lot of zone blocking concepts and he would often line up next to the quarterback in shotgun or behind the QB in the pistol. He excelled at swiftly getting to the line of scrimmage and navigating his way up through the hole using his superb lateral agility to slip through creases in the defense. Wherever the running lane was, McCormick did a nice job of finding it, even if he had to break a few arm tackles at the line of scrimmage.
An underrated aspect of Sincere McCormick’s game is his contact balance. This means that when a defender contacts him or attempts to tackle him, he’s great at staying on his feet and either breaking the defender’s tackle outright or pushing forward for a few extra yards at the end of a run.
Rarely does he get knocked backward or tackled for a loss. He’s tremendous at staying low and running downhill, bearing down on potential defenders that may try to bring him down. This is especially evident on short yardage and goal line situations.
He’s also a big-time player. McCormick’s two highest rushing yardage totals in 2021 came in a program defining win at Memphis (41 carries, 184 yards, 3 TDs) and in the Conference USA Championship Game against Western Kentucky (36 carries, 204 yards, 3 TDS). Sincere McCormick is not a player that’s afraid of the big moments.
I noticed two small things that Sincere McCormick does when he totes the ball and they’re both related. He’s a runner who automatically shifts the football to his outside arm when carrying it. This prevents against lost fumbles and allows him to use his inside arm to stiff-arm potential tacklers, which I saw him do more than once to great effect.
Last but not least, Sincere McCormick is a winning player. His teams have won at both the high school and college levels. It might not seem like a big deal, but UTSA was 4-8 in McCormick’s first year there, 7-5 his second year, and 12-2 with a conference championship his junior year. These facts combined with the success of his Judson High School teams (23-3 his final two years) seem to indicate a positive correlation between McCormick and his team’s success.