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2011 WR Rankings

These rankings are as of April 22, 2011. They are not projections! They are basically my grades and order from best to worst in my opinion, from what I’ve seen of them.

Click for scouting report, if one is available.

Rank Player College Height Weight 40 Time
1 A.J. Green Georgia 6’4 211 4.48
2 Julio Jones Alabama 6’3 220 4.39
3 Jerrel Jernigan Troy 5’9 185 4.32
4 Edmond Gates Abilene-Christian 6’0 189 4.35
5 Leonard Hankerson Miami 6’2 209 4.45
6 Randall Cobb Kentucky 5’10 191 4.45
7 Jonathan Baldwin Pittsburgh 6’4 228 4.45
8 Vincent Brown San Diego St. 5’11 187 4.56
9 Denarius Moore Tennessee 6’0 194 4.37
10 Torrey Smith Maryland 6’1 204 4.37
11 Titus Young BoiseState 5’11 174 4.42
12 Greg Little North Carolina 6’3 231 4.56
13 Tandon Doss Indiana 6’2 201 4.50
14 Niles Paul Nebraska 6’1 225 4.42
15 Aldrick Robinson SMU 5’10 184 4.41
16 Ronald Johnson USC 5’11 199 4.51
17 Kris Durham Georgia 6’5 216 4.46
18 Austin Pettis Boise State 6’3 209 4.56
19 Jeremy Kerley TCU 5’10 185 4.59
20 Greg Salas Hawaii 6’1 214 4.56

Other scouting reports:

Chris Matthews – http://ogdraft.com/2011/04/chris-matthews-scouting-report/
Kris Adams -  http://ogdraft.com/2010/12/kris-adams-scouting-report/
Ricardo Lockette – http://ogdraft.com/2011/04/ricardo-lockette-scouting-report/
Owen Spencer – http://ogdraft.com/2011/04/owen-spencer-scouting-report/
DeMarco Sampson – http://ogdraft.com/2011/01/demarco-sampson-scouting-report/

Leonard Hankerson Scouting Report

Leonard Hankerson

Height: 6’2
Weight: 209
College: Miami
40 Time: 4.40
Class: Senior
Stock: Up
Projected: 1st-2nd Round

Stats

2010 – 72 catches, 1156 yards, 16.1 avg, 13 TD’s
2009 – 45 catches, 801 yards, 17.8 avg, 6 TD’s
2008 – 11 catches, 140 yards, 12.7 avg, 2 TD’s
2007 – 6 catches, 63 yards, 10.5 avg,  1 TD

Overview:

Leonard Hankerson’s stock has been rising this off-season. He had an impressive showing at the Senior Bowl and then ran a fast 40 at the combine. He has strong hands with great body control. His only big issue is that he still struggles with drops. He’ll make a nice catch and then drop a screen pass the very next play. He doesn’t profile as a #1 WR but he can be a nice #2 option for a team in the NFL.

Scouting Report:

Positives

- Tall with good bulk
- Productive Senior season
- Long-strider with great top end speed
- Solid burst off the line
- Big, strong hands
- Adjusts well to poorly thrown passes
- Goes after the ball in the air
- Does a great job of coming back to the ball
- Shields corner’s away from the ball as he makes the catch
- Knows how to beat the jam
- Tries hard to run block
- Hard worker
- High character player

Negatives

- Only started 2 years
- Lacks suddenness to his game
- Won’t be a threat after the catch
- Rounds off a lot of his routes and could improve in this area
- Struggles with drops
- Lacks concentration and looks up field before securing the ball

Skills:
1-poor, 2-weak, 3-above average, 4-very good, 5-elite

Speed: 3.5
Hands: 3.0
After Catch: 2.0
Body Control: 4.0
Range: 3.0
Pro Potential: 3.0

Senior Bowl In-Game Notes

1st Quarter

- Kendric Burney makes a nice tackle on Jeremy Kerley on the opening KR.

- Ponder goes deep to Hankerson, very under thrown, Hankerson double clutches but he catches it on Jalil Brown, who initially had good coverage.

- Kerrigan makes a tackle on Bilal Powell after being unblocked.

- Ponder does a good job avoiding the rush and running to pick up the first. Kept his eyes down field.

- Jarrett comes up to meet Powell and makes a good open field tackle.

- Mason Foster and Sione Fua combine to make a great play for a TFL.

- Kendric Burney reads the quick slant and almost makes the pick at the goal-line.

- Ponder throws a poor fade to Hankerson. Too high and sails out of bounds. Jalil Brown had good coverage.

- Brooks Reed and Von Miller make a great play to keep contain and stop Titus Young for a loss on the reverse.

- Jake Locker misses a wide open Lance Kendricks down the seam.

- Von Miller reads the screen play and comes in fast to make a hit on Kendall Hunter.

- Charles Clay makes a nice catch in the flats and makes a man miss to pick up the first. Danny Watkins called for holding on the play.

- Ponder with a nice throw to Ronald Johnson running a hook. Good timing. Bad coverage by Jalil Brown who was too far back and struggled to break.

- Hankerson makes a nice catch, Burney misses the tackle.

- Derrick Locke again showing great burst and speed up the middle.

- Locke with great footwork to cut back and find the open lane. James Carpenter with a nice block.

- Ponder forces a throw to Luke Stocker. Good coverage by Casey Matthews.

- Mason Foster has been in on a lot of tackles so far. Always around the ball early in this game.

- Derrick Locke has great footwork and vision.

- Locke through a big hole on 4th and 1 and picks up a lot of yards. Great block by Charles Clay and Lee Ziemba.

- Jalil Brown with great coverage on Ronald Johnson on the post-corner.

- Ponder with a great timing throw to Leonard Hankerson for the TD. Covered by Burney. Ponder with great accuracy and timing on the throw. Burney had no chance to make a play.

- Sam Acho beats Nate Solder easily with an inside move and forces the fumble on the sack.

- Locker throws to Titus Young who gets blown up by DeAndre McDaniel and can’t hold on for the catch. Locker threw the ball late and didn’t look off the safety, which was why McDaniel was able to make the play.

2nd Quarter

- Ryan Kerrigan with nice pressure. Greg McElroy forced to throw the check down.

- Anthony Allen has poor vision. Huge lane to his left but he just ducked his head and ran into the pile.

- McElroy throws too high for Courtney Smith. Good coverage by Richard Sherman.

- Ricky Stanzi throws a poor screen pass to Vincent Brown. Colin McCarthy comes up fast to make the TFL.

- Stanzi overthrows Vincent Brown. Good coverage by Shareece Wright.

- McElroy throws a nice ball, good zip, to Jock Sanders who drops it.

- Greg McElroy throws deep. Incredibly late and under thrown. Richard Sherman makes the easy pick. Offside by Jeremy Beal negates the play.

- Good pressure from Ian Williams but fails to make the sack. McElroy runs for the 1st.

- Lawrence Wilson knocks Noel Devine back with a big open field hit. Devine is just too small.

- Pierre Allen with a dumb penalty. Roughing the passer.

- Devine takes it outside but slowed up before hitting the pile. The result? Ross Homan and Eric Hagg push him back about 5 yards.

- Clint Boling with a great block on Ian Williams in the open field on a screen.

- Noel Devine dancing around too much at the goal line and Joe Lefeged makes the tackle before Devine gets into the endzone.

- Colin McCarthy with a great hit with Titus Young on the kickoff. Titus Young again is running out of control and flailing his arms around.

- DeMarco Murray with a nice run. Patient, found the hole and showed a great burst through it. Holding called, no play.

- Brandon Fusco called for a snap infraction.

- Curtis Brown with a good break to lay a big hit on Vincent Brown who can’t hang on to the pass.

- Good pressure from Pernell McPhee, Stanzi avoids it and hits Kendricks deep.

- Chris White makes a nice play to beat the block of Anthony Castanzo and make a nice hit on Murray in the back field.

- Brooks Reed makes the sack after beating Castanzo.

- Stanzi with a poor throw to no one. Shareece Wright almost makes the pick.

- Burney makes another tackle on Special Teams.

- Andy Dalton underthrows Ronald Johnson. Great coverage by Burney to break up the pass.

- Ryan Kerrigan sacks Andy Dalton.

- Kerrigan gets pressure again but gets held by DeMarcus Love. No call.

- Dalton throws a poor pass down the seam to Hankerson. Kendric Burney gets over to knock the ball away.

- Mike McNeill drops a pass that bounces into the hands of KJ Wright for the pick.

- Richard Sherman jumps a double route with 6 seconds left on a HAIL MARY! What a dumb play. Dalton throws a terrible pass though.

3rd Quarter

- Kaepernick throws to Dane Sanzenbacher. Bad footwork though.

- Von Miller makes a great play to tackle Kaepernick for a loss on a read option.

- Lee Smith drops a pass.

- Von Miller just trips up Kaepernick otherwise Kapernick would have had a first.

- Hankerson makes another nice catch shielding Burney away from the ball.

- Hankerson drops the quick screen. Was looking where he wanted to go before securing the catch.

- Jeremy Beal jumps offside and lays a big hit on Dalton. No penalty for offside.

- Nate Irving with a great hit on Kapernick on the QB draw. It’s pretty hard to hit someone the size of Kaepernick like that.

- Colin McCarthy with another great play to stop Roy Helu Jr. for a minimal gain.

- Kaepernick steps up and zips a pass to Sanzenbacher.

- Lee Smith gets called for holding Von Miller. Iffy call. Looked like a good block.

- Sanzenbacher is Kaepernicks favorite target.

- Kaepernick with a nice move to make Jarvis Jenkins miss in the open field.

- Colin McCarthy called for holding on a kickoff return.

- Cameron Jordan makes a nice tackle on Anthony Allen for a short gain.

- Richard Sherman makes a good break to bat a ball away.

- Dwayne Harris has a lot of wiggle to his game in the open field. He’s made a few guys miss on PR’s.

- Jake Locker with a nice pass to Titus Young. Body caught the pass. Nice accuracy from Locker.

- Locker goes deep for Titus Young who pushes off on DeMarcus Van Dyke. Offensive Pass Interference. Great coverage by Van Dyke.

- Da’Rel Scott lowered his shoulder and just pushed Van Dyke out of the way. Van Dyke won’t give you much in run support.

- Colin McCarthy slips and Da’Rel Scott takes a simple check down for 30 yards.

- Jake Locker steps up and runs but Pernell McPhee comes from behind and forces the fumble. Jason Pinkston recovers for the offense. Pinkston is shaken up on the play.

- Jake Locker floats a pass to Austin Pettis in the endzone. Shareece Wright held Pettis and got called for P.I. in the endzone.

- Da’Rel Scott gets in for the TD.

4th Quarter

- Rodney Hudson throwing some nice blocks.

- Ian Williams makes the sack. McElroy hesitated throwing the ball but it was too late.

- Powell with a nice burst through the hole.

- Stanzi makes a great thrown on a rollout with a Acho in his face. Pass is complete to Kendricks.

- Stanzi makes a very nice throw to Vincent Brown in between the CB and Safety.

- Kai Forbath misses a 44 yard FG to the left.

- Sione Fua makes another play to stuff a running play.

- Jarvis Jenkins makes a great play to get a TFL.

- Phil Taylor destroys Stephen Schilling.

- Kendall Hunter just dropped an easy pass.

- Niles Paul with a huge hit on special teams.

- Hankerson makes a great adjustment on a throw behind him from Ponder.

- Bilal Powell with a dirty spin move to make a defender miss in the back field. Pierre Allen called for a face mask penalty.

- Anthony Allen runs very hard but he just runs straight and into people.

- Ponder hits Jeremy Kerley for the TD. Nice throw by Christian Ponder. Great route by Kerley to beat Lefeged.

- Jake Locker with a nice throw on the run to Austin Pettis.

- Locker goes deep again for Titus Young and the pass is almost picked by DeMarcus Van Dyke.

- Locker throws too high for Pettis.

- Sam Acho makes a great play on Murray on 4th and 1.

Senior Bowl: South Practice #3

This is my 2nd look at the South Team and it’s much of the same story.

11 on 11 Drills

- Leonard Hankerson got behind the secondary and McElroy hit him. McElroy looked pretty sharp.

- Derrick Locke looks very explosive.

- Noel Devine with a nice cut back and bounced it outside. Nice vision but was once again was stopped in his tracks by a LB grabbing him.

- Bilal Powell with a nice cut to find the hole.

- Ronald Johnson makes a nice hands catch from Christian Ponder.

- Noel Devine displaying some good vision in the 11 on 11 drill.

- Anthony Allen really finishes his run. He’s always lowering his shoulder and sprinting through.

- Chris White gets in the backfield on a run play and makes a nice stop.

- Shareece Wright makes a very nice play on a ball to Courtney Smith.

- Hankerson drops a quick 1 step drop pass. Ball was a bit high from Andy Dalton.

- Derrick Locke continues to look good running the ball. He has a great burst and has the 2nd gear to separate at the next level.

- Courtney Smith is looking really bad. Curtis Brown came up fast to make a play on him and prevent the completion.

- DeMarcus Love false starts.

- McElroy throws too high for Courtney Smith and the pass is incomplete.

- Hankerson does a good job of coming back to the ball and shielding Wright away.

- Colin McCarthy makes a nice hit on Locke.

OL vs. DL 1 on 1′s

- Pernell McPhee beat Lee Ziemba both times easily.

- Derek Sherrod beat Allen Bailey. Bailey got off-balance and fell.

- Rodney Hudson did a very good job on Cedric Thornton. Great anchor.

- Phil Taylor beats Hudson next rep though. Great quickness for his size.

- Hudson then holds off Jarvis Jenkins with another stout anchor.

- O’Dowd got too high and Thornton pushed him back easily.

- Allen Bailey was able to beat O’Dowd with his quickness.

- Watkins struggled a bit against McPhee but held off Thornton.

- DeMarcus Love easily took KJ Wright to the ground who didn’t look good with his hand on the ground.

- James Carpenter easily handled Allen Bailey. Bailey was slow off the line and Carpenter mirrored him well.

WR/TE vs. CB/S 1 on 1′s

- Jock Sanders is quick but top end speed is average. Marcus Gilchrist stuck with him.

- DeAndre McDaniel with great coverage on Stocker.

- Greg Salas makes a nice catch with his hands.

- Ahmad Black got his hips flipped by DJ Williams.

- Hankerson continues to make good catches.

- McDaniel covered Preston Dial well and cut under his route.

- Courtney Smith drops another pass. Poor effort trying to make a catch.

- Jock Sanders takes too long to break down and cut.

- Wright has tight hips and let Salas make the catch in press coverage.

Overall Thoughts

This practice had a bit of a quicker pace than the last one I saw. No one really stood out a lot today. Hankerson continued to play well but he did have 1 drop. Greg Salas also looked good. I have to say I’ve been very impressed with Derrick Locke. He is extremely quick but also has that 2nd gear to run away from people. Size is a big knock on him and his ability to stay healthy has been questioned, but he should be a good 3rd down back at the next level.

Lee Ziemba continued to struggle as he is still playing too high and struggles to get his hands on defenders. DeMarcus Love has been pretty unimpressive. He is getting looks pretty much only at Guard and he is struggling. Allen Bailey is also not showing any improvement in his pass-rushing technique. He still uses his hands poorly and doesn’t have a true position. He is looking more and more like a mid-round pick as opposed to a first rounder.

I may not be able to catch the full practice tomorrow so this may be my last report until the game. For more coverage I highly recommend http://www.sidelinescouting.com/ Their staff is down at the Senior Bowl and have great coverage.

Senior Bowl: South Practice #2

Very limited coverage today and the South team didn’t look like they had the same pace as the North side. Regardless, here are some quick notes I took.

11 on 11 Drills

- Derrick Locke looked very explosive and made some very fast cuts.

- Andy Dalton throws a very poor pass on a short screen play to the WR.

- Anthony Allen tried to run over Shareece Wright and Wright just threw him down.

- Greg McElroy throws a nice pass to Hankerson with bodies all around him in the pocket.

- Colin McCarthy took a bad angle against a run and pretty much took himself out of the play.

- Noel Devine’s size is pretty comical among all the players in practice. On one play he was barely touched between the tackles and still fell down. This is in a non-tackle drill.

OL vs. DL 1 on 1′s

- Phil Taylor just muscled Kirkpatrick and pushed him back in OL drills. Kirkpatrick did a good job on him the 2nd time placing his hands well and anchoring.

- Danny Watkins did a great job on Chris Neild and stuck with him. Watkins mirrored him well. Neild looked really bad there.

- James Carpenter looked really strong and stood his ground against Sam Acho.

- Rodney Hudson with a great anchor against Allen Bailey and stopped him in his tracks.

- O’Dowd got beat by Jenkins. Too slow and got too high. Jenkins killed him again the 2nd time.

- Lee Ziemba was a bit too high and used his hands poorly against Cedric Thornton.

- Clint Boling did a pretty good job against Brooks Reed sticking with his counter move and displaying good strength.

- Phil Taylor beats DeMarcus Love both times. Love looked too slow and was bull rushed by Taylor straight back.

- Neild is by far the worst player in this drill.

- Danny Watkins showing a bit of a mean streak in this drill. Got into it with a couple of defenders and gave a little extra block on each play.

- Sherrod looked ok against Acho.

- James Carpenter struggled a bit against Acho.

- Pernell McPhee beat Ziemba easily with an outside fake. Ziemba couldn’t get his hands on him.

- Ziemba plays way too high. He routinely gets pushed back into the backfield.

- Boling did a good job against Allen Bailey twice. Didn’t let him get anywhere.

WR vs CB 1 on 1′s

- Jeremy Kerley made a very nice diving catch on Wright. Great hands.

- Marcus Gilchrist playing way too soft and gives up an easy completion.

- Leonard Hankerson with a very nice route and nice catch.

- Kerley ran a very nice route and beat Wright deep.

- Courtney Smith tried to run a double move but didn’t get much separation on DeMarcus Van Dyke who stuck with him well.

- Hankerson with another nice catch on a high throw.

- Kerley looks great running routes. Makes very sharp and quick cuts.

- Dalton has missed on a few passes in 1 on 1′s but he’s had some crisp passes as well. Inconsistent throughout the drill.

- Greg Salas makes a great catch on Johnny Patrick in press coverage.

- Courtney Smith drops a pass. Good coverage by Patrick though.

- Hankerson has really good hands. Wright looks a bit lost in coverage and needs a lot of work on his footwork.

Overall Thoughts

It was a limited look like I said, but still there we’re some guys making noise. Both Baylor players, Phil Taylor and Danny Watkins, looked good in the OL/DL drills. Taylor looked very strong and that  frame is not at all flabby as you would expect. Jeremy Kerley and Leonard Hankerson both looked great. Hankerson ran very nice routes and got out of his breaks cleanly while maintaining his speed. Kerley was blowing by people with his quickness and his routes. He looked like a savvy route runner and also displayed great hands.

One guy that looked pretty bad today was Lee Ziemba. He was routinely playing too high and struggled with his hand placement. Defenders would just get under him and drive him back. Allen Bailey did not show much improvement in his hand usage which was the biggest knock on him. He routinely just ran into the OT full speed and while he did look very strong, once the OL was able to anchor and get their hands on him he went nowhere. Chris Neild looked like a boy amongst men in OL/DL drills. It’s apparent Noel Devine won’t be much more than a 3rd down back or a guy that can come in and catch a few passes and get work in space. He looked incredibly tiny and had some difficulty running between the tackles. Shareece Wright was the worst of the CB’s. He doesn’t have great footwork and he struggled with his transition. His hips also appeared to be stiff and receivers had no problem getting open on him. Courtney Smith is a small school guy that got invited so he has a chance to make the most of his opportunity. Unfortunately, he didn’t look that great. He struggled to get separation and dropped 2 balls.

This was my first look at the South team and I wanted to see how good Hankerson and Kerley looked. They we’re definitely the real deal and hopefully I can get some reports on tomorrows practice as well.