Prospect Info: Decobie Durant
COLLEGE: South Carolina State  HOMETOWN|CLASS Lamar, SC R-Senior
HEIGHT :5' 9"    WEIGHT:174 lbs    ARMS: 30 1/8"     HANDS: 8 5/8"
 
Overview
Durant might be undersized, but he plays with tremendous confidence and competitiveness. He will have issues against bigger slot targets from time to time but proved his ability against receivers of all sizes against Clemson. He plays with good foot quickness and above-average ball skills to attack the throw. He'll be targeted in run support so he will need to be used judiciously. Durant profiles as a late Day 3 selection due to his size, but it wouldn't be a surprise to see him outperform his draft slotting.

Strengths

• Has 12 career interceptions.
• Finding the football is always on his mind.
• Potential to trace and match routes from the slot.
• Twitchy feet to pounce suddenly in short areas.
• Pure speed to maintain his coverage across the field.
• Footwork to stutter and phase changes in route tempo.
• Highly competitive against Clemson with two interceptions.
• Tremendous ball skills with impressive catch radius.
• Chops running backs down at the legs.

Weaknesses

• Short and light.
• Could struggle with bigger slot targets.
• Grabby from trail coverage.
• Needs to play with better pattern recognition.
• Gets hung up on receiver's block in the run game.
• Could struggle with durability as a tackler.