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CB Jaylon Johnson | Utah
Jeremiah ranked Johnson as the 28th overall prospect, but Brooks didn't have him in his top five cornerbacks.
38 games; 102 tackles (88 solo), 3.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, seven interceptions, 28 passes defended
On if his ball production stats separate him from other players: "For me, it was just big to have ball production, whether it's PBUs, whether it's interceptions. To me, I feel like you can be in good position, you can have good coverage and you still get a ball caught on you. So just being able to finish plays was very important to me coming into college and really focusing on stopping receivers from catching the ball as much as possible. I'm not too sure of other guys' ball production. I just knew that was something I emphasized."
S Xavier McKinney | Alabama
Jeremiah rated McKinney as the 14th overall prospect. Brooks has him as the top safety.
41 games; 176 tackles (108 solo), 13 tackles for loss, 6.0 sacks, five interceptions, 20 passes defended, five forced fumbles, one fumble recovery
On what separates him from other safeties: "I think one or two things that will distinguish me from all the other safeties is, like you guys said, I'm very versatile. You can see that in the tape. I can do anything that you want me to do. And I do it well. I think that's the biggest thing, just to know that no matter how the game is turning out to be, whether we're winning or losing, I'm going to go hard. I'm going to put 110 percent into every game. And you see that in my tape. I think that's something that separates me from these other safeties here."
S Grant Delpit | LSU
Jeremiah ranked Delpit 31st overall heading into the combine, and Brooks agreed that he's the second-best option at safety.
40 games; 199 tackles (120 solo), 17.5 tackles for loss, 7.0 sacks, eight interceptions, 32 passes defended, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries
On his position versatility: "See, that's what I pride myself on. I think I'm a very versatile player. I think that's probably my biggest strength on the defensive side. I'll play anywhere in the secondary. This year I played more free safety because that's what the team needed, so I played a [high] percent of my snaps in the middle of the field. We went 15-0, so I could never complain. But watch my sophomore tape, freshman tape, I played all over the box. So I think I can do it all."
S Kyle Dugger | Lenoir-Rhyne
Jeremiah placed the Division-II product at 43rd overall, and Brooks rated him as the fourth-best safety.
42 games; 237 tackles (152 solo), 6.5 tackles for loss, 10 interceptions, 36 passes defended, six forced fumbles, six fumble recoveries
On how majoring in pre-engineering/physics helps on the field: Just the problem-solving factor. It's a lot of solving problems. You see it and have to do something about it. So fix it. I think that goes a long way at my position, safety. You've got to be the quarterback of the defense, and you ain't always going to have the answer for everything you see. But you've got to fix the defense.