Kenny Vaccaro to Deion Sanders: "I'm going to come in and dominate" (1 Viewer)

[Nolan]

Love his confidence, and love the advice given to him by Earl Thomas.

Kenny Vaccaro on being drafted by New Orleans Saints - NFL Videos

Also, he gave his first of many WHO DATs on Twitter last night. Let's welcome him to the Who Dat Nation.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>WHO DAT!!!!!!!</p>&mdash; Kenny Dwayne Vaccaro (@KennyVaccaro4) <a href="https://twitter.com/KennyVaccaro4/status/327641736455258112">April 26, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[draftfreak]

I think he very easily could come in and dominate. What people aren't realizing is how good he is in coverage. He can come in at SS/nickel back to start off - he allows us to keep that extra rusher in because he's so adept at coverage. He frees up our front seven more than people are realizing.

Kenny Vaccaro, FS, Texas, 6&#8217;0 218lbs &#8211; SR &#8211; 4.52. Although FS isn&#8217;t the top priority, Kenny is a very good player who could be taken if other preferred players are already gone. He is a ball-hawking playmaker who loves to play the game and has the lateral agility and ball skills to be very, very good. He has very good straight-line speed and can close quickly on the ball in the air. He also has very good lateral agility, good balance, and very good hip flexibility. He takes good angles and covers a lot of ground and makes plays &#8211; gets in on a lot of action. He drops his butt and loses very little quickness or speed in his cuts. He is quick enough to mirror slot WRs in underneath coverage &#8211; and has excellent coverage instincts and very active hands. He can really jump and plays with athleticism. He can eat up space from the FS spot and makes a lot of plays. His athleticism and his coverage ability are pushed forward by his vision and instincts. He quickly locates the ball and demonstrates an understanding of route-progression and rarely gets caught out of position. He can even line up over the slot receiver in press and show very solid coverage skills. He can direct defenses and has excellent smarts and awareness. He was often used as a nickel back despite a thick, powerful build &#8211; which shows his short area quickness. He has extremely loose hips and can change direction in the blink of an eye. He locks onto slot receivers at the line, showing his strength and very good hand use, and he has the agility and straight-line speed to stay with them on out routes. He has the hands and body control to catch passes away from his body and can high point with his impressive leaping ability. He reacts quickly when in the back half and can close quickly &#8211; he makes plays all over the field. He attacks downhill against the run well from deep-half coverage. He has strong hands and is very physical with receivers trying to block him in the run game as well. He has the strength to rip blocks down and make a stop in traffic. He is also a very solid open-field tackler who always gives great effort play in and play out. He isn&#8217;t afraid to come into traffic and make tackles. He gets low and shows good leverage in traffic and naturally sees the play unfold. He has good instincts and ball awareness, and he usually takes good angles. He&#8217;s a highly effective edge blitzer who has the natural knee bend to turn the corner and gets physical with running backs standing in his way. He was used extensively as a cover guy and shows the cover skills to match up with most slot receivers, but he must be more consistent playing the back half. He lets 9 routes get behind him at times. He gets fixated on certain routes and busts coverage in the process. He guesses too much. He has good speed, but he lacks a 2nd gear and will get outrun at times. He plays a little stiff and loses control out of his cuts when he doesn&#8217;t stay low. He has good but not great balance. He attacks wildly at times and misses tackles altogether because of it. He can be out-quicked by speedy slot receivers. He must learn to be more consistent with his eyes and his instincts. He miss-times jumps at times too. He&#8217;s a very good but not great FS prospect with upside and excellent overall instincts and ball awareness, but he brings added value by being able to play SS (he started at SS for 2 years at Texas). He isn&#8217;t afraid of contact and has excellent ball awareness in the box. However, he gets overpowered at times in the running game and isn&#8217;t a big hitter. He needs to use his arms more.
Texas S Kenny Vaccaro 2012 Highlights
Kenny Vaccaro 2012 Senior Highlights - YouTube

 

[Nolan]

I think he very easily could come in and dominate. What people aren't realizing is how good he is in coverage. He can come in at SS/nickel back to start off - he allows us to keep that extra rusher in because he's so adept at coverage. He frees up our front seven more than people are realizing.

Yeah, I'm pretty pumped up about the selection. He's going to give Rob Ryan a lot of flexibility when we're playing base defense with Vaccaro at SS. In fact, we'll be able to stay in base in some situations where we would more than likely be going to a nickel package.

 

[St. Geezy]

Our defense will be all about confusion. A guy like Vaccarro is so versatile and will only add to the confusion. We'll be able to disguise coverage very well with this guy, and though he didn't do much of it at Texas, I also see some good potential in him as a blitzer.

 

[bobad]

Love his confidence, and love the advice given to him by Earl Thomas.

I love the way he avoided a hug from Prime Time.

 

[Nolan]

I love the way he avoided a hug from Prime Time.

Lmao.