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Scouting report on Randall via NFL.com.

 

"Strengths - Plus athlete with good speed. Scouts love his toughness and effort. Inspired effort as a tackler, racking up 177 tackles during two-year stint at Arizona State. Looks to punish. Explodes into targets and jolts his victims. Takes very good angles in space in run support. Instinctive blitzer who times snap and has a nose for the quarterback. Senses throws underneath and breaks on them early. Highly competitive on 50/50 throws and won't give an inch to receiver. Took two interceptions for scores. Good hands -- played some wide receiver in junior college and was also an explosive returner while there.

 

Weaknesses - Small for safety position. Has box characteristics but lacking box size. Instincts as a free safety are average. Could be forced to play cornerback. Needs technique work in coverage. Must learn line-of-scrimmage skills and work on coordinating feet and hips. Allows wideouts to eat up cushion. Desire to attack leads to false steps against play-action. Fails to play with proper depth at times. Gets a little loose with technique as a tackler at times, causing him to miss.

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Gil Brandt:

 

Randall's 4.46 40 was the third best among safeties at the combine, and he also posted the third-best three-cone (6.83 seconds) and tied for the third-best short shuttle (4.07 seconds). Speed might not have been as important for safeties in the days when they were mostly covering tight ends, but in today's game, safeties often end up with the third or fourth receiver, so it's crucial that they have good catch-up speed. Randall isn't really that meet-'em-in-the-hole tough tackler, but we don't need that in a safety as much as we need coverage ability, and Randall is very fluid. He was burned a bit more than you'd like to see in college, but then, that can be a job hazard of his position, which involves covering a lot of ground. He also made a lot of plays.

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