2019 NFL draft big Boards & Mocks & other all-purpose draft stuff

Jamel Dean, CB, Auburn

Coming into the combine the cornerbacks conversation began with Greedy Williams, Deandre Baker and Byron Murphy. Dean changed that narrative in 4.30 seconds.

Official time for Jamel Dean: 4.30! He has the fastest 40 time of the 2019 #NFLCombine with safeties still to go. https://t.co/UCjQjfjNWG

— NFL Draft (@NFLDraft) March 4, 2019

.@AuburnFootball CB Jamel Dean runs a 4.31u 40-yard dash!

Tied for the fastest 40 of the 2019 #NFLCombine 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ZibOdL80tq

— NFL (@NFL) March 4, 2019

At 6-1, 206 pounds, Dean looks the part, and it’s confirmed when you watch him play. Here’s what we wrote in our notes last fall: “Solid in single coverage, especially on go routes down the sideline, uses sideline to his advantage, has the speed to keep pace with WR.”

Yeah, that’s an understatement. That 4.3 time means he has the speed to keep pace with just about anybody on the planet. It also means that he’s a solid Day 2 pick and in the 50-something days between now and the draft he could find himself in the first-round conversation too if a team feels comfortable with his medical check.

If we would draft Savage and then Dean, we would have world class speed in our secondary.

January 17th. I said that high ceiling safety Darnell Savage could be a bandit back upgrade, a playmaker who fits in Seattle's 4-1-6 package. In base, he'd be a downhill missile.

DS tested great after measuring in: 5ft11, 191lbs and 31" arms.

40: 4.36s
Vert: 39.5"
Broad: 126" https://t.co/OL3eU3MoH2

— Matty F. Brown (@mattyfbrown) March 4, 2019

This is an example of the excellent downhill hunger Savage has for the ball. He adjusts really well to the ball in air after taking an aggressive, great initial path. Awesome quickness to trigger and pick six the stick route. pic.twitter.com/b2chDPJJ2q

— Matty F. Brown (@mattyfbrown) March 22, 2019

I bet Seattle drafts him with the extra pick they got from KC.