NFL Draft Profile: Greg Eisworth II, Safety, Iowa State Cyclones

NFL draft profile scouting report for Iowa State Safety, Greg Eisworth II

Author:
The NFL Draft Bible
Updated:
Jan 24, 2022 3:13 PM EST
Original:
Jan 4, 2022

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#12
Pos: DS
Ht: 5114v
Wt: 201v
Hand: 0948v
Arm: 3168v
Wing: 7538v
DOB: _/_/_
Eligibility: 2022
Grand Prairie, TX
South High School

Greg Eisworth II Iowa State University Cyclones

One-Liner:

Average sized safety with good instincts and below average athleticism.

Pros:

As a part of Iowa State’s three safety defense, Eisworth almost exclusively plays zone coverage in deep thirds and at the second level. He has sound and compact footwork, allowing him to transition efficiently. Eisworth trusts his eyes and has a quicker trigger, flashing the ability to anticipate. In the run game, he fills willingly and decisively, coming downhill quickly. Urgent hands allow him to shed blocking wide receivers and stay clean in space. He has the strength to absorb tight ends consistently.

Cons:

In his simplistic role, Eisworth is rarely challenged by having to cover large areas of the field. His straight line athleticism, including closing speed and acceleration are below average. He gains too much depth, allowing receivers the space to operate underneath. Eisworth misses tackles in space against shifty ball carriers as he lacks the twitch to adjust his angles late. He allows runners to carry their momentum forward and is unable to wrap up consistently. Eisworth takes conservative angles, allowing ball carriers to pick up extra yards.

Summary:

Safety with average size and below average straight line athleticism who plays a simplistic role in a three safety defense. Eisworth trusts his eyes and triggers quickly, flashing anticipatory ability. He is an inconsistent tackler. Eisworth projects as a camp safety who has to find a role on special teams despite his athletic limitations. His football intelligence could convince a team to put him on their practice squad as he can be reliable depth late in seasons.

Background:

In High School, Greg Eisworth II originally signed with Mississippi over offers from Baylor and Oklahoma. He was afour-star recruit by ESPN and ranked as the 36th-best safety in the nation by 247Sports. Eisworth played quarterback and safety and tallied over 2,400 yards and scored 24 touchdowns as a senior. He had 1,301 passing yards and 1,045 rushing yards and was named to the Scout All-Midlands team. Eisworth was a two-time honorable mention all-state and all-district quarterback and district 8-6A MVP in 2014. He also lettered in track and field and basketball and was coached by Brent Whitson.

After High School, Eisworth went to Trinity Valley Community College. He chose Iowa State over Colorado, West Virginia and Houston and was a three-star recruit by Rivals, 247Sports and ESPN. Eisworth was a member of the ESPN JC50 (#47) and ranked as the 70th-best JC player nationally by 247Sports. He played one season at Trinity Valley in 2017 where the team won the Heart of Texas Bowl with a 48-41 victory over Garden City CC. The team finished the season at 9-3 and No. 6 in the NJCAA national poll. Eisworth totaled 47 tackles, two interceptions and 10 pass breakups and was coached by Brad Smiley.

In 2018 and his first year with Iowa State, Eisworth won Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year and First-Team All-Big 12. He led the Cyclones in tackles per game (7.3), registering 87 stops in 12 games and started all 12 games played and led the team in tackles five times. He ranked eighth in the Big 12 in tackles per game and also had 4.0 TFL, a sack, an interception, five pass breakups and two forced fumbles. Eisworth had two double-digit tackle efforts and tallied a season-high 14 tackles and a forced fumble vs. Oklahoma, He also had a TFL vs. the Sooners and tallied nine tackles vs. Akron and TCU. He had a TFL and three pass breakups vs. the Zips and posted eight tackles and recorded first career sack vs. West Virginia. He picked off his first career pass vs. Texas Tech and had 12 tackles and a forced fumble vs. Texas.

In 2019 Eisworth was First-Team All-Big 12 and Second-Team Academic All-Big 12. The Co-Captain started nine times in 12 games played and registered 65 tackles, 3.5 TFL and led the team with 11 passes defended, ranking sixth in the Big 12. He also tied for sixth in the Big 12 in pass breakups (10) and recorded a career-high 15 tackles vs. Iowa. Eisworth had four tackles and a TFL vs. Baylor and against Oklahoma, tallied three tackles and a career-high three pass breakups, He had six solo tackles and an interception vs. Kansas State.

In 2020, he was First Team All-Big 12 for the third-straight season, the only player in school history to earn first team honors by the Big 12 (1996-present) three times. He was second Team Senior Class Award team and Second Team Academic All-Big 12. Eisworth started all 12 games and recorded 47 tackles, 1.5 TFL, four pass breakups, one interception and a fumble recovery while averaging 9.4 yards on five punt returns, including a long of 29 yards vs. Kansas. He posted season-high six tackles vs. Louisiana, Oklahoma State and West Virginia and had two takeaways vs. Kansas with an interception and fumble recovery. Eisworth had a season-high two pass breakups vs. West Virginia and enters super senior season with 199 tackles, 9.0 TFL, 19 pass breakups and three interceptions.