NFL Draft Profile: JT Woods, Safety, Baylor University Bears
#22
Pos: DS
Ht: 6016
Wt: 195
Hand: 0848
Arm: 3238
Wing: 7738
40: 4.36
Bench: N/A
3-Cone: N/A
Shuttle: N/A
Vert: 39.5
Broad: 1008
DOB: _/_/_
Eligibility: 2022
San Antonio, TX
Steele High School
JT Woods
Baylor Bears
One-Liner:
Lanky free safety with good speed and poor physicality.
Pros:
Long limbed field side safety who plays in a primarily two high secondary. Woods is light footed in a straight line, possessing good speed once he opens his long stride. He uses that speed to cover a lot of space on the backend, giving him very good range and closing speed. Woods is active and locates receivers to cover. Trusting his speed, he stays square when threatened vertically. Woods displays instincts for breaking on the football and getting his hands on it to be in position for turnovers. Against the run, he fills willingly and can adjust his angle thanks to flexible ankles.
Cons:
Having to build up his speed, Woods lacks explosiveness in short areas. His long legs hurt his footwork and ability to transition quickly making him clunky when turning and running with slot receivers. Poor strength and physicality causes him to get blown up by lead blockers. When blitzing, Woods will not beat blockers. As a tackler, he gets deflected by the off hand of rushers. Throwing his shoulder around and failing to wrap up causes him to miss often. He does not force runs back inside, allowing them to get up the sideline. Woods has occasional lapses where he blows coverage or plays his assignments incorrectly. His ball skills are average, failing to take advantage despite putting himself in good positions to intercept the football.
Summary:
Lanky free safety with good speed and range who lacks short area explosiveness. Woods possesses instincts for breaking on the football, putting him in good situations to generate turnovers. He has poor physicality and misses a lot of tackles. Woods projects as a backup free safety for a single high defense. To make a roster he has to get stronger and improve his tackling in order to contribute on special teams while limiting his mental errors. His speed should allow him to at least stick on a practice squad early on.
Background:
JT Woods was an instinctive defensive back for coach David Saenz at Steele High School who helped Steele to a 9-5 record as a senior. He totaled 33 tackles and one sack as a senior while playing both ways and also had six receptions for 63 yards and two rushes for 39 yards. He finished junior season in 2016 with 90 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss and one interception and helped the team to 14-2 record and state quarterfinal appearance as a junior. Woods was rated three stars by 247 Sports, No. 127 in Texas and No. 77 safety nationally. He also competed in track where he holds personal-best of 10.64 in the 100 meters, 21.87 in the 200 meters and 13.80 in the 100-meter hurdles. As a freshman in 2018, Woods appeared in all 13 games and collected 18 tackles (13 solo), with 1.0 TFL and was credited with two pass break ups. He also had 1 sack for 11 yards. As a sophomore in 2019, he appeared in all 14 games on the year, starting five of them and collected 36 total tackles (27 solo), 1.0 TFL, three forced fumbles and one QB hurry on the year. As a junior he started all nine games in 2020. He was an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention and finished the season with 46 tackles, three interceptions and one pass breakup. He T-1st on the team and T-3rd in the Big 12 in interceptions and T-34th in the Big 12 in tackles per game (5.1). He returned in 2021 to help the Baylor Bears get to a top ten ranking and got invited to the NFLPA Bowl.
Grades:
Current Player Value/Potential Player Value
5.8/7.2
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