Of course, the ideal NFL Draft prospect has tremendous collegiate production and boasts jaw-dropping athletic traits. Obviously, many don’t check both boxes. Sometimes you have to trust a prospect’s physical capabilities even if he’s not a great, finished product football player yet.
This is the second in a two-part series that will examine a pair of unique subsets of every draft class. You can check out the first, my “Trust The Tape” prospects, here. Now we’re heading to the other end of the spectrum with “Trust The Traits” prospects.
For this article, my team consists of NFL hopefuls who didn’t have extraordinary film and/or production in 2023 (or aren’t garnering much buzz) but just give me a feeling that, in time, with the proper coaching, in the right scenario, they can become quality pros because their traits either pop on film or did so at their combine/pro day workout.
These are my “Trust The Traits” prospects in the 2024 class.
Like Nolan Smith a year ago, a member of last year’s “Trust The Traits” team, I didn’t fall head over heels in love with Turner’s film. There were a few supremely productive outings which I mostly believe buoyed his overall production. The wins from Turner in those contests and scattered throughout his 2023 film are jaw-dropping. They just didn’t happen with as much regularity as I’d like to see, and the first two years at Alabama did not meet No. 1 edge rusher recruit hype, particularly at Alabama.
This is all to say, I liked Turner’s film. I didn’t love it. For possibly the first defensive player off the board, a…
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