Watched a ton of Deone and the kid can play. He can be a bit stiff but has really good ball skills, 15 picks and 23 pd. He can run and he is 6'1 and has added natural size that he has gained over his career I think he is up to around 215 and stayed there.
He got in trouble in coverage at times because he is over agressive feeling like he needed to make all the plays at times because the Cougars tended to be outmanned until Leach got there and started adding talent. He also would bite on play action. Things that can be corrected, but he has good awareness overall and good hands and he will flat out strike you and has no fear at all in run support.
If you check out his overall combine #s he is a pretty solid athlete and had some nice times in the drills. He has good enough straight line speed but can struggle to change directions and not lose speed...stiff through the hips as the experts say.
When you stack him up production wise turnovers, tackles and leadership he looks pretty decent comared to the other safties in the draft.
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WSU CAREER: Earned four varsity letters…appeared in 49 games…made 43 starts…recorded 384 career tackles, fourth-most in WSU history…made 268 career solo tackles, second-most in WSU history…tallied 15 career interceptions, third-most in WSU history…16 career double-digit tackle performances…three-time all-conference selection…First-Team All-American as a senior…Freshman All-American…Jim Thorpe Award Semifinalist as a senior…two 100-tackle seasons…led team in tackles three times...led Pac-12 in tackles and tied for lead in interceptions as a senior…selected to play in Reese’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala.
SENIOR (2013): Named First-Team All-America by Associated Press and Athlon Sports. Second-Team All-America by Walter Camp Football Foundation, third-Team All-America by CBS Sports and Honorable Mention All-America by Sports Illustrated…received the College Football Performance Awards Elite Defensive Back Trophy…named to Preseason All-America Fourth Team by
Athlon Sports...earned varsity letter after starting all 13 games…named All-Pac-12 First-Team, the first WSU defensive back to earn first-team honors since Eric Frampton in 2006…named a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, for the nation’s top defensive back…named a Midseason All-American by Sports Illustrated and to the Midseason All-America Second Team by CBS Sports…voted a team captain 11 times…led the Pac-12 with 114 tackles…first back-to-back 100-tackle seasons by a Cougar since Billy Newman in 1999-2000…most tackles since James Darling’s 136 in 1996…tied for 11th in the country with 78 solo tackles…led team and tied for first in the conference with six interceptions…tied for team-highs with three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries…tallied 4.5 tackles-for-loss…recorded four double-digit tackle performances…picked off a pass in four straight games at point…tied for team-lead with seven special teams tackles, five on kickoff…in the season-opener at Auburn, made a season-high 14 tackles, 12 solo, forced one fumble and recovered another…made eight tackles in the win at No. 25 USC…had eight tackles and an interception in the win over Southern Utah…had five tackles, forced a fumble and picked off a pass in the win over Idaho…made nine tackles and picked off a pass against No. 5 Stanford in Seattle…tallied 12 tackles, one for loss and an interception win the win at California…made eight tackles, including seven solo and a tackle-for-loss against Oregon State…at No. 2 Oregon, made nine tackles, one for loss, forced a fumble he also recovered…tallied 12 tackles, 10 solo and picked off a pass against No. 25 Arizona State…had 11 tackles in the win at Arizona…recorded six tackles in the win over Utah…made seven tackles including one for loss at Washington…recorded five tackles and picked off a pass against Colorado State in the New Mexico Bowl…named WSU’s Defensive Most Valuable Player.