(this is the 12th Installment of the “Pro Draft report” By Football Reporters)

(Eds. Note-due to a MS-Word Error, all the players show up as #1 in the first few rankings)

2011 NFL Draft Position Ratings- Safeties

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B y William Carroll-Special Contributing Writer-Football Reporters Online

1. Rahim Moore UCLA, 5’11 ¾” 201 4.62  Moore Missed no time during his 3 years at UCLA, with 14 career interceptions at it’s clear he has a nose for the ball.  He is very sudden in his change of direction and shows a real understanding of the game.  However he is no thumper and not impressive in run support.  He is at his best when playing center field, [Cover-1 or single high safety] He is also experience in Cover-2 he was a respected, accountable leader on the Bruin’s defense.  Moore is able to be so effective at least in part because he is a student of the game and instinctive however though Moore is willing enough as a defender of the run his ‘grab on and hope you trip over me’ tackling style is not the stuff that makes up instructional videos.  Moore diagnoses quickly and consistently, he is rarely fooled or out of position. Moore does struggle to disengage from blocks, he is not terribly strong in the upper-body, comparisons to Ed Reed are inaccurate and unfair, Reed was much more explosive and violent in hitting, closing on the ball, running with the ball, leaping for the ball in every possible way he was a better and more complete safety.  Moore will need to get stronger and gain experience playing in man coverage to be better than a solid starter. Career- 2010: 77 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 4 PBU, 1 INT
   2009: 48 tackles, 4.0 TFL, 1.0 sack, 7 PBU, 10 INTs
   2008 : 60 tackles, 4 PBU, 3 INTs

Rahim Moore 2011 Combine Results

Summary

There is a fairly strong probability that Moore could be over drafted due to the perception that he’s the best at his position but perhaps the only day 1 starter at FS in the whole draft.  To some extent his amazing sophomore year is being overvalued.  Moore will be a valuable addition to most teams, but anyone expecting a dominant or elite player is likely to be disappointed.  Earl Thomas was more complete, if he progresses you might have a less powerful but more ball centered version of Madieu Williams or a more instinctive and reliable version of Gus Scott.  Moore did pick the right year to declare as he’s go almost a round later most years, this year he could be in the top 5-10 picks in the 2^nd and is a near lock to go in the top 50 selections, the Cowboys, Chargers and Bengals have shown strong interest, overall grade 8.6

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from the ACC……

Boston College’s Montel Harris and record-setting Clemson defensive end Da’Quan Bowers headline the All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team.

Harris and Bowers were the leading vote recipients on the All-ACC team, announced Monday following a vote of 61 members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association.

Harris averaged an ACC-best 104 yards rushing and was the only unanimous first-team selection, receiving 122 points during voting. A first-team vote was worth two points, and a second-team vote was worth one. Bowers, who had a sack in a school-record nine straight games, had 120 voting points.

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