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2025 Guide: What Ourlads’ NFL Scouting Services said about CRAIG WOODSON:
California | Hometown: Grand Prairie, TX | HT: 6001 | WT: 200 | 40 time: 4.45 | Hand: 0878 | Arm: 3100 | Wing: 7514
Four-year starter. Third-team All-ACC in 2024, two-time honorable mention All-Pac 12. Team captain. Versatile defender who played safety, nickel, and outside corner at California. Reads and reacts well to the quarterback underneath and from depth. Quality range over the top matched with quick reaction skills to take away vertical routes downfield. Underneath he plays with his head on a swivel to identify receiving threats while visioning the quarterback. Leverages multiple threats at once with agility and short-area burst. Natural click-and-close ability with eye discipline in man coverage to drive on routes underneath him and stay in the receiver’s hip pocket throughout the route. Runs through receivers to break up passes. Can get his hand in the way of passes with his back to the quarterback. Fast to trigger downhill and fill the alley with square hips. Quick, subtle movements to undercut blockers in space and maintain leverage on ball carriers. Takes good angles to the sideline on screens and outside run plays. Breaks down with square hips and runs his feet on contact during tackling attempts. Reliable tackler in space when he goes low. Adds value as a blitzer off the edge with aggressiveness and bend to corner quickly. Will add special teams value immediately. Shows some lower body tightness when moving laterally. Bites hard on play fakes, getting him out of position. Strength deficiencies when collisioning receivers and gets limited disruption. Against bigger targets he can get pushed around and beat on contested catches. Difficulty shedding blocks. When he tackles high he struggles to finish due to strength concerns and allows ball carriers to brush him off.
2024 Stats: 70 T, 2.5 TFL, 9 PBU, 1 QBH, 2 INT. OSR:5/16. VJ-36. Draft projection: 4th/5th round