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2025 Guide: What Ourlads’ NFL Scouting Services said about DORIAN STRONG:
Virginia Tech | Hometown: Upper Marlboro, MD | HT: 6010 | WT: 185 | 40 time: 4.50 | Hand: 0938 | Arm: 3100 | Wing: 7618
Five-year starter. Honorable mention All-ACC in 2024, third-team honors in 2023. Most reps come outside with spot snaps in the slot. Tall cornerback prospect with a skinny frame and uninspiring arm length. Rapid feet and solid hand usage to slide in front of receivers on their release to cut them off early. Strong performance in press coverage with physicality to slow down the route and possesses the ability to turn and run with sticky coverage skills. Sinks his weight on sharp breaks to stay in-phase for any route in the route tree. Flips his hips with little tightness both in man coverage and when bailing out in zone. Exceptional agility with change-of-direction skills to maintain leverage inside and over top of his target. Excellent at recognizing route concepts and puts himself in phenomenal position to read the quarterback and play the ball. Especially strong at playing high-low concepts. Athleticism to take away a significant chunk of the field in zone coverage. Triggers quickly when the quarterback cracks the egg. Especially strong on the goalline where his line-of-scrimmage skills and mental processing speed help him slow down and leverage targets. High effort player in pursuit with good angles. Utilizes great tackling form and can be a reliable option to finish in space. Bigger receivers can run through him when pressed. Some tightness shows up in transition. Gets grabby in coverage and is a candidate to draw penalties. Can play too aggressively in coverage causing him to lose his balance. Short arms make it difficult for him to get his hands in the way of throws and break up passes.
2024 Stats: 32 T, 6 PBU, 1 FF, 2 INT. OSR:19/25. VJ-36.0. Draft projection: 2nd/3rd round