Most of the top 100 available players have already signed in 2024 NFL free agency and we are not far away from collectively turning our full attention to the 2024 NFL Draft.
Below are the prospects in the 2024 class with similar traits and on-field styles to some names who changed teams in this free agent period. First, a disclaimer. They aren’t the biggest free agent additions, but I will never force pro comparisons when they’re simply not there. These are legit.
Signed with: Packers
Prospect with similar traits: Miami’s Kamren Kinchens
McKinney was a do-everything safety for Nick Saban. He felt like the next Alabama “star” defender to go in the first round in the 2020 draft. But a surprisingly poor workout before the combine likely sparked McKinney being available at the start of Day 2, when the Giants promptly snatched him immediately.
After an injury-plagued rookie season to begin his career, the instinctive, three-down safety got a clean bill of health in 2023 and was outstanding with three interceptions to go long with 11 pass breakups and 116 tackles. He parlayed that monster year to a lucrative deal with the Packers.
Kinchens is on his way to McKinney-like arc going from college to the pros. The Miami safety had 11 interceptions the past two years with the Hurricanes and the highlight-reel hits appear on film relatively often. But a dreadful combine workout is all but officially a lock to sink him in the draft. On the field, he’s much faster to the football than his combine would indicate, and like McKinney at Alabama, Kinchens proved capable of thriving in a variety of roles at Miami.
WR Gabriel Davis
Signed with: Jaguars
Prospect with similar traits: USC’s Brenden Rice
At UCF, Davis was almost strictly a go-ball wideout who caught many deep shots. And that continued in Buffalo, as early as his rookie year as he started his career fourth in the target pecking order…
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Author : Chris Trapasso
Publish date : 2024-03-14 13:35:21
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