Who is Jamar Taylor a Closer Look

  



   With the 54th pick in the draft the Miami Dolphins went with my favorite corner in this draft, Boise States Jamar Taylor. At 5'11 192 Taylor started his Carrier at Helix High School in San Diego California.

   Taylor headed to Boise State.During his true freshman season he played in all 13 games racking up 24 tackles 2 for loss, and an interception. In the 2009 season due to the depth at the position he decided to red shirt. In 2010 Jamar finally earned a starting spot and had 35 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks 2 pass breakups and 3 forced fumbles. In 2011 he stared the first 9 games before suffering a stress fracture that forced him to miss the last 4 games of the season. He managed to return at less then a 100 percent for the last Vegas Bowl vs Boise State, and he did it in great fashion with a 100 yard interception return. Overall that year he had 27 tackles, two for loss and six pass breakups. As a senior Lamar really stepped his game up with 51 total tackles, 3.5 went for loss, including 2.5 sacks. In addition he added 9 pass breakups, 4 interceptions, and 3 forced fumbles. showing a propensity to tackle well and knock the ball out of opponents hands. He finished his Boise State Carrier with first team All-Mountain West honors for the first time.He is compared to NFL CB Drayton Florence

   Strengths: Physical strong hands which he uses to redirect wide receivers. He works well in press bail has good fluid hips, gets out of backpedal really well, and turns smoothly. Jamar is very capable of setting the edge and sticking his nose on the run game and contests the ball really well in tight situations. He is also very solid at covering down field routes.

   Weaknesses: Needs to improve technique in press coverage, acceleration and recovery speed aren't very good, he gives up to much ground on outside breaking routes. In addition he needs to diagnose playaction plays more accurately and start bringing in more difficult interceptions. Finally he needs to be a more consistent tackler in space.

  Overall: Even though Taylor has some things he has to work at I think they are all coachable and he will be able to start Day one for the Miami Dolphins opposite Brent Grimes.This was a very good pick by Jeff Ireland giving Kevin Coyle a Corner to groom.