Edwin Joseph

A late bloomer that got plenty of burn on both sides of the ball as a senior at one of the nation’s top high school football programs. Initially was being recruited by most schools to play wide receiver at the next level, but elected to try his hand at cornerback summer before 12th-grade year and quickly found some success in coverage out on the perimeter. Hasn’t been measured in a while, but at one point tipped the scales at 6-foot, 170 pounds and had a near 6-foot-6 wingspan to boost. As a pass catcher, eats on short-to-intermediate in/dig routes as he can find holes in a defense and pick up chunks of yardage once the ball is in his hands. Still figuring things out as a defender, but technique has continued to improve and he looks more and more comfortable in man-to-man situations as he will get his hands on opposing wideouts and try to throw them off schedule. Also does a nice job of turning and trying to find the football once it's airborne. An argument could certainly be made that he should play defense moving forward, but hard to overlook offensive stats (1,252 yards and 12 touchdowns while serving mostly in a complimentary role). Regardless, will add special teams value right away wherever he signs.