| Eddie Whitley Scouting Report |
| Eddie Whitley - Virginia Tech (HT: 6-1 - WT: 195) |
Positives -- Good athlete, can get up to full speed pretty quickly, can turn and run with most wide receivers... Has experience covering in the slot and underneath, closes to the football very well... Not afraid to come up into the box... Is a good tackler behind the line of scrimmage, wraps up running backs
and quarterbacks with little problem... Experienced on special teams, as Hokies head coach Frank Beamer loves to play starters there... Named to the All-ACC 2nd team in 2011; finished the year with 83 tackles, including four for a loss and two interceptions... Started 27 of a possible 28 games over the previous two seasons, missed only the Duke game in 2010 due to a foot injury... Showed good intangibles by being the leader of a young Hokies defense that finished 12th in total defense... Was part of a senior class that went to three BCS bowl games.
Negatives -- Plays off of his reactions but won't be able to get away with that in the NFL... Seems fine with using his body to make tackles in the open field, and it caused multiple players to break for long gains when they should have been stopped after the reception... Will sometimes take poor angles to the football... Easily fooled by play fakes, the smallest of pump fakes can put him out of position... Ball skills are below average for a free safety, often mistimed his jumps when trying to get in front of a receiver for an interception... Needs to put on some weight before seeing significant playing time, his current weight won't be able to hold up to the grind of professional football... His lack of strength prevents him from hitting guys with much force, bigger players seem to just bounce off of him even when he tries to wrap up... His brain and legs seem to be on different pages most of the time, he'll want to do something but he gets his legs caught up under him; that half second of recovery time prevents him from being in the right position.
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At Virginia Tech -- (Official School Bio) 2011: A second-team All-ACC selection at safety... Started all 14 games, including 11 at rover and three at free safety... Played over 800 snaps on defense and 96 on special teams... Had 83 tackles, including a tackle for loss, along with two interceptions, a forced fumble, a hurry and four pass breakups on the season... Had four tackles and returned an interception 43 yards against Appalachian State... Registered three tackles at ECU... Was in on four tackles in the win over Arkansas State... Had two solo tackles, including one for seven lost yards in the win at Marshall... Posted a team-high 12 tackles, including six solo stops in the Clemson game... Recorded six tackles and a breakup in the win over Miami... Had four tackles and a breakup at Wake Forest... Contributed five tackles against BC... Registered seven tackles and an interception on the opening series at Duke... Added four tackles at Georgia Tech... Had a big game against UNC with 12 tackles and a breakup... Tallied three tackles at Virginia... Led the defense with 12 tackles, a quarterback hurry and a forced fumble in the ACC Championship Game against Clemson... Had five tackles and a pass breakup in his final game of his career, coming in the Sugar Bowl against Michigan. 2010: Started 13 games, including 10 at free safety... Was third on the team in tackles with 80... Intercepted two passes and broke up six... Forced a pair of fumbles.
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