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Quentin Jammer
SELECTED BY WASHINGTON , ROUND 1, PICK 5, OVERALL PICK 5
DB | (5-11, 204, 4.55) | Texas
By Pro Football WeeklyNotes: Football star who also ran track in high school. According to data, he reportedly ran a 10.3 in the 100 meters, a 21.5 in the 200 meters and long-jumped over 23 feet. Jammer started three games at cornerback before moving to safety as a true freshman in 1997. He started every game at free safety in '98 and the '99 opener there before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury that required surgery and led to his being redshirted. As a freshman, Jammer had 13 stops, broke up a pass and caused a fumble. In '98, he was in on a career-high 81 stops, broke up 10 passes, snagged his first two interceptions, caused three fumbles and recovered two. The next year he was in on three stops and caused a fumble before he was hurt. Jammer was an All-Big 12 cornerback who received All-America notice from Pro Football Weekly and the Gannett News Service in 2000, when he had 43-20-3 and also collected a sack and caused at least four fumbles. Was nearly a unanimous All-American and Thorpe Award finalist last season, when he accounted for 55-24-2.Positives: Very well-built and plays bigger than his size. A big, physical bump-and-run corner who has played well inside. Does a great job of using his hands and arms to pin the receiver at the line of scrimmage and has the explosive hand punch needed to really shock the receiver. As a run defender, Jammer does a very nice job of playing off blocks and is a good, strong tackler. He has good but not great range and good but not super make-up speed. He can generally run with a receiver and get in his back pocket when playing bump-and-run. In the right type of defense, he is potentially a shutdown corner. When in backed-off man-on-man, he will get beaten at times but is generally a good player. He also can play in a zone scheme. Jammer got to practice against Texas' great young receivers, including Roy Williams, who in two years could be the most talented receiver in all of football next to Randy Moss.Negatives: At times he will struggle when in backed-off man coverage. He is not that fluid turning and has a tendency to stay in his backpedal a little too long. Jammer had a major problem with pass-interference calls for the first eight games of the '00 season, and while he partially alleviated the problem by not hugging the receiver quite as tightly when playing bump and by not going through him to get to the ball, he still will get flagged at times. Had a few concentration lapses in '01 and seemed to lose focus when teams did not test him. Seems to have trouble finding and playing the deep ball at times, especially when it is thrown over his head, making him vulnerable to giving up a big play.Summary: Can be a terrific bump-and-run type of corner or a very good, but perhaps not great, player if backed off. However, he must continue to improve his technique and feel for coverage and the game and avoid concentration lapses to realize his potential and to become a true shutdown corner worthy of an early first-round pick.* Player biographies are provided by Pro Football Weekly.
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