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#3 Paulson Adebo, Stanford
After taking a scout-team redshirt in 2017, this kid had one of the most impressive debut seasons I have seen from a college player in a while now. Adebo allowed a passer rating of just 54.6 when targeted in 2018 and broke up an FBS-high 22 passes among returning DBs, including four picks. He displays an easy pedal and turn to defend the deep ball ball and at 6’1” he really climbs the ladder and attacks the ball at its highest point. That way he denied Dillon Mitchell and Oregon three straight times in goal-to-go situations in overtime.
Adebo won’t allow offenses to manipulate him with crossers or screen fakes to give up his deep-third or quarter responsibilities. Stanford also likes to blitz their corners on run-downs quite a bit, which earned their talented sophomore five tackles for loss.
At 190 pounds, I think the Stanford corner would benefit from adding some muscle to deal with bigger wideouts and what he has to do a little better job of is not giving that inside access in off-coverage that easily and getting back on top of dig and deep-in routes. Still, the sky’s the limit for this young man.
