5’11 205 LBS Hometown: Columbia, MS Projected Rd: 2-3

Grade: 5.98

Grading Scale

SPARQ: 114.9 (#49 S)

Combine Results

Strengths

Speed

Burst

Acceleration

Physicality

Big Hitter

Blitzing

Man to man vs WRs, especially smaller speedy guys

Weaknesses

Not tested much in deep zone/single high

Struggled at times vs TE’s

Ball skills

Pursuit angles are inconsistent

Plays recklessly

Overview

2 Year starter for Mississippi St, Abram is the prototype SS. Abram is instinctive, violent, and explosive and the first thing that will pop out at you with him is his burst/acceleration, he makes plays on ball carriers behind the line of scrimmage regular as he shoots in like a missle, the only problem with that is he will often dive and whiff instead of wrap up. He should be solid day one against the run and in the box, but he does need to clean up his pursuit angles.

In coverage, Abram played the typical role of a SS and mostly played man to man on Tight ends and Wide receivers. Versus Wide receivers, he looked solid in man, always able to keep up even with smaller, quick, speedy guys though his ball skills do leave a lot to be desired as he often plays the man instead of the ball. Abram did not play much single high or deep zone in general, and so because of that his overall coverage ability is still a question mark. He does have the speed, and as said earlier, has amazing acceleration so he surely has the skills and traits to have good range, but whether or not he has the technique and is disciplined in the angles he takes while in zone coverage is unknown as of now.

Abram is a 2nd round talent to me, mostly because he didn’t play much in deep zone, the skills he did show I liked, and he does have the physical ability to be more than a box safety.

Game By Game Breakdown

Vs. Kansas St.

Stats: 7 Solo, 1 Assisted, 8 Total Tackles, 0 INT, 0 Def, Targets: 1, Catches Allowed: 0 , Yards Given Up: 0

Game Notes: (0:04) Plays man instead of ball though it was still incomplete and his teammate was already there on him. (0:51) Like the physicality on the tackle, and how he set his feet before hand to track him down. (:58) Made a nice play on the RB but would of stopped him for less yards if he wrapped up on the tackle instead of just diving. (1:05) Man to man vs slot WR. (1:24) Comes in fast to get a hit on the QB, like the aggressiveness and the burst he shows on plays like this. (1:59) Plays man to man on WR who gets him slightly beat on slant but WR fell. (2:10) Went for strip instead of tackle and missed and so ball carrier got extra yards. (2:16) Comes in to make a big hit and does but again, could of wrapped up instead. Showed how hes known for a hard hitter on that play. (2:27) Misses tackle again because he didn’t wrap up. (3:51) Nice footwork on man to man coverage.

Overview: Abram played both in the box and single high at times, but it seemed like he was always in the box because of his acceleration and burst that gets him to make plays where the LBs should constantly. Like I said, the biggest things that popped out to me here were his burst, speed, acceleration and how physical he plays. He was not tested much in coverage this game but his footwork looks good and he looks fluid moving around in zone. He did tend to play recklessly and dive at ball carriers instead of wrapping up in multiple instances.

Grade: B

Vs. Kentucky

Stats: 5 Solo, 1 Assisted, 6 Total Tackles, 0 INT, 0 Def, Targets: 2 , Catches Allowed: 1 , Yards Allowed: 4

Game Notes: This game will be interesting due to him facing Benny Snell JR (Kentucky RB) who is a big, very physical runner. (0:42) Doesn’t take a very good pursuit angle on Snell. (4:13) Maybe could of got there quicker to make a play on the ball, but he took a good angle and it was not really his fault for the completion as the CB was right on him. (4:40) Shows nice burst to close in on the WR but whiffs on the tackle. Allows catch on quick slant route but was suppose to keep play in front of him and closed in fast enough so that there was no gain though they gave him 4 due to forward progress. (5:07) Bit on play fake and was therefore not in a position to make a play on the RB when he would have if he stayed back and read the play longer. (5:30) Nice awareness ditching his coverage assignment since to help his teammate since he read the QBs eyes and knew he was throwing there early. (6:28) Took another bad pursuit angle, way too inside when Snell was going outside, still could of made the play due to his speed but tripped. (7:11) Unable to unengage versus tackle downfield but can’t really blame him. At the same time, hes the last line of defense and him being out of the play is the main reason Snell got the TD. (8:24) Another bad pursuit angle.

Overview: Kentucky did not throw much, so there was not much to go off of in terms of coverage. But against the run, Abram took many bad pursuit angles, and was overall just playing wildly in this one. His burst, acceleration, speed and physicality were all still apparent, but it was not a very good game for him.

Grade: C-

Vs. Alabama

Stats: 5 Solo, 4 Assisted, 9 Total Tackles, 1 TFL, 0 Def, 0 INT, 2 QB Hurries, 1 QB Hit, Targets: 3, Catches Allowed: 2 , Yards Allowed: 43

Game Notes: Another game that will be interesting not only because hes going against a now teammate in Jacobs who is considered the top back, but also an offense of course filled with NFL talent. (0:10) Takes bad angle and takes on blocker instead of making play on RB (Damien Harris). (0:36) Wraps up to make tackle on Jacobs. (0:41) Makes tackle about 7 or 8 yards down field after blitzing from the other side of the field and going all the way around. He can go from stopped to full speed so fast which is valuable as a safety who needs to change angles on the drop of the time and make up a lot of range. (1:00) Staring at TE Irv Smith instead of looking at the ball and QB as well, gives up catch that gets it to the 1 yard line. Angle at (1:05) shows he wasnt giving help and that it was his zone and man. (1:17) Good man to man coverage on Jerry Jeudy, showed nice footwork and didnt bite on his hesitations. (2:07) Nice job almost getting the strip once teammates already had Smith contained. (2:12) QB hurry blitzing off the edge. (4:03) Man to man on Jeudy, may of gotten away with a PI. (4:43) Lined up at MLB on a play they know it will be a run I assume. (6:15) Couldn’t of stopped the TD but still noticed he gave up on the play early which is rare for him. (6:20) Gives up catch because he ditched man and watched the QB instead, went for 19 yards. (8:14) Another hurry coming off the edge. (8:52) Nice effort play to get the TFL. (9:06) QB hit blitzing off edge.

Overview: Abram showed some to like and some not to like in this. His blitz potential was on full display today, getting 2 hurries and a QB hit, one of those hurries being against Jonah Williams. He did pretty well covering Jerry Jeudy in the slot one on one when called to. He did give up a big catch to Irv Smith in deep zone which is covering since he isn’t called upon those coverage duties often and this may be why.

Grade: C+

Vs. Ole Miss

Stats: 2 Solo, 2 Assists, 4 Total Tackles, 1 TFL, 2 Def, 1 INT, 1 QB Hit, Targets: 6 , Catches Allowed: 1, Yards Allowed: 19

Game Notes: First play gets a QB hit coming off the edge, so fast coming off the edge. (0:09) Man to man coverage on WR, stays with him all the way but could of played the ball and turned his head. He isn’t a CB so it is not expected for him to have great ball skills yet in man to man but still. (0:18) Another angle and you see how he is staring at the WR and just puts his arm out hoping it will deflect the ball, Ball probably should of been caught. (0:27) Plays the ball and man way too late, reacted slowly to where the QB was going with it and gave up the 19 yard play due to him not being able to tackle Knox after the catch. Was playing man on the TE in this play. (1:23) Man to man on Knox the TE again, plays him physically which may be called a PI in the NFL and could of made a better play on the ball as he had the right angle to. At (1:30) you see a closer angle and he does get the deflection but like I said, could of extended his arm or tried to make a play in front of Knox instead of letting the bigger man box him out. (2:11) Shows amazing sideline to sideline speed here making the TFL on the other side of the field. (4:05) Man to man looked good while in frame here. (4:13) Got int that was thrown right to him as Taamu panicked trying not to get a safety. Abram did make a nice play reading the QB and ditching his coverage to make the pick though.

Overview: Abrams has a pretty good Egg bowl performance. His man to man continues to look good versus WR’s, but his ball skills could improve. He did let Knox the TE box him out and get good body position on him a couple times which is concerning since the Raiders need Abram to be able to cover TE’s. His play versus the run was back to form in this one and he was flying all over the field like a missle.

Grade: B