The Detroit Lions selected Teez Tabor in the second round, and that selection raised some eyebrows thanks to the fact that Tabor struggled with his individual workouts

Those performances might not tell the whole story, though. In a DetroitLions.com video piece, Tori Petry spoke with Florida Gators radio analyst Brady Ackerman and found out there's more than meets the eye with the corner. Ackerman did acknowledge Tabor's troubles, but said that's only part of the case.

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"A guy like Tabor didn't win the (combine) drill. I guess if he had trained harder he could have won the drill and had a little faster 40 time (but) you can't argue with his tape, his ability to play man coverage (and) win at the line of scrimmage," Ackerman said.

Straight line speed wasn't a big issue for Tabor in college according to Ackerman, even though that will be his biggest question in the pros once covering NFL wideouts.

"The only question those combine results will have with him is when he turns and gets beat and has to run with a guy like a Julio Jones stride for stride, can he do that? I never saw a guy run away from him in college," Ackerman said. "He does also have great instincts at that corner position. He's a physical player."

Ackerman even went so far as to say that Tabor was the best of a recent Florida crop that has made waves in the NFL.

"Two years ago, in Florida's secondary which had two first round picks, he was the best defensive back on the field and that's with Vernon Hargreaves and Keanu Neal who are now playing in the NFL. He was the best defensive back in 2015. In 2016, a lot of people threw away from him."

Will the speed actually be the issue folks are making it out to be?

"I'm interested to watch it," Ackerman said. "I didn't see it in person. I know a 4.6 and a 4.7, most of the guys in the NFL don't run that way. If you're playing man coverage most of the time, you get your work done at the line of scrimmage, you can win your war there. 99 percent of the time, he won that in college. I do think he has football speed. He plays fast. He understands the game. I think he's a steal in the second round, I think he's a tremendous player and one of the best we've had at Florida in the last 10 years."

Ackerman provided a cautionary tale to all those knocking Tabor at this moment.

"They had the same knock on Joe Haden when he came out of Florida, and look how he's done with Cleveland. So I think (Tabor) will do fine," he said.