2020 NFL Draft: Miami Hurricanes prospects to watch in Week 1

Trajan Bandy

Bandy is a little undersized for an NFL cornerback at 5-foot-9, 190 pounds, but he plays much bigger than his measurements dictate and is a perfect fit in the nickel.

He’s a twitched up, explosive athlete that possesses really good overall speed and lateral agility. He changes directions with ease and has very quick, fluid feet.

Bandy plays a lot of press-man; he turns and runs with impressive quickness. Bandy stays attached the receiver’s hip pocket going vertical and flashes the ability to get his head around to read the ball in the air.

He flashes impressive route recognition in off-man coverage and breaks and finishes with quickness when the ball comes his way.

Bandy has explosiveness to his drive step and has a smooth, fluid backpedal.

Bandy’s lack of size really shows up in jump ball situations. While he sticks to his assignment and contests when the ball is in the air, he really struggles to defend bigger receivers and gets outmuscled at the catch point.

He comes downhill in run support with good quickness. Bandy is asked to play inside and outside on both sides of the alignment and he already displays impressive ability in run defense from the inside, the position he will likely play at the next level.

Bandy closes quick on the ball and while he isn’t going to lay down powerful finishes, he’s an effective striking tackler that can effectively take out the feet of ball carries.

Bandy steps into the Florida matchup as the new leader of the Hurricanes secondary. The Gators don’t possess a go-to target in the passing game but they still have talent and will test Bandy plenty in both the underneath and vertical passing games.