Kindle Vildor: Small school, big upside in the 2020 NFL Draft

Playing for a Group of five school, Kindle Vildor doesn’t get the same attention as other 2020 NFL Draft prospects from bigger schools do, but he can play!

Born and raised in Georgia it’s no surprise Kindle Vildor chose a Georgia program. Coming out of high school though, he was not highly recruited; in fact, he didn’t receive one offer from a Power 5 school, according to 247 sports. Vildor was valued as a 3-star recruit and was rated as the 126th best safety in the 2016 class; he was unable to crack the state of Georgia’s top 150.

Vildor has worked his tail off to silence the critics and that hard work has certainly paid off, he was recently invited to the Reese’s Senior Bowl. With his invite to the Senior Bowl, Vildor will now have the opportunity to prove that he can compete with the best of the best. In last year’s Senior Bowl we saw another small school guy raise his stock ‚— Rock Ya-Sin — and Vildor will have his chance to do the same.

Earlier in the year, Vildor was given the chance to go up against some of the better receivers in the nation between LSU and Minnesota. In the LSU game, the Georgia Southern coaching staff did Vildor a disservice by lining him up in off-coverage and having him play zone, and at times he struggled. In the Minnesota game, the staff changed things up and allowed him to play to his strengths; lining him up in man coverage and letting him press at the line-of-scrimmage (LOS).