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

By Seth Steere

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA - AUGUST 31: Wide receiver Racey McMath #17 of the LSU Tigers misses a pass intended for him as cornerback Kindle Vildor #20 of the Georgia Southern Eagles defends at Tiger Stadium on August 31, 2019 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Marianna Massey/Getty Images)
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA - AUGUST 31: Wide receiver Racey McMath #17 of the LSU Tigers misses a pass intended for him as cornerback Kindle Vildor #20 of the Georgia Southern Eagles defends at Tiger Stadium on August 31, 2019 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Marianna Massey/Getty Images) /
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STATESBORO, GA – SEPTEMBER 28: Trey Ragas #9 of the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns is brought down by Kindle Vildor #20 of the Georgia Southern Eagles during the fourth quarter at Allen E. Paulson Stadium on September 28, 2019 in Statesboro, Georgia. (Photo by Chris Thelen/Getty Images)
STATESBORO, GA – SEPTEMBER 28: Trey Ragas #9 of the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns is brought down by Kindle Vildor #20 of the Georgia Southern Eagles during the fourth quarter at Allen E. Paulson Stadium on September 28, 2019 in Statesboro, Georgia. (Photo by Chris Thelen/Getty Images) /

Where He Wins

As stated on the recent slide, Vildor is at his best when he can get in your face at the LOS, and use his hands to his advantage. Early in the route, he does a great job using his hands to keep himself in-phase and on top of the receiver. He works the receiver to sideline whenever they release vertical down the field, what this does is it decreases to the chance he’ll get beat over the top, forcing the quarterback to hit a back-shoulder fade.

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He maintains solid technique throughout the route progression, holding a low center of gravity. He keeps a bend in his knees and has his chest over his toes when hitting his backpedal. Staying low in his stance as opposed to standing tall, allows his hips to be more fluid, so he can turn-and-burn with the receiver if need be.

Speaking of hips, boy does he have some oily ones, because of the fluidity in his hips and lack of size (5’11”, 190) that the NFL looks for, he may be forced to play nickel corner. It is still an extremely valuable position in today’s NFL; coaches look to force mismatches by getting there best receiver in the slot to work against the 3rd best corner.

Slot corner can be difficult for those that don’t have the hip flexibility that Vildor does; in the slot, you have to be able to switch your hips to either side because there is more room to work with than there is on the outside by the numbers/sideline.

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