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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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CLEMSON, SC – SEPTEMBER 15: Quarterback Trevor Lawrence #16 runs the football as wide receiver Diondre Overton #14 of the Clemson Tigers blocks cornerback Kindle Vildor #20 of the Georgia Southern Eagles during the football game at Clemson Memorial Stadium on September 15, 2018 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Mike Comer/Getty Images)
CLEMSON, SC – SEPTEMBER 15: Quarterback Trevor Lawrence #16 runs the football as wide receiver Diondre Overton #14 of the Clemson Tigers blocks cornerback Kindle Vildor #20 of the Georgia Southern Eagles during the football game at Clemson Memorial Stadium on September 15, 2018 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Mike Comer/Getty Images) /

Where He Loses

As stated earlier, Vildor can struggle in off-coverage. Often times he allows too much space between him and the receiver, giving up easy receptions underneath; albeit, I’d rather have a guy get beat on a comeback than a deep ball, but as we’ve seen from the West Coast offense, you can dink-and-dunk your to several Super Bowls (i.e. Bill Walsh and the 49ers). Giving up yards is giving up yards no matter how you chalk it up.

When tasked to play zone, he can struggle; he doesn’t have a great understanding of route concepts and can often lose receivers when they get behind him. His awareness in zone coverage is lacking and he will need to improve his eyes as well. Too often he gets locked in on the quarterback and in college it’s going to work a lot more than it will in the NFL; quarterbacks will manipulate you with their eye’s and Vildor may struggle with that at the next level.

Playing the run isn’t the biggest of concerns for a corner, but as we saw last year from Greedy Williams, it can cause you to fall in the draft and this may be the case for Vildor as well. More often than not, Vildor finds himself being taken out of the play against the run. Sometimes it’s lack of effort and other times it’s his inability to get off blocks; at times you just wish he put more effort against the run.

In the “Where He Wins” slide I spoke to his ability to his use of hands at the LOS, but that isn’t the case as the route progresses. Within 5 yards of the LOS, the rules are more lenient, but as the route gets vertical he needs to not be so “grabby” with his hands. There are several instances of him grabbing cloth and in the NFL where they don’t allow to even breath on receivers after 5 yards, it’s going to be an issue.

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