Vikings need corners and Ole Miss CB Trey Amos could provide another level of physicality for Brian Flores
Welcome to SKOL Search 2025! This is the fifth year I have done SKOL Search with the sole mission being to find NFL Draft prospects for the Minnesota Vikings. Throughout the entire process, this will be the most comprehensive draft guide with a focus on the Vikings. Each year, I scout incoming draft prospects from […]
Welcome to SKOL Search 2025!
This is the fifth year I have done SKOL Search with the sole mission being to find NFL Draft prospects for the Minnesota Vikings. Throughout the entire process, this will be the most comprehensive draft guide with a focus on the Vikings.
Each year, I scout incoming draft prospects from a neutral perspective and try to see how they could fit with Minnesota. This will be general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's fourth NFL Draft and we have a good sense of what he likes in a prospect.
Going into the offseason, the Vikings have just three official selections with a fourth likely coming with a compensatory selection in the third round. However they choose to use them, they need to make the most out of their limited resources.
Trey Amos
- Ole Miss
- Transferred from Louisiana-Lafayette and Alabama
- Height: 6010
- Weight: 190
- Class: Fifth-year Senior
- Recruiting info: 3-star recruit in 2020 class per 247 Sports
- Stats: 121 tackles (91 solo), 8.0 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions, 2 forced fumbles, 31 passes defended
- Games watched: Oklahoma 2024, Georgia 2024, Florida 2024
- Size: Amos has plenty of size and length for an outside cornerback. He uses it well in both man and zone coverage. Had 10 passes broken up in 2024.
- Physicality: Amos does a great job in press coverage and carrying receivers down the field. Isn't afraid of getting aggressive at the catch point nor throughout the route. He works through the receiver with no issue and attacks in the running game.
- Awareness: Amos understands what he's seeing and has an aptitude to jump routes, including 31 passes defended in his final four years of college. Said awareness is also crucial in the run game, where Amos is no stranger to attacking the ball carrier.
Weaknesses
- Top Speed: Amos has size and length, but he doesn't have the elite gear to play catchup or keep up with receivers that do have elite speed.
- Fluidity: Amos isn't the most fluid athlete. He appears to be stiff in his hips and can struggle to flip them and reverse his direction to keep up with receivers.
- Penalty Prone: Amos has excellent length and physicality, but those could cause him issues in the NFL. He was called for 12 penalties in his career and that number is likely to see a rise due to the rule differences.
Overview
| Trait | Grade |
|---|---|
Man | 8.0/10 |
Zone | 8.8/10 |
Hips/Fluidity | 8.1/10 |
Recognition | 13.1/15 |
Quickness | 8.3/10 |
Run Support | 8.8/10 |
Speed | 8.2/10 |
Recovery | 8.2/10 |
Tackling | 4.3/5 |
Ball Skills | 8.4/10 |
Grade | 84.2 Second Round Grade |
Amos is a very experienced, physical cornerback that has played five seasons of college football. He's played across multiple defenses, including under Nick Saban, who runs some coverage structures similar to those of Brian Flores.
Would the Vikings want to take an older cornerback who likely isn't going to be good in man coverage? That is the million-dollar question here. If Amos is the best cornerback on the board, I could see the Vikings taking him and trying to make things work like they are with Shaquill Griffin. If the Vikings get pressure, then it won't matter, but I do believe they will likely pursue other options.
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