Scouting Notes
- Elite route-running prowess, with ridiculous head-fakes and double moves.
- Great wiggle and agility.
- High-end receiving threat.
- Complete non-factor as a blocker.
- Embarrassingly soft as a blocker, got tossed around even by smaller DBs.
- Despite being an elite receiver, he didn’t consistently create separation after the route-break.
- Gets completely lost in traffic.
- Play strength is a real concern, isn’t NFL level.
Short Summary
Dalton Kincaid is getting a lot of hype, potentially even being a 1st round selection. He is an elite receiving threat, so he does deserve some of it. His receiving prowess is reminiscent of Travis Kelce.
All that being said, Kincaid should not be classified as a Tight End. Sure, he played Tight End in college, and he looks like a Tight End. But he is a truly awful blocker, and lines up at receiver often. Given his abilities (and incapabilities), he should be classified as a Wide Receiver. In that case, he’s not a 1st round receiver. He’s not as fast as the receivers in his class, and his lack of play strength is a problem at any position.
I feel confident betting against Dalton Kincaid as a pro, but I wouldn’t be surprised at all if his receiving abilities help him excel and make headlines as an NFL starter.
Scouting Card Key
- Age refers to the age of the player come draft night, rounded to the nearest half-age.
- Percentage numbers in the Player Info and Combine Stats sections – This refers to the percentile that number belongs to among all players at his position, going back nearly a decade.
- Percentiles in the Advanced Stats portion for cumulative stats are snap-adjusted. In other words, naturally, a player with more snaps will allow more sacks. Therefore, the percentiles are calculated using the snap-adjusted number, rather than the straight-forward total.
- PBLK Grade – PFF Pass Block Grade.
- RBLK Grade – PFF Run Block Grade.
- Block% – The percentage of a player’s snaps he was a designated blocker, as opposed to a receiver.
- Drop% – Drop rate, or the percentage of overall targets that were dropped.
- CTT, CTC% – Contested Targets & Contested Catch Rate.
- Y/RR – Yards per route run.
- Drive – Leg drive, or the ability to not only hold your ground as a blocker, but to drive the defender backwards.
- Radius – Catch radius size and usage.
Credit
Advanced stats – pff.com
Scouting card template / idea – Jordan Pun @Texans_Thoughts
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