2023 NFL Draft Prospect Positional Rankings & Player Comps: Safeties

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2023 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings & Player Comps: Safeties

Here are Thor’s 2023 NFL Draft prospect rankings for each position.

Pos	Rank	Name	School	Comp	HT	WT	RAS	Hand	Arm	Wing
S1	13	Brian Branch	Alabama	Tyrann Mathieu.	5115	190	5.27	0948	3068	7528
S2	68	Antonio Johnson	Texas A&M	Ronnie Harrison	6020	198	4.79	0968	3218	7778
S3	83	Jartavius Martin	Illinois	L’Jarius Sneed	5110	194	9.29	0958	3118	7738
S4	88	Jordan Battle	Alabama	Adrian Amos	6010	209	5.9	0848	3200	7458
S5	91	Jammie Robinson	Florida State	Quandre Diggs	5110	191	6.07	0868	2958	7228
S6	96	Sydney Brown	Illinois	Nick Scott	5100	211	9.68	1028	3148	7600
S7	103	Ji’Ayir Brown	Penn State	Calvin Pryor	5110	203	5.95	1018	3128	7568
S8	105	Marte Mapu	Sacramento State	Bernard Pollard	6030	221	—	—	—	—
S9	118	JL Skinner	Boise State	Jayron Kearse	6040	209	—	0828	3200	—
S10	134	Jason Taylor II	Oklahoma State	Gerald Sensabaugh	6000	204	8.91	1000	3200	7828
S11	148	Christopher Smith	Georgia	Rodney McLeod	5110	192	2.94	0958	3118	7500
S12	155	Kaevon Merriweather	Iowa	Jaylinn Hawkins	6000	205	7.87	0928	3178	7718
S13	167	Ronnie Hickman	Ohio State	J.J. Wilcox	6004	203	—	0938	3300	7800
S14	188	Daniel Scott	Cal	Juan Thornhill	6010	208	9.94	1000	3028	7438
S15	201	Gervarrius Owens	Houston	Eddie Jackson	6000	195	9.21	0948	3200	7800
S16	212	Brandon Joseph	Notre Dame	Husain Abdullah	6000	202	6.47	0900	3078	7468
S17	219	Jay Ward	LSU	Madieu Williams	6010	188	6.7	0828	3248	7678
S18	224	Anthony Johnson	Iowa State	Bacarri Rambo	5115	205	4.88	868	3128	7578
S19	241	Jordan Howden	Minnesota	Gibril Wilson	6000	203	8.87	0948	3228	7718
S20	256	Quindell Johnson	Memphis	Reed Blankenship	6001	201	7.31	948	3300	7700
S21	266	Chamarri Conner	Virginia Tech	Geno Stone	6000	202	9.16	0900	3138	7618
S22	278	Brandon Hill	Pitt	Delarrin Turner-Yell	5100	193	8.55	0948	3068	7418
S23	291	AJ Finley	Mississippi	Zayne Anderson	6023	201	6.95	978	3248	7900
S24	307	Trey Dean III	Florida	Jordan Fuller	6020	200	8.62	0928	3168	7658
S25	318	Christian Izien	Rutgers	Calvin Lowry	5086	199	8.54	928	3078	7328
S26	335	DeMarcco Hellams	Alabama	Marcus Demps	6010	203	4.53	0900	3100	7478
S27	347	Kenderick Duncan Jr.	Louisville	Dawan Landry	6012	217	—	1018	3348	8100
S28	362	Rashad Torrence II	Florida	Paris Ford	6000	193	4.81	1000	3200	7758
S29	381	Ty Okada	Montana State	Julian Blackmon	5106	193	9.15	948	3100	7328
S30	397	Jerrick Reed II	New Mexico	Jordan Pugh	5096	196	7.32	938	3100	7258
S31	413	Christian Morgan	Baylor	J.R. Reed	6004	200	8.67	1000	3018	7438
S32	432	Tanner McCalister	Ohio State	Nate Ebner	5104	191	8.28	928	3028	7358
S33	444	Tyreque Jones	Boise State	Jamien Sherwood	6020	195	4.15	0958	3368	8038
S34	448	Jaiden Woodbey	Boston College	Marcell Harris	6006	222	5.8	968	3228	8000
S35	464	Bennett Williams	Oregon	Smoke Monday	6000	206	6.39	1038	3118	7548
S36	472	Christian Young	Arizona	Donnie Nickey	6010	221	3.21	928	3128	7700
S37	484	Kendall Williamson	Stanford	Daniel Bullocks	6004	202	8.7	948	3200	7828
S38	—	Macon Clark	Tulane	Jonathan Crawford	5116	203	6.48	938	3148	7518
S39	—	Jaquan Amos	Ball State	Tanard Jackson	6001	196	6.12	1018	3078	7400
S40	—	Erick Hallett II	Pitt	Colt Anderson	5096	195	7.4	958	3048	7348
S41	—	Tanner Ingle	North Carolina State	Arthur Maulet	5086	179	—	900	2818	6928
S42	—	Larry Brooks	Tulane	Mykkele Thompson	5115	200	6.99	878	3158	7538
S43	—	Jalen Green	Mississippi State	Terrell Burgess	6002	202	4.97	900	3178	7728
S44	—	Alijah McGhee	Minnesota State	Isaiah Johnson	6007	199	8.86	938	3038	7438
S45	—	BJ Foster	Sam Houston State	Theo Jackson	6010	203	6.9	828	3200	7648
S46	—	Avery Young	Rutgers	Deionte Thompson	5113	198	3.3	918	3158	7638
S47	—	Benny Sapp III	Northern Iowa	Ibraheim Campbell	5110	200	4.4	918	3078	7468
S48	—	Latavious Brini	Arkansas	Quin Blanding	6015	211	4.72	900	3200	7568
S49	—	Kendell Brooks	Michigan State	Rudy Ford	5115	206	8.34	868	3128	7468
S50	—	Collin Duncan	Mississippi State	Calvin Lowry	6000	197	5.04	918	3178	7748
S51	—	Jahmin Muse	Buffalo	Joshua Kalu	6001	198	6.8	948	3200	7578
S52	—	Ja’von Hicks	Cincinnati	Nasir Greer	6007	205	6.28	968	3248	7778
S53	—	Nico Bolden	Kent State	Willie Pile	6033	208	8.8	928	3038	7248
S54	—	Gurvan Hall Jr.	Utah State	Chris Lewis-Harris	5111	177	3.6	918	3200	7668
S55	—	Mo Osling III	UCLA	Lee Hightower	6007	195	6.01	878	3238	7918
S56	—	Jonathan Sutherland	Penn State	Tony George	5111	202	7.55	918	3038	7418
S57	—	Kendall Smith	Illinois	Kenny Robinson	6010	211	5.2	938	3228	7728
S58	—	Xavier Bell	Portland State	Luther Kirk	6012	194	6.61	938	3148	7848
S59	—	Clifford Chattman	UTSA	Corey Hall	6051	201	5.93	928	3200	7658
S60	—	Kristopher Moll	Washington	Kolby Harvell-Peel	6000	214	6.23	938	3000	7568