Te'Cory Couch at 25 years old is 5'10" 174lb., playing for the Buffalo Bills. When I see Redding, physically, it reminds me of Couch. Probably a little shorter and closer to 150-155ish. The frame is relatively small with tiny calves. Couch came into college extremely light also.
So when's the last time we had an 'instinctive' safety/nickel with an 'explosive' break on the ball? Clearly the measurables aren't ideal, but a 4 star, top 300ish take is fine by me. It's also worthy to consider that the portal brought us Poyser with at least two years of eligibility. I like to consider recruiting classes in 2 year intervals, and now factoring in the portal depending on the remaining eligibility of the takes. The safety position in totality needs improvement, however, given the plethora of corners (shockingly), someone should be able to transition.
As far as this Plan C stuff..Plan A, imo, is a small bucket with a few elite prospects (performance & measurables), Plan B a larger bucket with less than ideal characteristics, then Plan C is an expansive bucket with signing day flips from mid-major types. We ripped previous staffs for not having backup plans, now some want blue-chippers across the board..

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