A.J. Brown Scouting Report

By: Alex Khvatov

Height: 6’1

Weight: 226

Position: WR

College: Ole Miss

Number: 1

Strengths

Very good build, muscular physique

Strong hands

Good catching radius

Excels on short routes

Makes his living on catches in traffic

Physical WR, breaks tackles after the catch

Does a good job in contested situations

Good body control

Above average athlete

Main target on third downs

Good red-zone target

Knows how to use his body to shield the defender away from the ball

Playmaker

Weaknesses

Average hands (too may drops)

At times, he will allow the ball to get into his body

Average burst off the line

Doesn’t run the full route tree

Won’t make defenders miss after the catch

Struggles to create separation

Needs to be quicker in and out of his breaks

Lazy blocker, inconsistent effort in the blocking department

Didn’t face press coverage, but gets bothered by physical corners

Other Notes

Ole Miss career leader in receiving yards (2,984 yards)

First team All-SEC in 2017 and 2018

Selected to numerous All-American Teams in 2017 and 2018

Four-star recruit

Overview

A.J. Brown has put up some impressive overall numbers at Ole Miss the last two seasons.  He is a big slot WR.  He projects as a possession guy at the next level.  His overall testing numbers at the Scouting Combine exceeded my expectations.  He ran a 4.49 in Indy.  However, he is not that fast on the football field and fails to create separation.  He should be a day two pick in the draft.