NFL Draft
1/22/25
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Trey Amos 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For Ole Miss Rebels CB
Height: 6010 (unofficial)
Weight: 190lbs (unofficial)
Year: Fifth-Year Senior
Pro Comparison: Trevon Diggs
Scouting Overview
Ole Miss Rebels cornerback Trey Amos is a well-traveled prospect who has spent time with three separate programs across the past three seasons. Stops in Louisiana, Alabama, and Ole Miss have afforded Amos a variety of coverage roles and responsibilities. He’s taken on more man assignments in his two seasons in the SEC and has the makings of an impactful man-to-man cover corner. He’s long, lean, and physical.
Amos picks up the ball well in flight from the trail position and showcases desirable length and body control to extend and bat away the football. He was among the country’s best secondary defenders in forced incompletions in 2024, and as a player with multiple scheme/coach exposures, he appears to have the coverage instincts necessary to contribute to his new team fairly quickly.
He also pops in some of the ancillary areas of the position, including showing a likable taste for run support — which will only boost his value when he’s assigned to playing half-turn deep thirds or hard flats in zone.
2025 NFL Combine Results
TBD
Positives
- Has very good length and implements it with good impact in press coverage at at the catch point to extend for the football
- Natural ball skills have yielded good ball production as a confident defender in isolation on the perimeter
- Shows a desired appetite as a run support defender to play hard edges in support
Negatives
- Illustrates good but not great top-end straight-line speed to protect against vertical shots in isolated coverage on the perimeter
- Inconsistent as a tackler — both in head-up scenarios and as a pursuit/rally defender away from the football
- Can be overly aggressive both with his hands and his eyes; he is eager to make plays but will benefit from discipline
Background
Amos has been around the block. He was a two-way player for Catholic HS in New Iberia, LA. There, he played quarterback and cornerback in addition to being the 2A Louisiana State Champion in the Long Jump (22-9 ¾). He was rated as a 3-star athlete (247 Sports). Amos received modest interest on the recruiting scene and enrolled at Louisiana. He played three seasons with the Ragin’ Cajuns program, playing in 34 contests with the team before entering into the transfer portal ahead of the 2023 season and transferring to Alabama.
Amos played less than 350 defensive snaps for the Crimson Tide in 2023, and so Amos once again hit the transfer portal, this time landing with Ole Miss for his fifth season of college play. He finally found the breakout season he was looking for and was named First Team All-SEC for his 2024 performance.
Tale Of The Tape
Amos physically looks like an NFL cornerback, and he plays like one, too. This is a talent who offers above-average transitional burst despite being built like the modern prototype at cornerback. He’s a big player who can successfully attack and punch up in weight class against big receivers, thanks to his length, feet, and functional strength.
Amos does well as a disruptor in coverage in the contact window and a zone defender charged with playing with his eyes in the backfield. His coverage versatility, at his stature, makes him an exciting player.
In man coverage, Amos has the ability to catch routes and uproot the route stem before flipping his hips and transitioning into the trail position to carry receivers vertically up the field. From the trail, he boasts the necessary length to extend and interrupt the catch radius of receivers on deep shots down the field. He can be prone and vulnerable to hard-angled routes breaking inside if he’s not attached to the body or playing inside leverage, as his reactive athleticism here showcases some of the high hips of his frame and, by extension, longer strides that need an extra step to flash and recover.
It is easy to like his press technique and foot speed at the line of scrimmage — but in the event that he whiffs or comes up empty with his jam, he has sufficient but not elite recovery speed to work back into the frame of the receiver on vertical patterns.
In zone coverage, Amos illustrates an aggressive demeanor. It can, at times, get him into trouble and could allow quarterbacks to manipulate his leverage and be moved out of position with good pass protection. This includes potential stutter go’s and sluggos on the outside when playing in quarters or Cover 3. Amos is at his best playing in half-turn and carrying receivers up the field with eyes in the backfield. He illustrates surprising quickness to collect and redirect downhill in either run support or against in-breakers and comebacks while playing overtop as a capped defender in zone.
When the ball is in the air, Amos shows the desired ability to take proper angles to cut off the throw underneath or, alternatively, play through the body of receivers at the catch point. His length allows him to play through receivers, but he’ll need to be mindful of how he implements his hands to attack receivers and win the last bit of space to extend and greet the ball. His physicality, if mistimed or extended from his frame, can be interpreted as excessive contact.
Amos’s ball production shined in an Ole Miss defense in 2024 that had a disruptive defensive front. Teams that can play coverage with an organic rush to test opposing quarterbacks’ precision down the field and in tight windows will likely afford Amos, with his top-shelf length, eager eyes, and surprising transitions, the opportunity to hunt the ball and serve as a potential ballhawk at the NFL level.
As a run support player, Amos shows the desired bounce out of flat-footed reads from depth to step up and beat blocks on the edge. He’s a sufficient level tackler but can be prone to dropping his eyes to try to create big contact on the edge and, in space on the edge, this can be a troublesome habit. As a wrap-up tackler, he has the length and functional strength to finish these opportunities sufficiently.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
Amos projects as an NFL starting perimeter cornerback. He will need to be vigilant about his hands and how physically he plays the catch point, but teams that desire a deep third corner in Cover 3 or a press-heavy man defender can both find starting roles for a player of his stature and skill set.
Amos should be considered an early candidate to start and be drafted accordingly.
Grade: 80.50/100.00, Late First/Early Second Round Value
Big Board Rank: TBD
Position Rank: TBD
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