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2025 Guide: What Ourlads’ NFL Scouting Services said about ROBERT LONGERBEAM:
Rutgers | Hometown: Alexandria, VA | HT: 5110 | WT: 175 | 40 time: 4.39 | Hand: 0812 | Arm: 3158 | Wing: 7612
Four-year starter. Honorable mention All-Big 10 in each of the past two seasons. Team captain. Alignment versatility having taken a number of reps at outside corner, but best fit is in the slot. Undersized cornerback prospect with long arms for his size. Quality athlete with agility and quick feet. Cuts receivers off by matching them step-for-step off the line with physicality to jam them. Smooth off-pedal while maintaining his leverage off the line. Excellent twitch paired with great start-stop ability and hip fluidity to mirror shifty receivers in the slot. Solid plant-and-drive ability to sink his pads and transition quickly. Gains depth swiftly using bail technique while he scans the field in cover three. Utilizes a quick processor to recognize and react accordingly to different route concepts both underneath and from depth. Plays the receiver’s hands with his back to the quarterback with good timing. Assertive when breaking downhill, showing an eagerness to make tackles and finish plays. Willing contributor in run support. Marginal block destruction ability; he gets bullied by receivers on the perimeter and lacks the strength to shed efficiently. He will get beat by bigger receivers on the perimeter in coverage due to his lack of size and length. In man coverage, has a habit of drifting and must do a better job closing space quicker to get back in-phase. Recovery speed is less than ideal. While he is an aggressive and assertive tackler, his lack of strength makes it difficult to bring ball carriers to the ground.
2024 Stats: 45 T, 1.5 TFL, 11 PBU, 2 INT. OSR:5/25. VJ-36.5. Draft projection: 5th-6th round