Dillon Thieneman Scouting Report

Dillon’s got the focus of a greyhound on the QB and passing concepts giving him a visual timing edge to interrupt action as it occurs. He takes lean, efficient backpedal steps and stays underneath himself when he is expanding to depth ahead of a play. Thieneman also shows an acute sense of space and leverage as he takes position within that action. He’s a form tackler with real juice for his size and good breakdown tech in the field. He is definitely not a nickel corner, but can play select reps with aplomb from the spot so long as he’s not against very savvy or tier 1 quick WR, where you see the limits of his man coverage. Otherwise, the tape shows a true 3-level defender capable of reducing from FS to wherever needed. Dillon’s ball skills are very good, though not elite at this point, and he hasn’t produced mass turnovers. But he’s a terrific zone safety nonetheless. He is mightily aggressive, impressively so even, interdicting plays as they happen. But he tends to over pursue a touch when jumping run fits and some routes. This is a tiny complaint when he is otherwise a complete technical package.