Dallas Cowboys Draft: Top-10 safeties and their potential fit
Andrew Wingard, Wyoming
What’s Good: Tackling
What ain’t Good: Instincts
For the last safety on this article, I decided to go with someone who provides more special teams value than positional value. Wingard had a sensational junior with 70 solo tackles, 5 interceptions, and 8 tackles for loss. He unfortunately followed that up with a less than stellar senior year. He posted 44 solo tackles, 2 interceptions, and 2.5 tackles for loss. Stats are from Sports Reference.
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It’s unfortunate to see a player become less productive especially when they play around the same number of games from year to year. Wingard just lacks some instincts that could’ve made him more productive in college and even at the next level.
Wingard does look like he’d be a quality on player on special teams because he isn’t afraid to tackle and he’s pretty good at tracking down the ball carrier. The Wyoming product doesn’t pop out on screen for anything except maybe his tackling.
Could he be a Cowboy?:
No. The Cowboys would be better off signing someone as an undrafted free agent for the specific role of a special teams player. If the Cowboys draft a safety, it should be with the idea that he can contribute on defense more than on special teams. Wingard just isn’t that.
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As we come to an end, I’d like to address somethings. This particular report was only written in the event the Cowboys don’t sign a free agent at safety. Unfortunately, I didn’t include Darnell Savage Jr because I couldn’t find enough film on him and Amani Hooker doesn’t match well with the ideal Cowboys safety. Lastly, Please comment or suggest which position spotlight you’d like to see next if you were a fan of this one.