Saints host Senior Bowl standout, Louisville cornerback Quincy Riley on pre-draft visit
More and more of the New Orleans Saints' official 30 visits are rolling in -- NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports that Louisville defensive back Quincy Riley visited the team a week ago and is making another pre-draft trip to meet with the Carolina Panthers on Monday. While Rapoport initially said Riley plays safety (which he corrected in a follow-up), Riley was primarily an outside cornerback at Louisville, and only occasionally lined up in the slot or inside the box.
Riley's an interesting player. He weighed in at 5-foot-10.5 and 194 pounds, with 31-inch arms, so he's got the size pro scouts looks for -- and the speed, after timing the 40-yard dash in 4.5 seconds flat. And Riley is known for playing bigger than what he's listed at. Just look at his ball skills: Riley intercepted two or three passes every year he played in college while collecting 25 pass deflections the last two years. He's a feisty corner who enjoys competing in press-man situations, and he hardly lost a rep at Senior Bowl practices earlier this offseason.
We don't have a complete athletic profile for Riley, having not completed agility drills or the jumps at the NFL Scouting Combine, which may explain why the Saints brought him in. But he's clearly been on their radar for a while now. First-year cornerbacks coach Grady Brown was spotted at Louisville's pro day, and you can bet the Saints had someone tracking his performance in one-on-one drills at the Senior Bowl. Depending on who you ask he's a top-five cornerback in this class and could be in play as early as the No. 40 pick.
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