| Aaron Henry Scouting Report |
| Aaron Henry - Wisconsin (HT: 5-11¾ - WT: 208) |
Positives -- Natural cover ability, started his career as a cornerback before making the switch to free safety in 2009... Isn't afraid to play in the slot, just really knows how to play it with confidence and has good size to cover the smaller guys... Very good in the bump and run setting, can knock receivers off
balance and disrupt the quarterback-receiver timing... Very good hips, has good natural motion with no wasted energy... Flows to the ball, very consistent speed in getting there... Excellent range, covers a lot of ground... Safeties who can cover as well as Henry coming out of college are hard to come by and that may drive his stock up... Sound tackler, especially for someone who is relatively new to the free safety position... Great special teams ability, should make a solid career in the NFL as a gunner because of his ability to flow to the ball... Improved his ability to make big plays, had four interceptions in 2011 after just three in his first three seasons combined.
Negatives -- Is still new to playing free safety, it's tough to grasp his full safety potential when evaluating him, is still developing at the position... Can give up some big plays; feels like sometimes he thinks he's still playing corner which gets him in trouble, especially on play action passes... Doesn't play fast on film, average straight line speed, can get torched by smaller, faster receivers... Isn't as aggressive as you would like a safety to be... Lets the plays come to him and can get swallowed up as a result... Can tackle too low at times, leaves himself open to getting juked or even hurdled at times... Very inconsistent, which can probably be traced back to his lack of experience at safety... Tore his ACL and missed the 2009 season, will turn 24 years old during his rookie season.
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At Wisconsin -- (Official School Bio) 2011: Tied season high with nine tackles and broke up a pass against Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship game on Dec. 3... recorded two tackles against Penn State on Nov. 26... intercepted a pass and tied season high with nine tackles at Illinois on Nov. 19... made one tackle at Minnesota on Nov. 12... broke up one pass and finished with two tackles against Purdue on Nov. 5... season-high nine tackles with 2.0 TFLs and one sack at Ohio State on Oct. 29... posted seven tackles along with one pass breakup and a tackle for loss at Michigan State on Oct. 22... intercepted a pass and had two tackles against Indiana on Oct. 15... recorded five tackles, intercepted a pass and broke up another pass against Nebraska on Oct. 1... tallied five tackles against South Dakota on Sept. 24... recorded four tackles against Northern Illinois on Sept. 17... made three tackles against Oregon State on Sept. 10... posted four tackles against UNLV on Sept. 1... first-team All-Big Ten by the coaches and honorable mention All-Big Ten by the media... Academic All-Big Ten. 2010: Earned third letter... started all 13 games... made the transition from cornerback to safety... led team in fumbles recovered, second in interceptions and passes defended and third in pass breakups... posted five tackles and broke up one pass against TCU in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1... returned an interception for a touchdown, recovered a fumble, broke up a pass and made three tackles against Northwestern on Nov. 27... career-high 10 tackles at Michigan on Nov. 20... named UW's co-defensive player of the week after returning an interception for a touchdown and making three tackles against Indiana on Nov. 13... nine tackles, forced one fumble and returned one punt for one yard at Purdue on Nov. 6... made two tackles at Iowa on Oct. 23... finished with three tackles in win over No. 1 Ohio State on Oct. 16.
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