Three Redskins tryout players who could earn 90-man roster spots
By Ian Cummings
No. 3 – Liberty S Corbin Jackson
There are plenty of candidates for this third spot. Michael Wristen produced as an outside linebacker at Colorado State-Pueblo. Quentin Moon was a standout defender at inside linebacker for Western Illinois, and USC’s Isaiah Langley has some compelling traits as a cornerback.
Ultimately, none of those players did enough to deter my attention from safety, which is a position the Redskins could stand to add another player at. Texas Tech’s Vaughnte Dorsey has 4.88 speed, so he’s out of the question. Eli Walker didn’t produce nearly enough in college to garner legitimate consideration, given the lack of other information. And Aaron Williams doesn’t have a complete resume.
The choice was tough, but I ultimately settled on Liberty’s Corbin Jackson. In Liberty’s first year competing in the FBS, Jackson was a full-time starter at safety, and he produced on a multi-faceted level, logging 51 total tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, an interception, and five pass deflections in eleven games played.
At 6-foot-0, 200, Jackson has good size as a safety on the back end, and while he’s listed as a safety, he has experience at both cornerback and safety, giving him some degree of versatility. While there’s little quantitative data to confirm his range and athleticism, he certainly shows flashes of the requisite ball skills to produce. With the safety position yet to be settled, the Redskins would do well to add Jackson there.