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DeJuan Groce
Position: Cornerback
College: Nebraska
Height: 5-10
Weight: 192
Hometown: Garfield Heights, Ohio

Career Notes | Agility | High School | Personal | Stats

ANALYSIS
Positives: Has above-average straight-line speed … Shows a burst and acceleration to catch up with receivers on deep routes … Very aware of his assignments working in the zone, understanding route concepts well … Shows the hand/eye coordination to stick his hand in to break up the pass … Has natural hands for the interception and also to field punts … Can break down, wrap up and secure as a tackler, showing the willingness to throw his body around in run support … Uses his leaping ability to serve as a gunner on the punt-coverage unit … Shows the ability to latch and trail the receiver through routes … Sees combo routes develop, throwing the shoulder to make the tackle or knock the receiver off stride.
Negatives: Does not look smooth in his backpedal, keeping too wide of a wide base, making him appear choppy in transition … Often ends up stumbling and struggling when trying to plant and drive … Late reading the quarterback and does not have the recovery speed to catch up when beaten … Does not have the change-of-direction agility to stay with the receiver after the opponent makes his cuts … Lacks explosive leaping ability and will generally get out-muscled going up for the ball … Allows the catch too often, rarely making a play on the ball … Seems very reluctant to come up and support against the run, allowing himself to get blocked out too often … Not a big striker or hitter … When he tries to jam the receiver, he falls off his hits and struggles to recover … Does not show proper hip turn in his transition … Bites on double moves and gets turned around by play action.
DEFENSIVE STATS

Year Team ................G Total Tckl Ast Sacks Int Yds Avg Lg TD Pass Def
2003 St. Louis Rams 16 ...20 ..18.0 2 .....0 .....1 ...7 ....7.0 ..7 ..0 .....1
2004 St. Louis Rams 11 ...29 ..29.0 0 .....0 .....0 ...0 ....0.0 ..0 ..0 .....4
2005 St. Louis Rams 15 ...48 ..44.0 4 .....0 .....2 ...0 ....0.0 ..0 ..0 .....9
TOTAL ......................42 ...97 ..91.0 6 .....0 .....3 ...7 ....2.3 ..7 ..0 ....14

2004: Played in 11 games, starting five, also seeing action in both postseason contests … tallied career-high 34 tackles (26 solo) and five passes defensed … sat out five games with right hamstring and knee injuries.
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