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Brendan Radley-Hiles NFL Draft Profile
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Brendan Radley-Hiles Scouting ReportBrendan Radley-Hiles is fast and agile, he sticks to receivers and closes on the ball. He has rare hand eye coordination and agility. His vision and third gear to make a living in the return game. He should excel as a zone defender because of his closing speed to wrap receiver after the catch. Brendan has good instincts and anticipation. He reads and reacts with discipline. He is dangerous with the ball in his hands. He reads receivers routes and anticipates throws at the first down market. He covers a lot of ground in a hurry when in space. He reads the quarterback's eyes and sees the routes very quickly.
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Areas for ImprovementBrendan needs to tighten his angles in pursuit. He needs to show better tackling technique to consistently finish. He will slip off tackles and needs to finish more consistently. He fails to maintain inside technique and plays the position with a wide receiver's mentality. He does not consistently deliver stout chuck in press coverage.
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Brendan Radley-Hiles Career at SchoolBrendan attended IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., as a senior in 2017. He was named a U.S. Army All-American and invited to The Opening as a senior and as a junior, attended Calabasas High in California. He was named to the Junior All-America second team by MaxPreps, as an all-purpose player, playing wide receiver and cornerback for the Coyotes, who won 14 games that season and ranked the nation's No. 17 overall prospect by Rivals.com. Brendan spent three seasons (2018-20) at Oklahoma, where he played in a total of 37 games, starting 32 of them and as a true freshman (early enrollee) in 2018, played in 13 of OU's 14 games, starting 11. He was named midseason All-America by ESPN, had 39 tackles and five pass breakups as a freshman and as a sophomore in 2019, started 13 of 14 games and led the team with two interceptions. Brendan registered 46 tackles as a sophomore and had a career-high 10 tackles and a forced fumble vs. Oklahoma State in 2019. He returned an interception 30 yards for a touchdown vs. South Dakota and as a junior in 2020, played in 10 of 11 games, starting eight. He was named first-team Academic All-Big 12 in 2020 and had 30 tackles, an interception and five pass breakups as a junior. Brendan enrolled at UW on March 29, the first day of the spring academic quarter. He played in 11 of 12 games (missed Oregono State game due to injury), starting nine. Brendan made UW debut in start vs. Montana, finishing with two tackles and a pass break-up. He had three tackles at Michigan and earned the UW coaches' defensive player of the game after his start vs. Arkansas State and vs. the Red Wolves, made nine tackles, including two for a loss (one of them a sack) and also had a fumble recovery and a pass break-up. He had five tackles, including one sack, in the win over Cal and four tackles and a pass break-up vs. UCLA. He made five tackles, including one for a loss, and broke up one pass in the win at Arizona. Brendan started and had three tackles and an interception in the win at Stanford and made four tackles, one for a loss, as a starter vs. Oregon then two tackles in a start vs. Arizona State and four tackles at Colorado then five tackles in the WSU game. |
Brendan Radley-Hiles NFL Draft Player ProfileBookie is an electric playmaker that plays with good technique and quickness. Radley-Hiles boasts fluid hips and the lateral mobility to cover fast receivers in space and play either in off-man or press coverage. At the snap, works quickly to stay on the top of routes and has the speed to do so. He uses his hands to stay on receivers and in phase down the field. With the ball in the air, Radley-Hiles comes down on routes quickly and works hard to cut in front of the route with ferocity. He isn't afraid to play through receivers and get physical. Plays like a missile when he can flow freely and come down as a tackler. Primarily out of the slot, but can cover ground well enough to roll back to safety if needed.
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