CB Kelee Ringo Scouting Report: A Freakish Work In Progress

Kelee Ringo has a physical skill set that DB coaches dream of having on their team, but he still lacks the technical refinement to be a top-five pick. After making a name for himself as a first-year starter, he is now one of the most talked about prospects this year. He has the size of a bandit safety and runs in the low-4.30s. He is also explosive and has ideal ball skills for a boundary corner. Watching him on film, he was hit or miss, and his production was neither good nor bad. You’d be worried about starting him in a full-time role in year one, but if he develops, his upside is undoubtedly elite. Overall, this is a very intriguing prospect and is a guy that all draft heads should keep an eye on for the combine.

Two all-22 games and two other games were evaluated, and clips from his film are broken down here. All relevant traits were graded based on his film. Stats and analytics, such as PFF grades, were also factored into his scouting report. Thank you to both TFG and PFF for inspiring this draft content. Please leave your feedback on Twitter, @FBIntellect.

Coverage Stats

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Clip Analysis

In this clip above, Ringo makes his most famous collegian play. He shows off just how insanely fast he is on this pick-six return.

Here, he’s in press coverage and has great technique. He was patient and did a good job of not giving up much space between the sideline. He then had a great ball-tracking ability and ball skills to make the interception.

In this one, he has excellent timing with his hands in press coverage, and also great timing to break the pass up.

Grades

Overall Draft Grade: 74.7

Traits/ Skills (see bottom of the page for scale)

Each trait/attribute is graded 1-7.

Player Notes

Kelee Ringo Bio

• Kelee Ringo is a lengthy and freakish athlete who best projects in a press-man system. He currently has the 9th highest potential grade on the FBI 2023 Big Board.

Pros

• Made the ‘College Football Freaks List 2022‘ by Bruce Feldman and reportedly hit the high 22 mph range – has incredible long speed.
• Has surprisingly good fluidity for his size.
• Has a great frame with the needed length and strength to be a dominant press corner.
• He demonstrated elite range in deep zones when asked to do so.
• Has the ideal level of aggressiveness playing in phase.
• Has the confidence and aggressiveness you look for in a corner.
• Does an excellent job of mirroring his opponent in man coverage.
• He’s a great option to cover TEs because of his size.
• Has very good route recognition for a prospect and can explode into the route break with ease.
• He attacks the run aggressively and doesn’t over-pursue.
• Can both lay big hits and be a secure tackler.

Cons

• There were multiple miscommunications seen in his film; easy to be confused.
• Gave up on routes early.
• Can get overly aggressive in the press and lean forward too much.
• Doesn’t have the quickest and smoothest backpedal.
• Very poor route squeeze.
• He is a liability for getting beat on double moves.
• His change of direction ability will limit his upside to an extent.
• He often got help from his safety and didn’t look great in single coverage.

Combine

40 yd: 4.36

10 yd: 1.54

Shuttle:

3 cone:

Broad: 122

Vertical: 33.5

Bench:

Arm Length: 31 1/4

Hand Size:

Grading Scale

Pot=Potential: players’ highest upside

Imp=Impact: player’s immediate impact