Tyler Nubin Top Rated Safety in 2024 NFL Draft

[MisterGopher]

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Who Is the Best Safety in the 2024 NFL Draft?​

With Andrew Mukuba transferring to Texas for 2024, there’s more room for competitors to tangle over the top safety spot in the 2024 NFL Draft. Right now, the top safety on our board at PFN is Minnesota’s Tyler Nubin.

1) Tyler Nubin, Minnesota​

This year, Tyler Nubin broke Minnesota’s all-time school record for interceptions in a career. He logged five in a campaign that earned him first-team All-Big Ten honors. And generating turnovers is just one of the many NFL-quality things he does on tape.

At 6’2″, 205 pounds, Nubin has the size and length. He’s an explosive and physical competitor in both phases of the game, but the most impressive part of Nubin’s profile is his intelligence. His angle awareness and instincts are superlative, and he has the vision to be right at home in the fast-paced NFL.

The only major knock on Nubin’s profile is that he lacks elite long speed and range. But both physically and mentally, he has the traits to be a high-quality starter at the professional level.

 

[HitMeAgainIAmStillMoving]

I happen to know a local team with an aging safety.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

I happen to know a local team with an aging safety.

Tommies?

 

[gopherphil]

I happen to know a local team with an aging safety.

Man has he been invisible for the most part this year

 

[SHGopher]

Man has he been invisible for the most part this year

One of my favorite players ever. He's been around since Eisenhower was president. So he must be towards the end.

 

[50PoundHead]

40 times (hand-timed or electronically-timed) can often be misleading and of questionable value, but with scouts seeing Nubin's long speed as a possible weakness his 40 time is going to be really important for him. Good time could vault him to the late-1st. He's probably gone by mid-2nd unless his 40 time is worse than expected.

 

[MGGopher]

40 times (hand-timed or electronically-timed) can often be misleading and of questionable value, but with scouts seeing Nubin's long speed as a possible weakness his 40 time is going to be really important for him. Good time could vault him to the late-1st. He's probably gone by mid-2nd unless his 40 time is worse than expected.

100%. NFL has always been about measurables, and Nubin has most of those in spades with the exception of blow-you-away speed. That said, I think the success of guys like Kyle Hamilton and Winfield will help demonstrate that an instinctual guy with experience playing around the box but slightly lesser measurables can succeed at a high level. Agreed he goes early.