Strengths

• Good strength to tackle. Plays with high energy and is a tough-minded overachiever.
• Reads the QB and gets good breaks on the ball. Bigger hitter than his slight frame implies. Closes quickly and generates explosion.
• Closes to the ball quite well and possesses the hands to snatch throws away from his frame.
• While built more like a cornerback than a safety, he has the vision, range, hitting ability, and ball skills teams want at free safety in the pass-heavy NFL.
• Good instincts and anticipation reads and reacts with discipline. Dangerous with the ball in his hands.

Weaknesses

• Needs to tighten his angles in pursuit. Needs to show better tackling technique to consistently finish.
• Needs to get stronger. Too easily lost in the trash. Not a sudden athlete and shows body stiffness when attempting to quickly redirect.
• Has tense ankles and hips with choppy footwork when attempting to redirect and doesn't always look natural changing directions.
• Lacks the recovery speed to catch receivers if he waits for them to arrive.
• Needs work on backpedaling to prevent defenders from getting behind him.

Joey Blount percentiles vs other Safety's (NFL Combine historically - higher value represents better perfomance)