Strengths

• Trusts his eyes with very good awareness. Has very good reaction skills to break quickly on the ball.
• Alert defender for zone coverage, showing good understanding of route progressions occurring behind him and a quick burst downhill to break on underneath passes in front of him.
• Reads the QB and gets good breaks on the ball. Bigger hitter than his slight frame implies. Closes quickly and generates explosion.
• Has at least adequate straight-line speed and good balance, fluidity to change direction.
• Savvy cover skills to recognize and anticipate routes. Understands what's coming and has good ball skills.

Weaknesses

• Struggles to break down in space and can be a liability against the run at the second level.
• Lacks the recovery speed to catch receivers if he waits for them to arrive.
• Needs to tighten his angles in pursuit. Needs to show better tackling technique to consistently finish.
• Needs work on backpedaling to prevent defenders from getting behind him.
• Not an explosive player and needs to show better bend and flexibility in his drops - plays too high.

Matt Hankins percentiles vs other Cornerback's (NFL Combine historically - higher value represents better perfomance)