Strengths

• Good instincts and anticipation reads and reacts with discipline. Dangerous with the ball in his hands.
• A coordinated athlete with good footwork and balance. A heady cover player with above-average · feel and anticipation in space.
• Always seems to find the ball quickly enough to at least get a hand on it. Not afraid to stick his nose into traffic against the run despite his size.
• Closing speed and willingness to make the big hit make him one of the more versatile safeties in the class.
• Fast and agile, he sticks to receivers and closes on the ball.

Weaknesses

• He's not a tenacious tacker and plays the position with a wide receiver's mentality.
• Holds the ball loosely. Inconsistent in run support. Average tackler
• Needs work on backpedaling to prevent defenders from getting behind him.
• Needs to tighten his angles in pursuit. Needs to show better tackling technique to consistently finish.
• Lacks the recovery speed to catch receivers if he waits for them to arrive.

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