Scouting Report: Strengths

• Hugely experienced and acclaimed corner - played on nearly 2500 snaps for TCU while putting up a career QB rating when targetted of just 56.3
• Despite small stature has managed to play all over the defensive backfield - played in the slot, in the box but mainly on the outside as a traditional corner
• Very solid tackler who confidently wraps up and gives it all despite size limitations in the running game - experience developed from him playing safety in high school
• Anticipation skills and explosive, downhill burst could make him a star in a zone-based scheme.
• Changes directions with ease and has the frame to hold up at any spot in the secondary.
• Major football bloodlines nephew of Pro Football Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson
• Made Bruce Feldman's Freak's List - ranked #57. He wrote, "He’s a good player, but what he lacks in height, he makes up for with explosiveness. He vertical-jumped 42 inches and broad-jumped 10-8. His 40 time: 4.30. He has also back-squatted 605."
• Has the high football IQ and awareness to play all over the defensive backfield - has a great understanding of zone schemes
• Makes up for his shorter-than-ideal arm length with a huge vertical jump and explosiveness
• Has more of a slot receiver skill set, but with more and more small, quick receivers emerging as No. 1 threats, is the kind of quick-footed cover man who can counter those kinds of pass catchers.
• Hodges-Tomlinson can flip his hips and run, with elite top-end speed and ball skills to make plays at the catch point
• He’ll line up in press at times, where Hodges-Tomlinson has a quick and powerful punch. His ball skills are impressive, and he plays with an extremely confident and competitive demeanor.