Photo by Eric Bronson - Michigan Photography

Height	Weight	Arm Length	Hand Size
5'11"	178 lbs.	30 3/4"	9 5/8"

40 Yard Dash	Bench Press	Vertical Jump	Broad Jump	3-Cone Drill	20 Yard Shuttle
4.26 Sec	N/A	38.5"	10'11"	N/A	N/A

Games	Tackles	Tackles for Loss	Sacks	Pass defended	Interceptions	Forced Fumbles	Touchdowns
27	69	2.0	0.0	17	3	0.0	2

Pros

• Top 3 athlete in the draft with fastest 40 yard dash at the combine.

• Freakish speed is evident on film. 

 

• Footwork in coverage is textbook and crisp with clear and evident polish on and off the field.

 

• Elite agility and quickness combine with rare speed and explosion makes him a menace in man coverage.

 

• Stays stuck to receivers throughout out with getting overaggressive and drawing flags.

 

• Flips hips with tremendous fluidity when receiver breaks.

 

• No deep threat in college football could outrun him and possibly nobody in the NFL will either.

 

• Forces receiver into boundary line, shrinking landing zone on jump balls.

 

• Phenomenal recovery speed against shifty route runner which helps him shrink opportunities for quarterbacks to make throws. 

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• Good route recognition early in its development limits mistakes. 

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• Technique and athleticism makes him one of the more consistent cornerbacks in the draft in terms performance on the field.

 

• Can cover massive ground in zone defense.

 

• Understands how to bait quarterbacks in testing him which often resulted in defended passes.

 

• Reads quarterback and receiver simultaneously in coverage.

 

• Explodes on the football when the pass is thrown in his zone. 

 

• Can be a punishing hitter when he gets his shot.

 

• Great chase down player when ball carrier has daylight.

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• Versatile cornerback that can lineup outside as well as in the slot.

 

• High football IQ is evident with how quickly he become a dominant presence on the outside for Michigan.

Cons

• Length and size may be a tad small to consistently play outside.

• Bigger receivers bully him out of press coverage.

 

• Not the odds on favorite to win contested catches against bigger bodies, often getting boxed out.

 

• Needs to work on his ability to catch the football with too many missed opportunities literally slipping through his hands.

 

• Arm length is below average which makes life difficult at times when attacking the receivers hands at the catch point.

 

• Much more of a hitter than a tackler on defense.

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• Lacking arm length does him no favors when trying to wrap up ball carriers for a tackle, forcing him to drag down receiver

 

• Lacks much usage as a blitzer.

 

• Play strength is lacking overall.

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• Wish he would attack the football with more vigor to try and make more plays.

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• Might be too conservative of a player for some more daring defensive coordinators.

 

• Ball production was lacking in college.

Cons

DJ Turner was a fringe Day 2 prospect to a fringe Day one selection once he ran a 4.26 40 yard dash and forced scouts from all 32 teams to dive deep into his tape and fanout just how good he is at the position. Turner is a ultra-athletic football player that doesn't entirely rely on his athletic prowess as some do but his textbook technique throughout his overall game gives him a higher floor than most corners in this draft. His flaws in press coverage with his struggles dealing with size and strength greater than his are evident and likely won't get fixed until a year or two in the league but the one thing he certainly needs to improve on is his ability to come away with the football as well as be more aggressive as playmaker on the field as too often the ball slipped through his hands and defensive coordinators at the end of the day would sacrifice a little technique in ones game if it meant that the player in question could create more turnovers on the field. Turner is an admirable prospect that should be a plug-n-play rookie and could find himself being a reliable chess piece in a teams secondary.