Elic Ayomanor

Ayomanor has a strong array of footwork and hand counters to defeat coverage at the line of scrimmage or the top of his stems. Although he can flip the field, earning a couple of steps on cornerbacks early in routes, safeties chase down Ayomanor in scenarios where one would expect him to pull away. Ayomanor gets early separation but fails to stack his opponents and allows them back into the play when the ball arrives. Ayomanor has effective setups and breaks with timing routes but has lackluster execution at the catch point. Ayomanor clap attacks targets too often. He doesn’t attack the ball early enough to prevent defenders from making plays on the ball, and he doesn’t generate position to prevent it from happening. Ayomanor’s game short-circuits against tight coverage. It’s as if he forgets which type of attack is best for the trajectory of the ball when a defender is playing him tight. He's a boom-bust option.

Decent size: 6'1.6" 206 pounds. Elite athlete with a high school track background. Produced against Travis Hunter in college. Projects to overtake veterans and play a lot of the second half of the season.