School: Ohio State
Year: Jr
Position: RB

Physical Attributes

• Height: 6-0
• Weight: 219
• RAS: 9.88
• 40 Time: 4.48

Rankings

• Joe’s Ranking: 6.4
• Consensus Position Rank: 6
• My Position Ranking: 6
• Difference in Ranking: 0
• Tier: 4
• Projected Round: 3

Games Watched

• Notre Dame ’24
• Penn State ’24

Ryan’s Notes

Positives

• Quinshon has shown explosive traits from the first drive I watched, his ability to drive off one foot and accelerate into gaps and through players is impressive.
• His strength and power are elite and he has a mean stiff arm to use off the edge to spring big gains.
• His physical talent is undeniable and I really like the concept of using him as the screen guy from the bunch in empty as Chip did with success.
• Even though he wasn’t in on third down much his pass protection skills are clear to see and this extends to his lead blocking too.
• Love how hard he finishes his runs and he certainly has the contact balance to survive big collisions and keep his legs under him, it’s not measured or technical or pretty but it’s explosive and wild.

Negatives

• Whilst his explosive power and speed is on show consistently he lacks long speed and stamina for breakaway runs.
• I’d like to see him make more guys miss, it’s usually either around the edge or through them when I think he has the talent to shimmy and cut his way through.
• His route running is not accomplished and he doesn’t seem comfortable with where his eyes need to be to help his quarterback especially when they’re on the move.
• His vertical explosion is very good but I don’t see much lateral work and he seems afraid to work flat towards the sideline.
• He lacks the patience and footwork to be a true gap scheme threat and whilst Ohio State operated one of these systems under Chip Kelly, they manufactured a lot of their looks for QJ on windbacks from a singleback look which is effectively like a zone read.
• Jenkins was not a three down back at Ohio State and for good reason, he has poor hands to be around for third down and he lacks the dirty-work upside to play through tighter traffic on gap schemes where he needs to see blocs develop.

Ryan’s Summary

Quinshon is a hyper athletic one cut back who can punish defenses with one swift cut and he is gone. However he is a bit of an odd fit as he has gap scheme experience but his style fits a zone system better and the fact he was a change of pace back that couldn’t a lot of third downs means he has painted himself into a pretty small role. A good team will work out how to use him correctly surely but I wouldn’t use a significant draft pick to do so..