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Tennessee football: Vols DB Nigel Warrior’s five best NFL Draft landing spots

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 30: Nigel Warrior #18 of the Tennessee Volunteers celebrates with fans after the game against the Vanderbilt Commodores at Neyland Stadium on November 30, 2019 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Silas Walker/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 30: Nigel Warrior #18 of the Tennessee Volunteers celebrates with fans after the game against the Vanderbilt Commodores at Neyland Stadium on November 30, 2019 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Silas Walker/Getty Images) /
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After leading Tennessee football’s secondary, Nigel Warrior is overlooked in the 2020 NFL Draft. Here are the Volunteers safety’s five best landing spots.

He was not even invited to the combine. However, Nigel Warrior was the only defensive back last year to test well against the run and the pass by Pro Football Focus. His breakout year with Tennessee football should have given him more love for this year’s NFL Draft.

This past year, Warrior came away with four interceptions. He struggled early, including a horrible game against the Georgia State Panthers and then a busted coverage that allowed the BYU Cougars to send the game into overtime. But he was dealing with no Bryce Thompson and an injury to Daniel Bituli. As those guys returned, he flourished.

Now, the Tennessee football legacy player is not likely to get selected in the NFL Draft. He simply does not have the same hype his father, two-time All-American Dale Carter, had coming into the league in 1992.

Still, Warrior has a great chance to become a star. He’s a versatile safety, has the right size at 6’0″ 190 pounds, and understands fundamentals. Given his ability to pick up systems quickly, all Warrior needs is a chance.

As we get set to name the best landing spots for Warrior, it’s important to note that he likely won’t land there in the draft. He did, however, earn an article related to this given the fact that his production matched anybody else’s on the list.

Our criteria is the same as always: Needs of each franchise, emphasis of the coaches and general managers and competency of the organization. Those things won’t change with an underdog prospect, and Warrior is the perfect representative of this class: production over potential.

So what teams would value the type of production Warrior brought? Which of those teams would be the best fit for him? Let’s break that down here. These are the five best landing spots for Tennessee football safety in the 2020 NFL Draft.

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