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2026 Guide: What Ourlads’ NFL Scouting Services said about HEZEKIAH MASSES:
California | Hometown: Deerfield Beach, FL | HT: 6003 | WT: 181 | 40 time: 4.46 | Hand: 0818 | Arm: 3114 | Wing: 7514
Four-year starter. Transfer from Florida International prior to the 2025 season. Second-team All-America and first-team All-ACC this past season. Tall but well-undersized cornerback prospect with shorter arms. Highly experienced player with 48 games and 42 starts under his belt. Twitchy, explosive athlete who maneuvers the field on skates. Patient at the line-of-scrimmage maintaining square hips throughout the release and disciplined eyes to react. Glues himself to receivers to pester them all over the field. Great reaction speed to respond to the break instantly and stay in-phase. Excellent hip fluidity and can flip around his frame in a heartbeat. Agile athlete who is blazing quick in bail to keep everything in front of him. Recognizes route concepts quickly and uses quarterback cues to anticipate throws. Transitions his weight in an instant to squeeze on passes underneath rapidly. Elite ball skills and production; hunts the ball down in the air with excellent tracking skills, and his stickiness in man coverage helps him get his hand in the way quickly. Snatches passes away from receivers to create takeaways. Triggers downhill instantly when the ball is released to force incompletions with big hits. Double moves off the line have gotten him turned around. Recovery speed is decent but not great. Needs to better time up punches with his back to the ball. Handsy in coverage leading to a significant number of penalties. Fringe functional strength makes it difficult to shed and stack blockers on the perimeter. High missed tackle rate in his first season in the Power Four; lunges regularly. Tackles high making it easy for runners to charge through him for extra yards-after-contact.
2025 Stats: 47 T, 1 TFL, 13 PBU, 5 INT. OSR:21/23. VJ-31.5. Draft projection: 3rd/4th round