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Fantasy Football Draft season is right around the corner and we're helping you prepare with all types of high end draft analysis. Today we're bringing you some deep analysis of a dynasty league sleeper wide receiver, Jets 6th round pick Quincy Enunway.
Quincy Enunwa, WR, New York Jets
6th Round Pick in 2014 NFL Draft
Age: 22, Height: 6'2, Weight: 225, 40 Time: 4.44
Quincy Enunwa comes to the New York Jets as a project from the Nebraska Cornhuskers program. During his time with the Cornhuskers, Quincy was featured as the primary passing threat, despite being severely underprepared in the skill of playing wide receiver. However, Quincy's athleticism allowed him to speed past cornerbacks and play physically in man coverage, and his large frame allowed him to get between the ball and the corner. Quincy is a very unpolished prospect, but his combination of size, weight, power and speed is just too much to ignore. Let's take a look at some of his qualities.
Pros: Makes difficult catches; Huge catch radius; Played best on the outside, both left and right; Able to catch between defenders; Uses his body to box out defenders; Caught almost all throws thrown at chest and above the head
Cons: Doesn't attack the ball; Round routes; Low YAC; Weak in space
Enunwa found himself used mostly on the outside on vertical and out routes, routes where he could consistently scare the safety/corner with the threat of a deep ball before breaking off into open space. In some games, he showed great breaks and bursts, and in others he showed some very lazy effort. One of Enunwa's defining characteristics was the ability to come up with difficult catches of all different types, one of which is below.
Below is one of the best plays in Enunwa's tape, Enunwa gets physical and attacks the corner, forces him outside and then is able to make a catch between two defenders and hold it through contact. The best part? It's a conversion on third and 20. Of games charted, Quincy had eight catches on 11 third-down targets. He shows up in high pressure situations.
The following three plays show what kind of athlete Quincy Enunwa:
In the first play, he's strong enough to not only stay upright through a tackle while in the air, but then break a tackle while being pulled back. Really, look at it. That's actually happening. There's no angle that shows entirely how Quincy gets open in the second play but in the angle shown you can see him force the corner to the outside before taking it back inside and zooming past the defender. He then manages to break a tackle while catching the ball and turns this catch into a 99-yard touchdown. The final play shows something Enunwa was willing to do often and very effectively: diving for the ball. The athleticism he brings to a team is not to be overlooked.
And now, unfortunately, it's time to bring the hype back down to Earth:
In a recent post i showcased Jeremy Butler, whom i regarded as an incomplete receiver who could make some immediate impact. Quincy is a full-on project. The last two images show Quincy's obvious negative traits. His failure to attack the ball and waiting for it to reach him is an issue, and his most concerning trait is tipping off routes. In the second image, you can see Quincy stare back at the QB and blocking WR the entire time, showing the defender exactly what his plan is. These are fixable mental errors, though, that could be rendered moot in just a year's time.
One of the most important facets of dynasty league management is finding the athletic freaks that can become the future stars. Potential in football can be defined as making incredible plays inconsistently. Potential is achieved when those plays become more and more consistent. Quincy Enunwa shows that potential immediately on tape. He's likely to be going in the fifth-round of dynasty rookie drafts, or undrafted if you play with IDP players. He's a dynasty stash.
You can click here for a more in depth review of the tape breakdown for Quincy Enunwa.
