Seahawks selected Auburn CB Nehemiah Pritchett with the No. 136 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.
Technical in press coverage with the versatility to play both out wide and in the slot, Pritchett has plus ball-hawking skills with 29 pass breakups over his collegiate tenure. He also allowed less than 50% reception rate in back-to-back seasons in the SEC, with only one touchdown in coverage each year. The Jackson, AL product (6’0/190) offers elite 4.36s (97th percentile) 40-yard dash speed (94th%) and a 1.55s 10-yd split (79th%), but his jumps and 7.09s 3-Cone were all sub-50th percentile, adding up to a 7.79 RAS. Pritchett has good functional length with a 74 ⅞’ wingspan, though his turn/backpedal and downfield ball tracking has been a pain point in his coverage profile. Although he is comfortable in man/press coverage he has lapses in zone coverage as his spot awareness can be…spotty. Pritchett is a speedy coverage-oriented DB whose lack of physicality in run support (50th percentile last two years) could limit him to rotational nickel work in the NFL.
