Ole Miss Rebels cornerback Trey Amos fits the mold as a true breakout star from the 2024 college football season.
Having exploded into a first-team All-SEC campaign, Amos has skyrocketed up draft boards and has placed himself in conversation as being one of the best cornerbacks in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Trey Amos’ Draft Profile and Measurements
- Height: 6’1″
- Weight: 190 pounds
- Position: Cornerback
- School: Ole Miss
- Current Year: Redshirt Senior
Amos’ Scouting Report
A two-way football player at Catholic High School in New Iberia, Louisiana, Amos played quarterback and cornerback but got recruited as an athlete. He also won the Louisiana 2A state championship as a long jumper. He committed to Louisiana-Lafayette to play college football as a three-star recruit.
Though he wasn’t a full-time starter for the Ragin’ Cajuns in 2020, he managed to crack the rotation as an outside cornerback. He didn’t deflect any passes, but he did tally an interception and returned it back for 51 yards.
The 2021 season saw Amos again serve in a rotational, reserve defensive back role. However, his snap count on defense increased from 256 the year before to 437, and he broke up five passes. He allowed a completion percentage of just 35.7% when targeted, as well as a passer rating of just 59.5.
In 2022, Amos put together his best collegiate season to that point. He broke up eight passes in coverage, finished with 35 total tackles, and he made significant improvements in run support. Though he had just one interception in his three years at Louisiana, his progress was palpable, and it caught the eye of Alabama.
Amos transferred to Alabama for the 2023 season, which would be his senior year. Though he played well for the Crimson Tide, he never broke into the starting lineup full-time.
In spite of a limited sample size, Amos still broke up five passes in 2023 and allowed a completion percentage of 45.0% when targeted. Because of the extra year of COVID-19 eligibility, he returned to school for another year, this time transferring to Ole Miss.
It was in the 2024 season at Ole Miss that Amos really came into his own. Finally emerging as a full-time starting cornerback, he finished with three interceptions and 13 pass breakups, as well as tallying 50 tackles, four tackles for a loss and a forced fumble. He was named a first-team All-SEC player for his efforts.
Strengths
- Lengthy boundary cornerback with a large wingspan that helps him out in press coverage.
- Sticky in coverage, as he does a good job of staying inside a wide receiver’s hip pocket.
- Fluid defensive back with loose hips and good agility working laterally across his body.
- Accelerates well coming out of his breaks.
- Has the deep speed shooting vertically out of his backpedal to defend vertical route concepts in man and deep zone.
- Combination of agility and size is an enticing combination along the perimeter.
- Smooth in his backpedal in deep-zone shells, which helps him out, particularly in Cover 3 and Cover 4 assignments.
- Isn’t clunky coming out of his breaks and offers above-average lateral quickness.
- Ability to mirror routes in man coverage is encouraging, as is his comfortability in deep zone.
- Plays with good effort as a tackler, and his size helps him some against smaller ball-carriers.
Weaknesses
- Was a rotational player for four seasons prior to 2024.
- Prone to occasionally misinterpreting route concepts in zone coverage, leaving him a step or two behind on some plays.
- Could stand to add a little bit more weight to a lanky frame.
- Doesn’t break down incredibly well as a tackler, relying on his arms rather than wrapping up with proper form.
- Jams receivers pretty well in press coverage close to the line of scrimmage, but he might not outmuscle as many receivers in the NFL.
- Too press-heavy of a skillset in man coverage, as his processing in off-man and his timing coming out of his breaks still needs improvement.
Current Draft Projection and Summary
If there’s one player in the 2025 NFL Draft who took advantage of the extra COVID year the best, it’s Trey Amos.
Amos had always been a good football player, but he was truly able to showcase his abilities in a bigger role for Ole Miss in his fifth year in college. He excelled against SEC competition, showing he can hang physically and mentally with the best in college football.
The combination of size, length and athleticism makes Amos a prototypical boundary cornerback from a physical perspective. He naturally has a larger catch radius and can physically make plays on the ball most other defensive backs can’t, but he also moves as fast as a cornerback who’s a few inches shorter.
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There’s still work to be done with Amos, as his processing in off-man coverage needs some work. He fights hard as a tackler in space, but the form isn’t quite consistent yet. He could experience some growing pains, as his instincts aren’t at an elite level.
While there are cornerbacks with more polished skillsets than Amos in the 2025 NFL Draft, there are few who possess his athletic profile, if any. He looks the part of a Day 2 prospect on tape, but given his immense physical upside, he wouldn’t look out of place in the back half of Round 1 if a team believes in him enough.
