Texas football’s NFL pedigree on display as former DB shines at Senior Bowl

As everyone knows, the Panini Senior Bowl is one of the biggest NFL Draft prospect showcases each year. It's always been one of the best ways for players to show off their skills and abilities against top competition, and this year's event is no different.

This season's wide receiver roster for the event is chock-full of talented pass-catchers loaded with potential such as USC's Ja'Kobi Lane, Notre Dame's Malachi Fields, and Baylor's Josh Cameron.

One of the defensive backs that NFL Scouts wanted to see defending them is Texas' own Malik Muhammad, and it's not hard to see why. Muhammad has excellent collegiate production, size, and instincts at the cornerback position and he's been absolutely killing it throughout the first few days of practice in Mobile, AL.

He's one of only a few defensive backs who haven't been beaten deep so far, and that's quite the feat when he's facing bigger receivers with long strides on back-shoulder fades and post routes.

Muhammad officially measured in at 5'11.7", 183 lbs., and though he's lighter than most guys, he plays a lot bigger than he is. That's something that he's always been known for as a Longhorn, consistently being able to play press-man and being effective when jamming receivers at the line of scrimmage. His arm length and hand size measurements hasn't been posted yet but it wouldn't be surprising to see him have unusually long arms compared to the others in attendance. This is significant because corners with longer arms tend to be very effective at or near the line of scrimmage.

He's also one of the more technically sound defensive backs at the Senior Bowl, and rarely gets caught out of position in both man and zone coverage from a leverage standpoint.

As of right now, most NFL Draft boards have him as the 8th or 9th-ranked cornerback, but if he continues impressing this week, there's a very good chance that he could creep up into the top 5-6.