Treydan Stukes
Experience
POSITION STATS LAST SEASON
Position-Specific Grades
COMBINE RESULTS
The Takeaway
The Player
Stukes is a versatile, playmaking defensive back with outstanding burst and top-end speed. He ran the second-quickest 10-yard split among all defensive backs at the combine and the third-fastest 40 time among safeties. He breaks quickly on passes, reading the receiver’s movement and showing an ability to turn and run. He gets his eyes on the quarterback and jumps routes in off-coverage and recovers well if caught out of position. He has the size, speed, and length to match up with tight ends.
Stukes’s hands are on the smaller side and he doesn’t catch everything he gets his hands on, but he picked off four passes in 2025. He’s adept at tracking the ball, comes down with 50-50 balls, and is competitive in jump-ball situations. His speed makes him dangerous with the ball in his hands. He’s prone to taking chances, biting on double moves and play-action, and he gives up separation at the top of routes. He shoots his hands and stacks tight ends and receivers in space. He locates the ball and disengages in time to make plays. He beats blockers to the point of attack and chases the run with championship effort.
He has a lean frame and can get engulfed between the tackles. Sometimes he comes in too hot and takes poor angles, which leads to some missed tackles. He’s a nickel who primarily lines up over the slot and in the box. But he logged 966 snaps playing wide corner earlier in his career, according to PFF, and he has the frame of a free safety. He was a team captain at Arizona and played 52 games for the Wildcats in his six-year career, finishing with seven interceptions and 35 passes defended. He suffered an ACL tear in 2024 and missed the final eight games of the season and missed the first two games of the 2025 season due to another injury.
The Draft
Stukes is one of the top five safety prospects and a potential top-50 overall prospect in this class.
The Projection
Stukes should push for immediate playing time at nickel while providing depth at safety and corner. There’s no clear NFL comparison for a 6-foot-1 nickel prospect who ran a 4.33 40, as Stukes did, but Eagles corner Cooper DeJean might be the best bet.