re: Florida or USC for Adoree???

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We have to be careful on this, he wants both offense and defense. Can't go in there and sell just one side of the ball.

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Defense isn't hard to sell for DBU - for that matter, being the return guy (PP and TM are recent examples of DBs who did this) - but we don't really have any examples of taking a Patrick Peterson or Tyrann Mathieu and getting them touches on the offensive side of the ball - the closest we got, in recent memory, was Dominick Davis(Allen) and Michael Clayton both cross-trained as safeties when we had injury bugs leaving us short.

But I can't tell you the last triple threat guy we had - it's rare anyway.

Basically, to be a triple threat, you have to play defense and do return work. The offensive contribution comes in the form of 5 or 6 plays when you're inserted into the offense, either as a decoy or the primary target. At least that is the most common template I see.

ETA: I can foresee playing an Adoree as a nickel or 3rd corner, situationally, if he were a full time starter on the offensive side of the ball - there are just so few examples of this template, versus the more common - freakishly athletic corner, returns kicks and/or punts, and plays situationally on offense.