GM Adam Peters says the Mississippi cornerback was in the mix for the team’s first-round pick.
That Amos was still available that late in the second round was a welcome surprise to Peters, who had options to trade the pick and collect more draft capital. Washington would have moved back had Amos and another player already been selected, Peters said.
“He was in the mix for our first-round pick, so that’s what we thought of him,” Peters said. “... We were really excited he was there.”
A one-year starter as an outside corner at Mississippi, Amos has the size (6-foot-1, 195 pounds) and speed (4.