The Titans are maintaining a positive outlook regarding cornerback L’Jarius Sneed and his availability for the coming season.

But it’s also worth noting that the team has made a concerted effort to build up its depth at the position since the end of the 2024 season.

Sneed missed the last 12 games of last season with a thigh injury, and he’s continuing to rehab from that issue, in addition to managing his longtime knee problems.

The five-year veteran was not on the field during a voluntary OTA session earlier this week, but has been in the facility regularly this offseason as part of his recovery process.

There’s also the matter of Sneed’s legal entanglement, as he is the target of a $1 million lawsuit filed in April following an alleged shooting attempt at a Texas car dealership in December 2024.

A Dallas judge earlier this month ordered Sneed’s civil trial — stemming from the incident — to mediation, per the paulkuharsky.com website. The hope is that the two sides can agree on some kind of settlement.

“The thing about L’Jarius is that when he’s here and working, he’s fantastic,” Titans coach Brian Callahan said Wednesday.

“He’s all the things that we hope he would be. Certainly, when guys have off-field issues — and he’s not the first one, he won’t be the last … you have to separate your personal life and your work life, and be able to come to work and focus on the task at hand. I think he’s done a good job of that.”

Titans defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson also praised the 28-year-old Sneed, calling him a “perfect young man” when he’s in meetings.

“He speaks, he asks the right questions, he’s engaging,” Wilson said. “He talks to the young men. He has a voice in the room. He has the experience. The thing about him is just getting healthy … but he’s working diligently in the training room to get there.”

Still, the combination of physical and legal issues does at least raise questions about the availability of Sneed, who the Titans acquired from Kansas City last year in exchange for a 2025 third-round pick and a swap of 2024 seventh-round picks.

Tennessee then signed Sneed to a four-year, $76.4 million deal, including $44 million fully guaranteed.

In Sneed’s continued absence from the field, and following the offseason release of veteran corner Chidobe Awuzie, the Titans have made several additions at cornerback.

Most notably, Tennessee drafted Cal’s Marcus Harris in the sixth round and signed free agent Amani Oruwariye. A six-year veteran, the 29-year-old Oruwariye has played in 61 NFL games, making 40 starts and recording 10 interceptions.

The Titans then hit the undrafted free agent market hard at cornerback, as six of the team’s 16 announced UDFA signings play that position.

Tennessee has cut two of the players since then, but still on the roster are cornerbacks Jermari Harris (from Iowa), Jalen Kimber (Penn St.), Clarence Lewis (Syracuse) and Davion Ross (Memphis). The Titans gave each of those four about $840,000 guaranteed money to sign, per Over the Cap, a pretty healthy sum for that number of players at one position.

“Some of these guys had high [draft] grades, and they produced well in college,” Wilson said. “They’re all starting from a clean slate. It’s going to be really competitive and the best guys are going to rise to the top. So it’s going to be exciting to see how they develop over this offseason and during training camp.”

Perhaps one or more of those UDFAs will find a spot on the roster, joining the healthy returning top three of Jarvis Brownlee, Darrell Baker and Roger McCreary. Gabe Jeudy-Lally is also back after playing four games last year.

In the meantime, the wait continues on Sneed, who was considered one of the top cornerbacks in the league at the end of the 2023 season.

Will he be fully healthy in time for training camp? Will legal matters impact Sneed’s season? Will the NFL seek to discipline him?

Those kinds of questions don’t seem close to being answered, even if the Titans remain steadfastly optimistic about his future.

“When he gets on the field, I [have] high expectations from him,” Wilson said of Sneed. “He does [of] himself. He’s another guy that’s very prideful. Last year didn’t go the way he wanted because of injuries and because of …maybe he left a play or two here or there.”

Sneed’s numbers, in a five-game sample size, were not impressive last season. He posted an overall Pro Football Focus grade of 36.3, and a coverage grade of 30.4.

But Wilson warned observers not to underestimate Sneed, who was originally a fourth-round pick out of Louisiana Tech in 2020.

“He has something to prove,” Wilson said. “L’Jarius got to this position because he has a chip on his shoulder. He was an underdog. He was a guy who worked his way up from college to being a later-round draft pick, to starting, to getting paid by [Kansas City].

“I have all the faith in the world in L’Jarius Sneed. When he’s out there on the field, he’s a dominant force.”