Much like their peers at quarterback, edge rusher, and offensive tackle, top cornerbacks have become a premium position in recruiting at the college football level. <\/p>\n
Having a lockdown defender in the secondary can change a lot, and those players are hard to come by in the transfer portal. Hence why programs go so hard after them in the high school recruiting ranks and work hard to hold onto them. The 2027 class looks to be a strong class at the position, with eight CBs currently ranked among the nation\u2019s top 50 prospects. <\/p>\n
A host of them have already come off the board: <\/p>\n
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 38 (#5 CB) On his commitment: \u201cWhat stood out to me is just how serious they are about football there, and not even just football, how serious they are about bettering you as a person,\u201d Wright told DawgsHQ<\/a>. \u201cThere are just so many great people around Athens. I can go on and on about coach Donte his resume speaks for itself. He\u2019s got so many guys to the next level. From the junior college level to where he is now and my dad and coach Donte have a great history. He was my dad\u2019s former coach, so I know I will be in good hands with coach Donte for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 47 (#7 CB) On his commitment: \u201cAs I started taking game visits, things started to shift. I went to the\u00a0Texas A&M<\/a>\u00a0game, and it was a great experience. I loved the atmosphere, I had a great time, and that visit really pushed Notre Dame up for me,\u201d he told Rivals\u2019 Chad Simmons<\/a>. \u201cI went back for the\u00a0Navy<\/a>\u00a0game, and that was the one. I left that visit feeling really good about Notre Dame. The coaches spent a lot of time with me \u2014 I talked more with Coach Codlin, Coach Mickens, and Coach Freeman, and when I walked out of there, I just knew.<\/p>\n \u2026 I felt at home there. It was my third visit, and after that Navy game, Notre Dame moved ahead of Ohio State, Tennessee, and South Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 50 (#8 CB) Notable Quote: \u201cThe atmosphere and being coached by Coach JP and Coach Elko really excites me for the future,\u201d Henry told Rivals\u2019 Steve Wiltfong. \u201cI\u2019ve visited Texas A&M multiple times, and I like the coaches, the fans, and the culture. They\u2019ve really recruited me hard, and I had a great time working with the coaches at camp in June.\u00a0\u2026 They always embrace me with real love.\u201d<\/p>\n Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 80 (#9 CB) On his commitment: \u201cThere were a lot of reasons why I chose USC,\u201d Washington told Rivals\u2019 Greg Biggins<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s the local school for me and I have a great relationship with the entire coaching staff. I\u2019ve been to USC a number of times and it always feels like home. We have a nice little run on Mater Dei players going to USC right now. We\u2019re trying to build this pipeline and I\u2019m very excited to be a part of that and a part of making USC special.\u201d<\/p>\n Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 90 (#10 CB) On his commitment: \u201cI think Louisville is the place for me,\u201d Evans told Wiltfong<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s the best fit for me in terms of my development and where I feel the most comfortable and where I can grow. I feel like Coach Brohm is a great coach. He puts his guys in position to be successful. I feel like he knows a lot about college ball and getting guys to the next level and I feel he can help me accomplish my goal in the future of playing in the NFL.\u201d<\/p>\n Where other top cornerbacks are committed<\/p>\n Ace Alston<\/a> \u2014 Notre Dame Amare Nugent<\/a> \u2014 Florida Mikhail McCreary<\/a> \u2014 Oklahoma Aamaury Fountain<\/a> \u2014 South Carolina Mikyal Davis<\/a> \u2014 Oklahoma
School: Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, CA)<\/a><\/p>\n
School: Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh, NC)<\/a><\/p>\n
School: St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, MD)<\/a><\/p>\n
School: IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL)<\/a><\/p>\n
School: Trinity (Louisville, KY)<\/a><\/p>\n
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 128 (#12 CB)
School: Anderson (Cincinnati, OH)<\/a><\/p>\n
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 208 (#22 CB)
School: American Heritage (Plantation, FL)<\/a><\/p>\n
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 220 (#24 CB)
School: Johnson (San Antonio, TX)<\/a><\/p>\n
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 329 (#35 CB)
School: Northside (Warner Robins, GA)<\/a><\/p>\n
Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 402 (#40 CB)
School: Desert Edge (Phoenix, AZ)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Much like their peers at quarterback, edge rusher, and offensive tackle, top cornerbacks have become a premium position…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[94551,107214,77332,95577,95578,38244,7,47482,107215,49,48,92398,28409],"class_list":{"0":"post-746320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-aamaury-fountain-27-northside","9":"tag-aaryn-washington-27-img-academy","10":"tag-ace-alston-27-anderson","11":"tag-allen-evans-27-trinity","12":"tag-amare-nugent-27-american-heritage","13":"tag-donte-wright-27-long-beach-poly","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-mikhail-mccreary-27-johnson","16":"tag-mikyal-davis-27-desert-edge","17":"tag-ncaa","18":"tag-ncaa-football","19":"tag-raylaun-henry-27-st-frances-academy","20":"tag-xavier-hasan-27-cardinal-gibbons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}