{"id":747994,"date":"2026-02-12T23:48:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/747994\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T23:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:48:45","slug":"bengals-take-cornerback-coming-off-acl-tear-in-nfl-com-mock-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/747994\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals take cornerback coming off ACL tear in NFL.com mock draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cincinnati Bengals have selected some risky players in recent years in hopes of landing a steal.<\/p>\n

So it shouldn\u2019t be a big surprise that NFL.com\u2019s Chad Reuter predicts<\/a> they\u2019ll do it again.<\/p>\n

In his three-round mock draft, the writer has the Bengals selecting Tennessee cornerback Jermod McCoy with the 10th pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s his take: \u201cMcCoy missed all of last season with an ACL tear. If his medical exams are clean, he would meet the Bengals\u2019 need for a physical outside corner.\u201d<\/p>\n

Injury concerns aside, McCoy has CB1 potential, with smooth hips and feet as well as good size, per his Draft profile on NFL.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then, in the second round, Reuter predicts that the Bengals will take edge rusher Zion Young out of Missouri.<\/p>\n

According to NFLDraftBuzz.com<\/a>, Young has rare length and leverage, active hands, and exceptional anchor strength against the run. He does lack elite burst off the snap and counter moves, though.<\/p>\n

It is not until the third round that Reuter thinks Cincinnati will add a safety, namely A.J. Haulcy out of LSU.<\/p>\n

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Per NFLDraftBuzz.com<\/a>, Haulcy has outstanding coverage instincts in zone schemes and the balls skills that translate to turnovers. But his timing speed is average and his man coverage skills need work.<\/p>\n

The 2026 NFL Draft begins on April 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cincinnati Bengals have selected some risky players in recent years in hopes of landing a steal. So…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4955,23806,7208,6311,227,256,88727,29615,29599,7,5629,8578,7489,6,15,1541,2975],"class_list":["post-747994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl-draft","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-ar","tag-arkansas-razorbacks","tag-chad-reuter","tag-cincinnati","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-college-football-game","tag-donald-w-reynolds-razorback-stadium","tag-fayetteville","tag-football","tag-getty-images","tag-icon-sportswire","tag-jermod-mccoy","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-tennessee-volunteers","tag-the-bengals"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116060337505364514","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747994","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=747994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}