{"id":761746,"date":"2026-02-19T05:46:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/761746\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T05:46:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:46:36","slug":"top-5-cornerback-prospects-in-2026-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/761746\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Cornerback prospects in 2026 Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine, Field Level Media draft analysts ranked the top prospects at every position. <\/p>\n<p>Cornerbacks arrive in Indianapolis on Tuesday and begin team interviews by request. <\/p>\n<p>They are scheduled for media availability Thursday, on-field position drills, 40-yard dash and agility workouts at Lucas Oil Stadium on Friday and bench press on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>1. Mansoor Delane, LSU<br \/>6-0, 190<br \/>Delane spent three years at Virginia Tech and had 29 starts when he jumped to LSU. His dominant senior season in 2025 provided further evidence he\u2019s an NFL-caliber shutdown corner. <\/p>\n<p>2. Avieon Terrell, Clemson<br \/>5-11, 190<br \/>Speed, quickness, burst and natural instincts in coverage and plus traits as a run defender. <\/p>\n<p>3. Jermod McCoy, Tennessee<br \/>5-10, 193<br \/>Torn ACL scrapped 2025 season, making the Scouting Combine medicals a huge landmark on his pre-draft journey. Based on 2024 game film, he\u2019s a first-round lock if healthy. <\/p>\n<p>4. Colton Hood, Tennessee<br \/>6-0, 195<br \/>While McCoy was healing, Hood was dealing. A breakout 2025 season for arguably the top press-man corner in the class. <\/p>\n<p>5. Brandon Cisse, South Carolina<br \/>6-0, 190<br \/>A leading candidate to light up combine workouts with length and Olympic-sprinter speed. If you thought Maxwell Hairston (Kentucky) found the first round last year with his 4.28 40, Cisse is more than capable of doing the same. Scouts might still question instincts but length and long speed are great baselines.   <\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for a candidate to close the gap on the top cornerbacks in the class before the 2026 NFL Draft, San Diego State\u2019s Chris Johnson is a certified blazer who blanketed Mountain West receivers in man coverage and has a burst to close on the ball when playing off. <\/p>\n<p>Here are the defensive backs who received invitations to participate among 319 NFL prospects at the 2026 combine: <\/p>\n<p>Keith Abney II, Arizona State<br \/>Marcus Allen, North Carolina<br \/>Jadon Canady, Oregon<br \/>Brandon Cisse, South Carolina<br \/>Bud Clark, TCU<br \/>Tacario Davis, Washington<br \/>Mansoor Delane, LSU<br \/>Charles Demmings, Stephen F. Austin<br \/>Thaddeus Dixon, North Carolina<br \/>Caleb Downs, Ohio State<br \/>Daylen Everette, Georgia<br \/>Bishop Fitzgerald, USC<br \/>Andre Fuller, Toledo<br \/>Jaylon Guilbeau, Texas<br \/>TJ Hall, Iowa<br \/>Ahmari Harvey, Georgia Tech<br \/>A.J. Haulcy, LSU<br \/>Colton Hood, Tennessee<br \/>Jalen Huskey, Maryland<br \/>Davison Igbinosun, Ohio State<br \/>Domani Jackson, Alabama<br \/>Chris Johnson, San Diego State<br \/>Dalton Johnson, Arizona<br \/>Jalon Kilgore, South Carolina<br \/>Will Lee III, Texas A&amp;M<br \/>Hezekiah Masses, Cal<br \/>Jermod McCoy, Tennessee<br \/>Latrell McCutchin Sr., Houston<br \/>Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, Toledo<br \/>Devin Moore, Florida<br \/>Louis Moore, Indiana<br \/>Ahmaad Moses, SMU<br \/>Malik Muhammad, Texas<br \/>Julian Neal, Arkansas<br \/>Xavier Nwankpa, Iowa<br \/>VJ Payne, Kansas State<br \/>D\u2019Angelo Ponds, Indiana<br \/>Toriano Pride Jr., Missouri<br \/>Ephesians Prysock, Washington<br \/>Kamari Ramsey, USC<br \/>Chandler Rivers, Duke<br \/>Keionte Scott, Miami<br \/>DeShon Singleton, Nebraska<br \/>Avery Smith, Toledo<br \/>Genesis Smith, Arizona<br \/>Robert Spears-Jennings, Oklahoma<br \/>Treydan Stukes, Arizona<br \/>Lorenzo Styles Jr., Ohio State<br \/>Michael Taaffe, Texas<br \/>Avieon Terrell, Clemson<br \/>Dillon Thieneman, Oregon<br \/>Jakobe Thomas, Miami<br \/>Zakee Wheatley, Penn State<br \/>Collin Wright, Stanford<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine, Field Level Media draft analysts ranked the top prospects at every&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,6,15],"class_list":["post-761746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl-draft","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116095719011712206","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761746","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=761746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}