BEST ZONE COVERAGE CORNERBACKS 2027 NFL Draft

2027 BEST ZONE COVERAGE CORNERBACKS

Zone coverage grade for a cornerback scores off-coverage snaps: reading the quarterback, sinking under routes, passing off and driving on the ball. Corners who grade well here but not in man usually project as zone-scheme starters. Richard Sherman (Stanford) and Morris Claiborne (LSU) were both excellent in zone in college.

The table ranks this year’s draft-eligible cornerbacks by zone coverage grade, alongside man and press coverage, tackling, run defense and overall rating.

RANK Player Pos Team TACKLING RUN DEFENSE ZONE MAN/PRESS Rating
1

Ify
Obidegwu

CB
Oregon   Mascot
Oregon Mascot
94 68 91 86
78.5
2

John
Nestor

CB
Minnesota   Mascot
Minnesota Mascot
69 94 89 90
84.5
3

Dashawn
Spears

CB
LSU   Mascot
LSU Mascot
76 78 88 76
84.6
4

Ashton
Hampton

CB
Clemson   Mascot
Clemson Mascot
70 62 87 86
86.4
5

Kelley
Jones

CB
Mississippi State   Mascot
Mississippi State Mascot
88 74 86 82
86.7
6

Leonard
Moore

CB
Notre Dame   Mascot
Notre Dame Mascot
61 78 84 92
89.5
7

Ellis
Robinson IV

CB
Georgia   Mascot
Georgia Mascot
83 75 83 77
88.5
8

Audavion
Collins

CB
Penn State   Mascot
Penn State Mascot
59 70 82 85
81.5
9

John
Curry

CB
Texas Tech   Mascot
Texas Tech Mascot
63 76 82 78
81.1
10

Evan
Johnson

CB
BYU   Mascot
BYU Mascot
64 68 80 69
79.9
11

Jyaire
Hill

CB
Michigan   Mascot
Michigan Mascot
63 82 79 77
84.7
12

Jay'Vion
Cole

CB
Arizona   Mascot
Arizona Mascot
70 83 79 76
81.1
13

Brice
Pollock

CB
Texas Tech   Mascot
Texas Tech Mascot
84 67 79 72
84.7
14

Kayin
Lee

CB
Tennessee   Mascot
Tennessee Mascot
59 54 78 78
82.9
15

Jermaine
Mathews Jr.

CB
Ohio State   Mascot
Ohio State Mascot
62 74 78 76
82.5
16

Bo
Mascoe

CB
Texas   Mascot
Texas Mascot
66 72 78 71
77.5
17

Jalen
Mayo

CB
Houston   Mascot
Houston Mascot
68 90 78 74
84.6
18

Jamari
Sharpe

CB
Indiana   Mascot
Indiana Mascot
78 79 78 72
84.8
19

Jayden
Bellamy

CB
UCF   Mascot
UCF Mascot
69 74 77 62
80.0
20

Xavier
Lucas

CB
Miami   Mascot
Miami Mascot
77 77 77 77
75.0