BEST ZONE COVERAGE CORNERBACKS 2028 NFL Draft

2028 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

Daryus
Dixson

CB
Penn State   Mascot
Penn State Mascot
65 65 90 86
87.1
2

Jayden
Sanders

CB
Michigan   Mascot
Michigan Mascot
55 72 88 87
85.9
3

DJ
Pickett

CB
LSU   Mascot
LSU Mascot
63 84 81 87
88.4
4

Shawn
Lee Jr.

CB
Pittsburgh   Mascot
Pittsburgh Mascot
55 69 80 78
82.1
5

Kade
Phillips

CB
Texas   Mascot
Texas Mascot
78 74 75 68
87.3
6

Graceson
Littleton

CB
Texas   Mascot
Texas Mascot
65 69 75 70
85.8
7

Elijah
Green

CB
Tulsa   Mascot
Tulsa Mascot
73 73 73 73
75.0
8

Courtland
Guillory

CB
Oklahoma   Mascot
Oklahoma Mascot
59 67 70 74
83.0
9

Dylan
Robinson

CB
Washington   Mascot
Washington Mascot
51 62 66 68
83.3
10

Devin
Sanchez

CB
Ohio State   Mascot
Ohio State Mascot
79 75 65 65
84.8
11

Na'Eem
Offord

CB
Oregon   Mascot
Oregon Mascot
54 71 63 60
81.9
12

A'mon
Lane-Ganus

CB
South Florida   Mascot
South Florida Mascot
0 57 49 0
65.8
13

Jamari
Johnson

CB
Cincinnati   Mascot
Cincinnati Mascot
20 41 26 0
52.8