NFL Draft Update: Corner Backs
By Keith Myers
This is one of the deeper CB drafts in recent memory. I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see 5 players drafted in the first round, including 2 in the top 10. The depth carries down through the entire draft, so expect to see a lot of corners coming off the board on all three draft days.
As for targets by Seattle, Stephon Gilmore out of South Carolina would be an excellent fit in round 2. He’d be an instant upgrade, and give Seattle someone who can cover the faster receivers that tend to victimize Brandon Browner.
After that I don’t see a great fit for Seattle’s defense until the later rounds. Boston College’s Donnie Fletcher and Montana’s Trumaine Johnson are names to keep in mind later in the draft.
| Rank | Player | Pos | PRank | School | Ht. | Wt. |
| Morris Claiborne | CB |
1
LSU
6-0
185
Dre Kirkpatrick
CB
2
Alabama
6-2
192
Alfonzo Dennard
CB
3
Nebraska
5-10
205
Janoris Jenkins
CB
4
North Alabama
5-10
182
Chase Minnifield
CB
5
Virginia
6-0
185
Stephon Gilmore
CB
6
South Carolina
6-1
193
Jayron Hosley
CB
7
Virginia Tech
5-10
172
Johnthan Banks
CB
8
Mississippi St
6-1
185
Coryell Judie
CB
9
Texas A&M
5-11
190
Brandon Boykin
CB
10
Georgia
5-10
183
Shaun Prater
CB
11
Iowa
5-10
185
Cliff Harris
CB
12
Oregon
5-11
168
Donnie Fletcher
CB
13
Boston College
6-1
195
Josh Robinson
CB
14
UCF
5-10
192
Leonard Johnson
CB
15
Iowa State
5-10
202
Omar Bolden
CB
16
Arizona State
5-10
195
Casey Hayward
CB
17
Vanderbilt
5-11
188
Ryan Steed
CB
18
Furman
5-11
190
Jamell Fleming
CB
19
Oklahoma
5-11
192
Robert Blanton
CB
20
Notre Dame
6-0
200
Keith Tandy
CB
21
West Virginia
5-10
199
Trumaine Johnson
CB
22
Montana
6-2
204
D’Anton Lynn
CB
23
Penn State
6-0
208
Emanuel Davis
CB
24
East Carolina
5-10
182
Asa Jackson
CB
25
Cal Poly
5-10
188
Charles Brown
CB
26
North Carolina
5-09
205
Terrence Frederick
CB
27
Texas A&M
5-10
187
Quenton Washington
CB
28
South Florida
5-10
195
Robert Golden
CB
29
Arizona
5-11
200
DeQuan Menzie
CB
30
Alabama
5-11
198
Dwight Bentley
CB
31
La.-Lafayette
5-10
180
Antonio Fenelus
CB
32
Wisconsin
5-8
190
Tashaun Gipson
CB
33
Wyoming
6-0
203