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

John
Nestor

CB
Minnesota   Mascot
Minnesota Mascot
71 93 89 90
84.5
2

Dashawn
Spears

CB
LSU   Mascot
LSU Mascot
76 78 88 76
84.6
3

Leonard
Moore

CB
Notre Dame   Mascot
Notre Dame Mascot
63 77 86 92
89.5
4

Ashton
Hampton

CB
Clemson   Mascot
Clemson Mascot
70 71 86 83
86.4
5

Ify
Obidegwu

CB
Oregon   Mascot
Oregon Mascot
91 67 86 82
78.5
6

Kelley
Jones

CB
Mississippi State   Mascot
Mississippi State Mascot
84 69 85 82
86.7
7

Ellis
Robinson IV

CB
Georgia   Mascot
Georgia Mascot
79 76 84 74
88.5
8

John
Curry

CB
Texas Tech   Mascot
Texas Tech Mascot
65 77 83 79
81.1
9

Jyaire
Hill

CB
Michigan   Mascot
Michigan Mascot
66 80 81 79
84.7
10

Audavion
Collins

CB
Penn State   Mascot
Penn State Mascot
56 70 80 85
81.5
11

Evan
Johnson

CB
BYU   Mascot
BYU Mascot
64 68 80 69
79.9
12

Jalen
Mayo

CB
Houston   Mascot
Houston Mascot
65 86 79 76
84.6
13

Brice
Pollock

CB
Texas Tech   Mascot
Texas Tech Mascot
83 66 79 72
84.7
14

Jay'Vion
Cole

CB
Arizona   Mascot
Arizona Mascot
70 83 79 76
81.1
15

Jayden
Bellamy

CB
UCF   Mascot
UCF Mascot
74 75 79 65
80.0
16

Bo
Mascoe

CB
Texas   Mascot
Texas Mascot
60 65 78 72
77.5
17

Chris
Peal

CB
Syracuse   Mascot
Syracuse Mascot
93 77 77 80
84.7
18

Xavier
Lucas

CB
Miami   Mascot
Miami Mascot
77 77 77 77
75.0
19

Eli
Bowen

CB
Oklahoma   Mascot
Oklahoma Mascot
69 85 77 70
81.4
20

Jamari
Sharpe

CB
Indiana   Mascot
Indiana Mascot
78 79 77 72
84.8