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

Graceson
Littleton

CB
Texas   Mascot
Texas Mascot
69 70 76 71
85.8
6

Kade
Phillips

CB
Texas   Mascot
Texas Mascot
80 73 74 65
87.3
7

Elijah
Green

CB
Tulsa   Mascot
Tulsa Mascot
73 73 73 73
75.0
8

Courtland
Guillory

CB
Oklahoma   Mascot
Oklahoma Mascot
59 70 72 75
83.0
9

Devin
Sanchez

CB
Ohio State   Mascot
Ohio State Mascot
83 76 70 68
84.8
10

Dylan
Robinson

CB
Washington   Mascot
Washington Mascot
52 56 67 71
83.3
11

Na'Eem
Offord

CB
Oregon   Mascot
Oregon Mascot
39 72 61 57
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