2019 class · 32 prospects

Cornerback CB

INTs/PBUs per game + speed + agility. The bust model is weakest at cornerback — treat predictions as directional.

Likeliest career, by the outcome model.

How many cornerbacks land in each career bucket as the model's single most likely finish. This is a different question from the board grades below — a prospect can be a Day 3 grade and still have “starter” as his likeliest outcome. The tails (elite, bust) are where the model separates; the middle two buckets sit close to a coin flip.

Elite
1
Pro-Bowl-caliber career
Starter
6
Multi-year NFL starter
Role
14
Rotational / depth
Bust
11
Likeliest outcome is a bust
Likeliest career across the CB class
Elite
1
Starter
6
Role
14
Bust
11

The board.

All 32 cornerbacks with a draftable grade on Draftanomics's 2019 board, tier by tier.

Blue Chip0 players

The top shelf is bare: no cornerback in the 2019 class earns a blue-chip grade.

1st Round4 players

Four cornerbacks carry a first-round grade, and Byron Murphy heads the group at a projected No. 21 overall. Barely a seam here — Julian Love comes off just 5 picks later. Inside the tier, the model's fight is Trayvon Mullen: it says No. 30, the room says No. 69.

21
Byron Murphy
Washington· 5'11" · 190 lb· consensus #15
A first-round grade with the room in agreement — consensus No. 15.
1st Round
bust risk 11%
22
Greedy Williams
LSU· 6'2" · 185 lb· consensus #19
A first-round grade with the room in agreement — consensus No. 19.
1st Round
bust risk 5%
28
Rock Ya-Sin
Temple· 6'0" · 192 lb· consensus #49
A first-round grade the room hasn't caught up to — consensus No. 49.
1st Round
bust risk 18%
30
Trayvon Mullen
Clemson· 6'1" · 199 lb· consensus #69
A first-round grade the room hasn't caught up to — consensus No. 69.
1st Round
bust risk 15%
Day 212 players

The Day 2 tier runs 12 deep, opening with Julian Love out of Notre Dame at No. 35 and closing with Joejuan Williams at No. 96. The drop to Iman Marshall is 10 projected picks: a step, not a cliff. Isaiah Johnson is the argument in this tier — No. 93 on our board against a consensus No. 168.

35
Julian Love
Notre Dame· 5'11" · 195 lb· consensus #46
A Day 2 grade with the room in agreement — consensus No. 46.
Day 2
bust risk 9%
38
Deandre Baker
Georgia· 5'11" · 193 lb· consensus #28
A Day 2 grade with the room in agreement — consensus No. 28.
Day 2
bust risk 10%
40
Justin Layne
Michigan St.· 6'2" · 192 lb· consensus #52
A Day 2 grade with the room in agreement — consensus No. 52.
Day 2
bust risk 11%
63
Sean Murphy-Bunting
Central Michigan· consensus #92
A Day 2 grade the room hasn't caught up to — consensus No. 92.
Day 2
bust risk 20%
67
Jamel Dean
Auburn· 6'1" · 206 lb· consensus #134
A Day 2 grade the room hasn't caught up to — consensus No. 134.
Day 2
bust risk 18%
70
David Long
Michigan· 5'11" · 196 lb· consensus #96
A Day 2 grade the room hasn't caught up to — consensus No. 96.
Day 2
bust risk 0%
Day 316 players

Iman Marshall leads a 16-deep Day 3 group — the meat of the CB board — starting at a projected No. 106 overall. Kendall Sheffield is the tier's dissent — the room ranks him No. 120, our board waits until No. 248.