CHARLOTTE – Some numbers related to Corn Elder suggest that the Panthers got him right around where they should have, using their fifth-round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft to select the University of Miami cornerback.
But Mike Rumph, Elder's position coach at Miami, has some dissenting thoughts on Elder's modest size and interception totals, not to mention his rightful pecking order in the draft class.
"I was surprised because I know his talent. To me, he probably could have been a late first-round or early second-round pick," Rumph said. "You're getting a true football player.