Very rarely do the Bengals dabble in the FCS during the NFL Draft. Last year, they spent a fifth-round pick on cornerback Davontae Harris from Illinois State, who went on to make the final roster and play in three games.
This year, they concluded their draft with the selection South Dakota State’s Jordan Brown, another cornerback.
As evident by how the draft panned out, the top of the cornerback class was not highly regarded. But 31 of them ended up getting drafted. Brown was No. 28 to come off the board and will enter a cornerback room in Cincinnati rich with talent at the position.