Yesterday, we looked at the college production of 35 draft-eligible cornerbacks. Now we're going to check out their athletic markers and see which prospects emerge as the most productive AND most athletic.
As the great O.C.C. shared in an earlier post on the linebackers in this year's draft, the NFL is obsessed with athleticism. No matter how fast a defender might recognize or diagnose, no matter how diligently he plays with technique, if a prospective NFL athlete doesn't don't meet certain athletic thresholds, he has little chance of being drafted and no chance of making an impact.