When the Kansas City Chiefs made their bold move to trade three draft picks to move up and acquire Washington cornerback Trent McDuffie during the 2022 NFL Draft, he was hardly a no-brainer prospect.
While he did have some excellent college film, McDuffie was an outlier. With 29.75-inch arms — that’s only in the fifth percentile among cornerbacks — his lack of length was concerning. Since 2010, just one other cornerback with arms under 30 inches — Alabama’s Kareem Jackson — was selected in the first round. He’s been a safety his entire career.