The NFL Draft is over but NFL Draft season never truly ends. Several Tigers on the 2016 team could work their way into the 2017 draft, this is our series on how that happens.
Aarion Penton, Cornerback (5'10, 190, Sr.)
The first thing people will say about Penton is that he's too short to be a top draft pick in the NFL. This is a sentiment strengthened by a recent trend toward taller/longer corners and popularized by Pete Carroll and Richard Sherman of the Seattle Seahawks.
The nickel defense has become the "base" defense for the majority of NFL teams, which means teams investing in a nickel corner who is both physical against the run but athletic enough to cover in space.