Around this time last year, there was a lot of hype around a pair of rookie corners. Joey Porter Jr. obviously panned out, receiving at least some votes for Defensive Rookie of the Year and setting himself up to be one of the top lockdown corners in the NFL in his second season. Cory Trice Jr. was receiving similar hype as a seventh-round pick, but that all came to a screeching halt when he suffered a torn ACL on the first day of padded practice at training camp.
Throughout the spring practices last year, Porter and Trice were both receiving praise as “avatar corners” due to their unnatural length and athleticism at the cornerback position.