2017 NFL Combine roster: Cornerbacks
By John Buhler
The defensive backs will be in full force at the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. Here are the cornerbacks that will be going to the combine.
The 2017 NFL Scouting Combine will begin in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Feb. 28 when the first groups of players arrive to be medically evaluated. For the next week, Indianapolis will be the center of the NFL universe, which it always is this time of the year annually.
One of the last groups of players to arrive in Indianapolis for the combine will be the cornerbacks. They will get to Lucas Oil Stadium on Friday, Mar. 3 and will depart the scouting combine on Monday, Mar. 6.
There should be a great deal of players able to help NFL secondaries at all levels of the 2017 NFL Draft. Here are the cornerbacks that will be participating in the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine.
- Brian Allen, Utah Utes
- Chidobe Awuzie, Colorado Buffaloes
- Chuck Clark, Virginia Tech Hokies
- Jeremy Clark, Michigan Wolverines
- Gareon Conley, Ohio State Buckeyes
- Treston Decoud, Oregon State Beavers
- Rasul Douglas, West Virginia Mountaineers
- Corn Elder, Miami Hurricanes
- Shaquill Griffin, UCF Golden Knights
- Nate Hairston, Temple Owls
- Marlon Humphrey, Alabama Crimson Tide
- Adoree’ Jackson, USC Trojans
- Sidney Jones, Washington Huskies
- Damontae Kazee, San Diego State Aztecs
- Kevin King, Washington Huskies
- Ashton Lampkin, Oklahoma State Cowboys
- Brendan Langley, Lamar Cardinals
- Marshon Lattimore, Ohio State Buckeyes
- Jourdan Lewis, Michigan Wolverines
- William Likely, Maryland Terrapins
- Art Maulet, Memphis Tigers
- Fabian Moreau, UCLA Bruins
- Jalen Myrick, Minnesota Golden Gophers
- Ezra Robinson, Tennessee State Tigers
- Sojourn Shelton, Wisconsin Badgers
- Channing Stribling, Michigan Wolverines
- Cameron Sutton, Tennessee Volunteers
- Teez Tabor, Florida Gators
- Cordrea Tankersley, Clemson Tigers
- Jack Tocho, North Carolina State Wolfpack
- Marquez White, Florida State Seminoles
- Tre’Davious White, LSU Tigers
- Howard Wilson, Houston Cougars
- Quincy Wilson, Florida Gators
- Ahkello Witherspoon, Colorado Buffaloes
Some of the bigger names of this year’s cornerback draft class are Alabama’s Marlon Humphrey, USC’s Adoree Jackson, and Washington’s Sidney Jones. Humphrey will likely be the first cornerback taken in this upcoming draft, possibly going as high as No. 5 to the Tennessee Titans.
Jackson and Jones are to some degree tweeners. They could go in the first round, and probably will, as their is not a great deal of elite cornerbacks at the top of this draft class. However, they should highlight the day two selections should they drop to round two.
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Other players from this group to keep an eye on are San Diego State’s Damontae Kazee, Michigan’s Jourdan Lewis, and LSU’s Tre’Davious White. All three of these cornerbacks had their moments of excellence in the 2017 Reese’s Senior Bowl done in Mobile.