The NFL Combine begins this week with interviews starting on Wednesday and then athletic testing beginning on Thursday. While the Los Angeles Rams will not be attending the Combine, they will still be paying attention to the testing and medical data. Here are some players on defense that the Rams should be watching.<\/p>\n
Defensive Line\/EDGE<\/p>\n
Jaishawn Barham, Michigan<\/p>\n
Dontay Corleone, Cincinnati<\/p>\n
Romello Height, Texas Tech<\/p>\n
Quintayvious Hutchins, Boston College<\/p>\n
Domonique Orange, Iowa State<\/p>\n
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The Rams may not draft a defensive lineman or edge rusher as they have young depth at both spots. Behind Jared Verse and Byron Young, the Rams have Josaiah Stewart. Ty Hamilton provides depth on the defensive line. It would take a player like Bain falling for the Rams to address the position before late on Day 3 of the draft. Still, Lee Hunter is one of my favorite players of the class and it will be interesting to see how Hutchins and Young perform in the explosiveness drills. Wesley Williams could be a good value pick on special teams.<\/p>\n
Linebackers<\/p>\n
Justin Jefferson, Alabama<\/p>\n
Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech<\/p>\n
Will the Rams draft a linebacker? They probably need to give Omar Speights some competition going into 2026. At the same time, it\u2019s hard to see a mid to late-round linebacker giving Speights a serious push. Players to watch here will be Eric Gentry and Kyle Louis. Both are very good athletes, but are \u2018tweener\u2019 players. Some teams may see Louis more as a safety because of his size. It will be interesting to see how he tests. Players like Jake Golday and Justin Jefferson are expected to test extremely well.<\/p>\n
Defensive Backs<\/p>\n
CB Brandon Cisse, South Carolina<\/p>\n
CB Domani Jackson, Alabama<\/p>\n
S Jalon Kilgore, South Carolina<\/p>\n
CB Jermod McCoy, Tennessee<\/p>\n
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, Toledo<\/p>\n
S Caleb Downs, Ohio State<\/p>\n
CB Colton Hood, Tennessee<\/p>\n
CB Chris Johnson, San Diego State<\/p>\n
CB D\u2019Angelo Ponds, Indiana<\/p>\n
CB Treydan Stukes, Arizona<\/p>\n
S Dillon Thieneman, Oregon<\/p>\n
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There are a lot of intriguing names among the defensive backs. The most important one from the Rams\u2019 perspective will be Jermod McCoy. How is his health? If the Rams go cornerback at 13th overall, McCoy will be an option and he\u2019s coming off of a torn ACL. Brandon Cisse should test very well. Cisse is a player that has all the athleticism, but is a little raw. When it comes to D\u2019Angelo Ponds, how he measures will be very important. Ponds is smaller, but if his arm length is close to 30-inches, it shouldn\u2019t be a huge concern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL Combine begins this week with interviews starting on Wednesday and then athletic testing beginning on Thursday.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[5888,45580,64,63,169953,238078,138556,133465,10027,232543,253169,253171,253164,190679,253166,38950,133460,224966,17456,6310,238082,253163,1263,5140,5387,593,248691,253165,253170,133467,85,973,1221,3375,192694,253168,253167,253162,169952],"class_list":{"0":"post-503535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arkansas-razorbacks","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-brandon-cisse","13":"tag-bud-clark","14":"tag-byron-young","15":"tag-caleb-downs","16":"tag-cincinnati","17":"tag-defensive-lineman","18":"tag-domani-jackson","19":"tag-dontay-corleone","20":"tag-eric-gentry","21":"tag-jacob-rodriguez","22":"tag-jaishawn-barham","23":"tag-jared-verse","24":"tag-jermod-mccoy","25":"tag-josaiah-stewart","26":"tag-justin-jefferson","27":"tag-knoxville","28":"tag-lander-barton","29":"tag-lee-hunter","30":"tag-los-angeles-rams","31":"tag-miami","32":"tag-minnesota","33":"tag-nfl","34":"tag-nfl-combine","35":"tag-omar-speights","36":"tag-patrick-payton","37":"tag-sonny-styles","38":"tag-sports","39":"tag-tennessee","40":"tag-tennessee-volunteers","41":"tag-texas-tech","42":"tag-the-rams","43":"tag-treydan-stukes","44":"tag-ty-hamilton","45":"tag-wesley-williams","46":"tag-zion-young"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}