{"id":605529,"date":"2026-04-25T12:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/605529\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T12:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:08:09","slug":"jermod-mccoy-projected-to-be-drafted-in-round-1-is-still-available-heading-into-round-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/605529\/","title":{"rendered":"Jermod McCoy, projected to be drafted in Round 1, is still available heading into Round 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before the draft, Tennessee cornerback Jermod McCoy was a betting favorite to go in the first round. He didn\u2019t. He also didn\u2019t hear his name called in the second round. Or the third.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into Day Three of the draft, McCoy is now just hoping to get drafted in the fourth round, as concerns about a knee injury have tanked his draft stock.<\/p>\n<p>A second-team All-American in 2024, McCoy missed the entire 2025 college football season after tearing an ACL while working out in the offseason. But he was expected to make a full recovery and be ready to go as a rookie. McCoy worked out at Tennessee\u2019s Pro Day, and from all accounts appeared to be in great shape.<\/p>\n<p>But news emerged last week that NFL team doctors are concerned that <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/report-university-of-tennessee-cb-jermod-mccoy-could-require-another-surgery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">McCoy could need another knee surgery<\/a>, to repair a bone plug for a cartilage defect in McCoy\u2019s knee. And that if the second surgery doesn\u2019t go well, McCoy might never fully recover.<\/p>\n<p>Some team will almost certainly take a chance on McCoy on Saturday. But his NFL future no longer looks so bright, as that knee injury represents a dark cloud over a once-bright prospect\u2019s future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before the draft, Tennessee cornerback Jermod McCoy was a betting favorite to go in the first round. He&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[99],"class_list":{"0":"post-605529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}