The cornerback class for the 2027 NFL Draft is absolutely stacked with talent all across the sport of college football. Nearly a year out from the Draft, ESPN\u2019s Draft experts Matt Miller and Jordan Reid have ranked their top-five cornerback prospects.<\/p>\n
Unsurprisingly, Notre Dame<\/a>\u2018s Leonard Moore<\/a> leads the pack. Not only is Moore tabbed as the top cornerback prospect, but he should very well be in the running to be one of the first selections in the 2027 NFL Draft. The other four corners come from the SEC (three players) and the ACC (one player).<\/p>\n $19.99 gets you a FULL year of On3 | Rivals national coverage<\/a><\/p>\n Miller and Reid\u2019s full list<\/a> is below.<\/p>\n Matt Miller: CB1 Notre Dame\u00a0cornerback\u00a0Leonard Moore\u00a0is the consensus best cornerback in the 2027 NFL Draft class. Across two seasons in South Bend, Moore has emerged as one of the best defensive players in all of college football. He was named a Freshman All-American in 2024 and was tabbed a Unanimous All-American in 2025. In 26 career games, Moore has compiled 79 tackles, 18 pass deflections, seven interceptions, three forced fumbles, and two TFL.<\/p>\n Matt Miller: CB2 Mississippi State\u2018s Kelley Jones is coming off a strong sophomore campaign, in which he totaled 34 tackles, 11 pass deflections, and two interceptions. Jones earned a Third Team All-SEC selection and is poised to be one of the best defensive players in the SEC this season. Across two seasons in Starkville, the Clarksdale, MS boasts 62 career tackles with 12 pass deflections and two interceptions. He will look to join Emmanuel Forbes<\/a> and Decamerion Richardson<\/a> as Miss State corners selected in the last five NFL Draft\u2019s.<\/p>\n Matt Miller: CB3 Ellis Robinson IV enjoyed a strong redshirt freshman season for the Bulldogs, compiling 20 tackles with seven pass deflections and four interceptions. He was named a Second Team All-SEC selection and looks to be a key member of Georgia\u2018s defense, as the Bulldogs seek a return to the College Football Playoff. His interception was key in No. 4 Georgia\u2018s 16-9 win over rival No. 23 Georgia Tech<\/a> last season.<\/p>\n Matt Miller: CB4 Alabama defensive back Zabien Brown was dominant last season. The Santa Ana, CA native compiled 39 tackles, five pass deflections, two interceptions, and one forced fumble. Brown is most well known for his pick-six against Oklahoma<\/a> in the First Round of the 2025-26 College Football Playoff. The touchdown tied the game heading into halftime. The Crimson Tide, which trailed 17-0 at one point, went on to win the game 34-24.<\/p>\n Matt Miller: CB5 Finally, Clemson\u2018s Ashton Hampton rounds out the list of the top-five cornerback prospect in the 2027 NFL Draft class. Hampton emerged as one of the best cornerbacks in the ACC last season. He recorded 45 tackles, eight pass deflections, one sack, and one interception. His play will be key as Clemson looks to bounce back from its first sub-eight win season since 2010, Dabo Swinney<\/a>\u2018s second at the helm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The cornerback class for the 2027 NFL Draft is absolutely stacked with talent all across the sport of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[270980,221233,399,264366,126784,398,396,397,99,169813],"class_list":["post-708022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-ashton-hampton-24-florida-state-univ-school","tag-ellis-robinson-iv-24-img-academy","tag-football","tag-kelley-jones-23-clarksdale","tag-leonard-moore-24-round-rock","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports","tag-zabien-brown-24-mater-dei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708022","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=708022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Jordan Reid: CB1<\/p>\n
Jordan Reid: CB4<\/p>\n
Jordan Reid: CB2<\/p>\n
Jordan Reid: CB5<\/p>\n
Jordan Reid: CB3<\/p>\n