Chiefs scouting report: Tennessee Volunteers CB Jermod McCoy

The Kansas City Chiefs watched Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson depart for Los Angeles this offseason. The team appears confident in Kristian Fulton and Nohl Williams, but those two cornerbacks played fewer than 700 combined snaps in 2025, while McDuffie and Watson combined for more than 1,500. The Chiefs need to add more cornerback talent during the 2026 NFL Draft.

Tennessee Volunteers cornerback Jermod McCoy might be the best player in the 2026 NFL Draft. Unfortunately, he suffered a torn ACL in January of 2025 that cost him all of last season and part of the pre-draft process. The injury served as a massive setback for McCoy, whom many viewed as a consensus future top-five prospect.

If McCoy returns to his pre-injury form, selecting him with the ninth overall pick would represent one of the biggest steals in the class. McCoy is the most talented cornerback prospect to enter the NFL since Derek Stingley Jr. in 2022, but he might slip below Mansoor Delane due to the injury.

The ACL is such a wrench in the evaluation, but we need to avoid overthinking Jermod McCoy's talent. Without the injury, he would be my highest-graded cornerback since Derek Stingley Jr. #NFLDraft #NFLDraft2026 #2026NFLDraft pic.