Cowboys continue CB hunt; host well-traveled first-round prospect on 30 visit
Colton Hood played for 3 schools over the past 3 years and has just 13 college starts. But he's one of the top CBs in this year's draft class.
With less than two weeks to go before the first round of the NFL draft, the Cowboys have used 21 (at the time of this writing) of their allotted 30 national visits. Unsurprisingly, 18 of those 21 slots have gone to defensive prospects as the team clearly plans to use most of its draft capital to fix the numerous issues exposed on that side of the ball in 2025. And of all the national players the club has- to this point- invited to The Star, one-third of them have been cornerbacks, a strong indication that Dallas likely views the position as their biggest need.
Tennessee's Colton Hood is getting a hard look. The Cowboys reportedly brought in the just-turned 21-year-old last weekend, per Nick Harris of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram . That one-on-one session follows a formal meeting with Hood at the scouting combine in Indianapolis.
Of the seven names most outlets list as the top cornerbacks in 2026, the Cowboys have now had four of them in the building for an extended meeting. This past weekend, the Dallas Cowboys hosted Tennessee CB Colton Hood for a 30 visit, sources said. Another potential first-round defender getting the visit treatment in Frisco, Hood also visited with the Seattle Seahawks.
pic. twitter. com/6Ix9WAIuUf — Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) April 10, 2026 Hood has already bounced around a lot on his way to becoming one of the top prospects in this year's draft class.