Will Pat Coogan start for Titans? Meet 6th-round pick, Cam Ward's potential anchor
Did the Tennessee Titans find a starting center in the sixth round of the 2026 NFL Draft? Meet Pat Coogan, the Indiana and Notre Dame product who'll fight for the job.
Hey, it worked with Jason Kelce . Kelce, the best center ― and arguably the best offensive lineman ― of the last 20 years, was a sixth-round pick , No. 191, by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2011.
He started 16 games as a rookie and never looked back, launching a future Pro Football Hall of Fame career with seven Pro Bowl nods, six first-team All-Pro honors and a Super Bowl ring to his name Read Kelce's pre-draft scouting report from NFL. com and it flatly tells you that Kelce didn't have the size or power to project as an NFL starter . He had good feet and the right mentality, but that wasn't considered enough.
So much for that. Fifteen years later, the center-needy Titans used a sixth-round pick, No. 194, on Pat Coogan.
His pre-draft NFL. com scouting report grades him as an "average backup or special teamer. " Coogan's hardly a perfect prospect, but every indication is the Titans will give him the opportunity to compete for the starting job snapping to QB Cam Ward and anchoring the offensive front the way his best-case scenario comparison did.
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