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2020 NFL Draft Big Board: Ranking the Top 10 Cornerbacks

By Jeremiah Bogan

PISCATAWAY, NEW JERSEY - NOVEMBER 16: Shaun Wade #24 of the Ohio State Buckeyes celebrates his interception with teammate Jeff Okudah #1 in the first quarter against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at SHI Stadium on November 16, 2019 in Piscataway, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
PISCATAWAY, NEW JERSEY - NOVEMBER 16: Shaun Wade #24 of the Ohio State Buckeyes celebrates his interception with teammate Jeff Okudah #1 in the first quarter against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at SHI Stadium on November 16, 2019 in Piscataway, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA – SEPTEMBER 07: Patrick Surtain II #2 of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts after intercepting a pass intended for Austin Shaw #13 of the New Mexico State Aggies with Trevon Diggs #7 and Xavier McKinney #15 at Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 07, 2019 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA – SEPTEMBER 07: Patrick Surtain II #2 of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts after intercepting a pass intended for Austin Shaw #13 of the New Mexico State Aggies with Trevon Diggs #7 and Xavier McKinney #15 at Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 07, 2019 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

The 2020 NFL Draft eligible cornerbacks are shaping up to a special one that could see five or six first rounders. Who are the best 10 in the class?

The NFL is throwing the football and spacing out players at an all-time high. There has been a premium placed on guys who can cover and tackle consistently in space.  Finding cornerbacks who can consistently win on an island has become imperative in today’s NFL. NFL coaches are constantly looking for cornerbacks they can use as matchup pieces and they are becoming a priority in the draft, the 2020 NFL Draft will be no different.

An immensely talented group, the 2020 NFL Draft crop of cornerbacks is shaping up to be a special one. Placing this group in order will be the hardest task coming down the line as draft season heats up. This current group of cornerbacks has the chance make up the upper echelon of NFL corners when we look back on this class three years from now. With the possibility of seeing six first rounders from this group, it is a truly elite group no matter how it is separated.

One prospect at the position stands a cut above the rest as a special prospect in this draft class. Are we seeing the best cornerback prospect of the decade?  This crop of cornerbacks is ready to make their mark as the NFL’s next generation of lockdown corners.

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