Why Jermod McCoy is falling in the NFL Draft
· Yahoo Sports
Jermod McCoy, one of the best cornerbacks in the 2026 NFL Draft is dropping like a rock. Unfortunately for McCoy, this became an obvious possibility earlier in the week as it was revealed that a knee issue might cost him another season play.
McCoy is coming off of a 2025 season where he didn’t play a single snap, thanks to an ACL tear suffered during offseason training roughly 15 months ago. Still, his 2024 tape warranted his first-round status, making his situation a tough one for NFL teams to weigh out. The issue isn’t related to the ACL recovery, apparently. It’s a degenerative cartilage problem for McCoy, which we first heard about this week.
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NFL analyst Charles Robinson went deeper on the situation late on Friday night.
Understanding Jermod McCoy’s slide into the third day of the draft… pic.twitter.com/8zgQPb0Jm9
— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) April 25, 2026
McCoy was projected as high as the top ten, but the injury questions pushed him down to the late first in most mock drafts. It quickly became apparent that McCoy was going to go later than that, as teams continued to pass on him during the second and third round.
McCoy will now hope to hear his name called on Saturday, though it seems like he might have to take a redshirt rookie season to address the cartilage issue.