For anybody in attendance, one of the biggest winners from the annual Senior Bowl was Auburn cornerback Roger McCreary. The 2021 AP All-American First teamer & All-SEC defensive back showed exactly what he’d done in the SEC the past three years and absolutely haggled defensive backs.
As things stand before the combine, McCreary is generally listed as anywhere from the fourth to eighth-best corner in what is one of the deepest positions in this year’s draft. Headliners like Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner from Cincinnati and Derek Stingley from LSU eat up all the attention for who can go in the top-10 but after that it’s generally a mess trying to determine a consensus on the corner class.
McCreary would have been eligible, any many expected him to leave, for the 2021 NFL draft after a fine junior season. He had 45 total tackles, seven for a loss, and three interceptions with six passes defended. Instead, McCreary returned for a senior season that included 14 passes defended, leading the entire SEC, and a career high 49 tackles. His reward?
