2023 will be a good year for NFL teams needing cornerback talent in the draft. In Touchdown Wire’s latest mock draft, we had five cornerbacks going in the first round. The placement of those players — Georgia’s Kelee Ringo, Penn State’s Joey Porter Jr., Utah’s Clark Phillips III, South Carolina’s Cam Smith, and Oregon’s Christian Gonzalez — depends on NFL team preferences, but there’s a lot of talent at the position, and players who should be able to help their NFL teams right away.
There are other cornerbacks who will be taken in the later rounds, but as it stands right now, it’s quite possible that of all the prospects at the position in this group, Porter — the son of the former Pittsburgh Steelers, Miami Dolphins, and Arizona Cardinals linebacker, as well as the Steelers’ former defensive assistant and outside linebackers coach — is the best of them all.
