Jermod
Mccoy.
Jermod
Mccoy.
Tennessee· 6'0"· 193 lb· 4.38s 40
"Sticky press-man corner with elite ball-tracking on a two-year track — 6 INTs across Oregon State and Tennessee — sliding to Day 3 only because a Jan-2025 ACL wiped his junior year."Pre-draft read
This boundary corner excels in press-man, off-man, and Cover 3 match. He wins early at the line with quick hands to reroute receivers, and his elasticity allows him to flip hips and stay glued through the stem. From off coverage, he reads combo routes and the quarterback's shoulder, triggering on the throw and finishing at the catch point with two hands.
In run support, he leverages effectively to take on stalk blocks and aims low for tackles, though he occasionally over-sets the edge. His distinct advantage is his ball skill, demonstrated by five career interceptions and multiple contested passes broken up at their highest point.
This prospect best fits a Cover-3 match system due to his excellent ball skills, hip fluidity, and long speed to carry vertical routes.
He can start as a Year 1 outside corner in a match-zone scheme, with the ceiling to become a Pro Bowl caliber playmaker.
McCoy would struggle in a purely heavy Cover-2 system that relies on zone integrity over an individual corner's playmaking ability.
His high-level ball production and verified athleticism make him an immediate impact player if medically cleared.
Jermod McCoy | 2024 Tennessee Highlights
Full 2024 season cut-up: press-man reps, mirror against SEC receivers and multiple pass breakups on boundary throws.
Insane One-Handed Interception vs. Vanderbilt
Signature 2024 play — reads the throw in the end zone, high-points with one hand and secures on the way down; the clip that pushed him onto national first-round lists.
Pro Day Analysis (Todd McShay) — 4.38 forty, 38 vertical
March 31, 2026 Pro Day workout at Tennessee: 4.38 forty, 38-inch vertical, 10-7 broad, plus positional drills that reassured teams on the ACL rehab.
Jermod McCoy projects as a valuable outside corner, offering a blend of press-man ability and ball production. His skill set aligns with schemes that prioritize man coverage on the boundary. Teams are buying a player with a limited but high-impact college resume who could develop into a starting-caliber defender.
McCoy's path included twelve starts as a true freshman at Oregon State before becoming a second-team All-SEC selection in his first year at Tennessee, where he recorded four interceptions and thirteen pass breakups in his 2024 season. His junior year was lost to an ACL tear suffered in January 2025. He was medically cleared and tested well at his Pro Day, running a 4.38 forty-yard dash, which reaffirmed his athletic profile after the injury.
Evaluators were split on McCoy due to the ACL injury; teams comfortable with the medical assessment saw him as a top-two corner, while others considered him a mid-Day 2 to early Day 3 prospect. He was eventually selected by the Las Vegas Raiders with the 101st pick in the fourth round, representing a calculated risk for a player who, when healthy, displayed first-round talent.
- 01
Elite ball production
Six career interceptions and 17-plus pass breakups in only 25 college games; eyes fire on the quarterback's shoulder and hands finish rather than swat.
- 02
Press-man foundation
Comfortable in bail, off-press and true press-man; jam is technical, using inside hand to reroute and staying square without opening the gate.
- 03
Hip fluidity to mirror
Transitions in and out of breaks without wasted motion; short-area quickness lets him stay attached on double-moves rather than gambling on the initial stem.
- 04
Long speed re-verified
Ran 4.38 at Tennessee's Pro Day with a 38-inch vertical and 10-7 broad, confirming recovery speed on Vandy and Alabama tape.
- 05
Football character and versatility
Twelve starts as a true freshman, All-SEC in year one at Tennessee, plus punt-return snaps; coaches praised daily preparation.
- 01
Full 2025 season lost to ACL
Torn in January 2025 offseason training, missed every college snap; a lost junior tape means medical, not film, drives the grade.
- 02
Body of work is only two seasons
Twelve starts at Oregon State and thirteen at Tennessee is a shallow sample compared to typical top-40 corners.
- 03
Run-fit discipline lapses
Occasionally over-sets the edge or attacks the stalk too high on outside zone; open-field tackling is willing but not always low or wrapped.
- 04
Play strength against physical X receivers
Frame is closer to 6-0/193 than ideal boundary build; will get shoved on stems by bigger targets and can lose late leverage.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.38sp50
- Vertical
- 38inp50
- Broad jump
- 127inp50
- Three-cone
- —s
- Shuttle
- —s
- Bench
- —rep
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Oregon State | 12 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 | Tennessee | 13 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Career | — | 25 | 75 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Not-quite-elite size, but a smart, technically sound press-man corner who processes route combos and lives on the ball.
Similar boundary press-man corner with quick hands, natural ball skills and a medical narrative that shaped his stock more than tape.
Long, twitchy corner whose ceiling never arrived after early flashes because durability and play strength never stabilized.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
PRE-DRAFT CONTEXT
McCoy's path was compressed. A three-star out of East Texas who barely cracked national recruiting boards, he redshirted the 2022 season at Oregon State, started twelve games as a true freshman in 2023 and left with the rest of the Beaver defense when the Pac-12 collapsed. Tennessee's Tim Banks used him immediately on the boundary in 2024 and got a first-team-quality year: four picks, thirteen pass breakups, an All-SEC nod and one of the season's signature defensive plays against Vanderbilt. The January 2025 ACL tear during offseason training reshaped his cycle. He did the interview and measurement circuit at the February 2026 Combine but did not test, then ran 4.38 with a 38-inch vertical at Tennessee's Pro Day on March 31, which most evaluators treated as a full return-to-form checkpoint. Board split by medical: some rooms kept him top-forty, others slotted him early Day 3.
NFL FIT — LAS VEGAS
The Raiders bought the medical at 101 and got what looks like a genuine first-round evaluation as a fourth-round pick. Fit is clean: they need boundary help opposite their veterans and McCoy's press-man comfort, tested speed and ball production match a scheme that asks corners to travel and turn early. Realistic Year One outlook is nickel and dime packages plus special teams while the knee builds full trust, with a competition for outside starter reps opening as soon as the medical staff greenlights every-down volume. His return skills add a bonus role: he handled six punt returns as a sophomore.
RETROSPECTIVE
The evaluation of McCoy will be judged less on tape and more on medical. If the knee holds, this pick is a steal — a two-year sample of high-level ball production and press-man traits does not usually reach the fourth round. If the knee limits him, the fall was rational risk management. Either way, the Raiders paid a Day 3 premium for a Day 1 body of work, which is the kind of asymmetric bet the board is designed to reward.