Pro Football Focus' top cornerbacks available in 2021 NFL Draft
The Giants defense finished in the top 10 in scoring in 2020, allowing 22.3 points per game.
A big reason for that was the strong performance of the Big Blue secondary, as the Giants surrendered just 22 passing touchdowns on the season, tied for the fifth-fewest in the NFL.
The Giants will bring back most of the key components of its secondary in 2021, as James Bradberry, Logan Ryan, Xavier McKinney, Julian Love and several others are all set to return. However, that does not mean the team won't look to add to its secondary depth this offseason.
If the Giants do decide to add to its group of cornerbacks in the coming months, there are several intriguing prospects available in the draft.
Here are Pro Football Focus' top 10 cornerbacks in the 2021 NFL Draft:
1. Caleb Farley, Virginia Tech
"Farley has the combo that every team is looking for. From size to speed to length to ball skills, he has already displayed it all. His tape shows a player who could make up any cushion down the field. Unsurprisingly, he's reported to run in the 4.3s, which shows on tape repeatedly." -- PFF's Michael Renner
2. Patrick Surtain II, Alabama
"Surtain is about as polished a college cornerback as you'll see in press-man coverage. It is of very little surprise, given who his father is. His 277 snaps in press-man coverage over the past two seasons are more than anyone else in the draft class. His ability to maintain contact along the route without grabbing or being overtly physical is something many top-flight NFL corners haven't even mastered." -- Renner
3. Jaycee Horn, South Carolina
"Horn is an absolute animal at the cornerback position. He plays every snap like the man across from him personally offended him. It's why you see reps of him demolishing guys fairly regularly." -- Renner
4. Asante Samuel Jr., Florida State
"Samuel doesn't have the size or the length most look for from an outside corner, but he's got pretty much everything else. He may be the single most gifted mover in the cornerback class when you consider speed, burst, agility, change-of-direction ability and leaping ability. He could be described as "plus" in all of those categories." -- Renner
5. Greg Newsome, Northwestern
"Newsome is a super-long and super-smooth cornerback who makes the not-so-easy look easy. His hip-flipping ability is truly second to none in the draft class. It's that ability to alter course on a dime that led to him allowing only 12 catches from 34 targets for 93 yards in six games this season." -- Renner
6. Tay Gowan, UCF
7. Tyson Campbell, Georgia
8. Aaron Robinson, UCF
9. Eric Stokes, Georgia
10. Thomas Graham Jr., Oregon
NFL Media analyst Daniel Jeremiah updated his ranking of the top 50 prospects in the 2021 NFL Draft for the final time before the start of the draft.
No. 50 Georgia CB Eric Stokes
No. 49 Oregon S Jevon Holland
No. 48 LSU WR Terrace Marshall Jr.
No. 47 Notre Dame OT Liam Eichenberg
No. 46 Penn State TE Pat Freiermuth
No. 45 Wisconsin-Whitewater IOL Quinn Meinerz
No. 44 Oklahoma EDGE Ronnie Perkins
No. 43 Alabama DT Christian Barmore
No. 42 Houston EDGE Payton Turner
No. 41 Minnesota WR Rashod Bateman
No. 40 Alabama IOL Landon Dickerson
No. 39 Florida State CB Asante Samuel Jr.
No. 38 Virginia Tech OT Christian Darrisaw
No. 37 North Dakota State OT Dillon Radunz
No. 36 Oklahoma State OT Teven Jenkins
No. 35 Michigan OT Jalen Mayfield
No. 34 Missouri LB Nick Bolton
No. 33 Washington EDGE Joe Tryon
No. 32 Alabama QB Mac Jones
No. 31 Penn State EDGE Jayson Oweh
No. 30 Georgia EDGE Azeez Ojulari
No. 29 Washington DT Levi Onwuzurike
No. 28 Florida WR Kadarius Toney
No. 27 Northwestern CB Greg Newsome II
No. 26 Mississippi WR Elijah Moore
No. 25 North Carolina RB Javonte Williams
No. 24 Tulsa LB Zaven Collins
No. 23 Kentucky LB Jamin Davis
No. 22 Virginia Tech CB Caleb Farley
No. 21 Miami EDGE Jaelan Phillips
No. 20 Alabama RB Najee Harris
No. 19 Clemson RB Travis Etienne
No. 18 Miami EDGE Gregory Rousseau
No. 17 Michigan EDGE Kwity Paye
No. 16 TCU S Trevon Moehrig
No. 15 Notre Dame LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah
No. 14 South Carolina CB Jaycee Horn
No. 13 USC OL Alijah Vera-Tucker
No. 12 Penn State LB Micah Parsons
No. 11 Oregon OT Penei Sewell
No. 10 Northwestern OT Rashawn Slater
No. 9 Alabama CB Patrick Surtain II
No. 8 Ohio State QB Justin Fields
No. 7 North Dakota State QB Trey Lance
No. 6 Alabama WR DeVonta Smith
No. 5 Alabama WR Jaylen Waddle
No. 4 BYU QB Zach Wilson
No. 3 LSU WR Ja'Marr Chase
No. 2 Florida TE Kyle Pitts
No. 1 Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence
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