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Why Jermod McCoy is Officially in Play for Bengals in First Round of 2026 NFL Draft

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🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The Cincinnati Bengals are in the market for a defensive star. Could Tennessee Volunteers cornerback Jermod McCoy be that guy? James Rapien and Jake Liscow react to McCoy's pro day, explain why he could be the top cornerback taken, plus they explain why the Bengals could be comfortable taking the former Volunteer with the 10th pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. They also discuss D'Angelo Ponds, Chris Johnson and other possible day 2 cornerback targets in this year's draft!

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0:00.0

Maude McCoy answered some big questions about his health with an impressive pro day.

0:05.6

DiAngelo Pons joins the list of impressive cornerback athletes in this draft.

0:10.2

And how does that impact the Bengals plans?

0:12.6

Let's get into it.

0:19.2

You are locked on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.

0:24.5

Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.

0:30.6

Well-up, Bengals fans, and welcome to another episode of the Lockdown Bengals podcast.

0:34.2

He's James Rapine. I'm Jake L's go. And today we are talking cornerbacks,

0:38.2

specifically a couple of cornerbacks that have tested in the last couple of days at their

0:43.3

respective pro days. Ramon McCoy really stands out. And we selected him in our mock draft Monday

0:49.3

this week on the presumption that he would be able to work out at his pro day and work out he did and

0:56.0

impress he did. That's where we're going to start the show as we discuss the many options for

1:01.8

the Bengals at cornerback, in my opinion really seemingly from rounds one to round four. And we'll

1:07.8

get into this, of course, in more depth with some scouting report notes on each of these players and each of the targets that the Bengals will have on days one, two, three of the draft in the future.

1:19.9

But today, we're going to be talking about some of the more recent news that has emerged among corners.

1:26.9

And some of the trends we're noticing around

1:29.5

cornerbacks and where they will be drafted in 2026 and James Drummond McCoy is where we start

1:35.8

and we alluded to this yesterday as well he impressed at his pro day he he ran a 40 he did did some jumps, didn't do agilitys, but nobody really

1:46.8

does agilities anymore. So it's hard to be critical of anyone really at this point in the process

1:52.2

and single anyone out for not doing agility test, because hardly anyone seems to run the three

1:56.9

cone in the short shuttle anymore. But a really good number for Jamal McCoy in the 40

2:01.7

and really impressive jumps as well that seem to indicate that he is a high-end athlete

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