Saints Draft: A two-time championship winning cornerback
The New Orleans Saints have a very important draft coming up where they must get their first pick in the draft, the 40th pick, right. If I had to guess, I'd say this pick will go defense, just based on all of the different defenders that will be available at the pick. Not to mention, […]
The New Orleans Saints have a very important draft coming up where they must get their first pick in the draft, the 40th pick, right. If I had to guess, I'd say this pick will go defense, just based on all of the different defenders that will be available at the pick.
Not to mention, the defensive side of the ball has more needs than the offense does. Their biggest need in my opinion is the secondary. They drafted Alonte Taylor from Tennessee last season and should look to continue to add to the unit.
Kelee Ringo, the two-time national champion at Georgia, should be a guy they take a look at.
Like Taylor last season, Ringo will be a guy that still needs some development, but his potential is crazy. Ringo is the 45th-ranked player in the draft per Pro Football Focus and is the sixth-best cornerback in the draft by their standards.
There is one thing though that sets him apart from the rest of the cornerbacks in the draft. Ringo is the third-biggest cornerback in the entire draft when you factor in the combination of both height and weight.
At 6'2" 210 pounds, Ringo is still pretty quick and knows how to use his size to be physical on the point of attack and off the line of scrimmage. You won't see too many receivers moving him out of the way. Ringo has the right size and skill set to play press-heavy defense as the corner on the outside.
The one thing that, may shy teams away from him in the draft is his statistics, where he allowed over 500 receiving yards this past fall, which isn't great at all. But, as I said earlier, he is a developmental guy. He showed in just his second season that he can play great at times. He just needs to build that consistency up.
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