(UNLOCKED) Travis Hunter and A Day Three Corner That Make Getting Greedy At The Cornerback Position Worth It For The Tennessee Titans
Could the Tennessee Titans still look to add to their cornerback room through the 2025 draft? If so, Travis Hunter and Quincy Reily are studs at the top and flying under the radar.
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The Tennessee Titans find themselves in a position where one could argue need matters little in the grand scheme of team building. With so many holes to fill on their roster, a greater need shouldn't outweigh a better talent.
Daniel Jeremiah of NFL Network said it best: “you can’t marvel at the Eagles talent/depth at OL/DL one month and bemoan your team taking one the next month. You think you have enough talent/depth at those spots but you don’t. Be greedy. Get more.”
In a 2025 draft that is deep and meaty in the middle rounds, but with a generational two-way player for the taking at the top, is there an opportunity could arise for Tennessee to get greedy, and build Dennard Wilson’s secondary for years to come.
Travis Hunter: Elite Aura
Travis Hunter is undoubtedly the top corner in the 2025 draft class. The Heisman winner may also have an argument to be the top reciever. But the conversation around Hunter’s generational potential to be both is one that has draft analysts and NFL teams split.
As for Hunter himself, the confidence that he excudes in his certainty is elctric.
“Ive seperated myself, I have some of the top awards and the biggest award in college football. So yeah, Ive seperated myself.”
Hunters 1443 snaps, and the level of play that most of them came at, are the reasons the Heisman Winner excudes confidence in himself. But nontheless, the doubters still question if that 1000-plus snap potential is obtainable at the next level. When asked if Hunter had to choose just one position to play, he was unwavered in his answer:
“Im gonna play both. That’s not my job to figure it out. I like to play both sides of the ball and if they give me the opportunity to play both sides, Im going to play both sides.”
Hunter undoubtedbly is more of a corner at the next level, given his traits. However, with how needy the Titans are at the wide reciever postion, slotting a guy like Hunter next to Calvin Ridley, with the ability to help on defense, is tantilizing enough to see why he may be the pick at 1.01 for Tennessee.
But if the Titans pass on the confident two-way player for, say, Abdul Carter or a quarterback, could the Titans still get Dennard Wilson more help?
Diamond In The Rough: Quincy Riley
Enter Quincy Riley, cornerback out of Louisville. Currently sitting around an early day three consensus ranking, Riley is on the fast track to becoming one of the biggest diamonds in the rough of the 2025 NFL Draft.
You don't have to look hard to find who Riley is modeling his fast track to success after. His rise in draft season is similar to a Tennessee Titan of a year ago, Jarvis Brownlee Jr.
“Me and Jarvis are really close.”, said Riley during his availability at the NFL Combine.”With him going before me, he lets me know the ins and outs too. They all teach me this process, I'm already ahead of the curve. They taught me everything I need to know.”
One of those draft season fast tracks was attending the senior bowl, where Riley was one of the few standout secondary players of the week. Quick footed, a fluid mover, and sticky in press-man coverage, Quincy rose above the rest making the most of his opportunities in Mobile.
“You’re going up against the best of the best.”, said Riley of the Senior Bowl. “It’s really prepared me for the next level beacuse you’ll be going up against the best people on the planet. So just going down there and being able to compete and dominate, I feel like I’m prepared early.”
Slightly undersized, the Louisville prospect displayed his ability to breakup passes against bigger bodied opponents, and use his hands to pry the ball out when the rep may have been lost otherwise.
These skills: The stickiness and aggressive mindset are a lot of what made Jarvis Brownlee Jr such a sought after commodity, and one of the reasons the Louisville defense has become a press-man factory.
Riley attributes a lot of that success to Lousiville’s cornerbacks coach Steve Ellis, who began coaching both Reilly and Brownlee in 2023.
“I’ve been under Steve Ellis, who’s taught me a bunch of defensive techniques. With him, I feel like Im already ahead of the curve.”
Quincy also talked about the mindset Ellis brings when working with the players in the secondary.
“He made me never feel comfortable with myself no matter what accolade I got and no matter how far I came in college. Everyday he never made me feel like I was above anybody. He’s a hard coach and I appreciate that.”
Riley’s aggressivness and fiesty style are key components to what Dennard Wilson wants for his offense. The fit, similar style to Sneed and Brownlee, as well as his professional outlook could make the Lousiville product an intruiging late day two, early day three pick.
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