This year’s top cornerback prospect will be part of the 2022 draft. As expected, LSU’s Derek Stingley Jr. will forgo his senior season and enter his name in the draft, he announced via The Players’ Tribune.
Stingley has long been viewed as one of the top talents eligible for this year’s draft. ESPN.com’s Todd McShay lists the 6-foot-1 defender as his No. 4 overall prospect, well clear of the other draft-eligible corners.
A Baton Rouge, La., native, Stingley broke through as a freshman for LSU’s unbeaten national champion squad in 2019. Stingley intercepted six passes in his first college season. While he did not notch any picks over his final two years at the SEC school, injuries limited the elite prospect to just 10 games since that freshman slate.
Stingley underwent season-ending foot surgery in October, limiting him to three games as a junior. He came to LSU as a five-star recruit, having run a 4.30-second 40-yard dash prior to debuting with the Tigers.
LSU has seen defenders Devin White, Patrick Queen and K’Lavon Chaisson be drafted in Round 1 in recent years. Tre’Davious White was the Tigers’ most recent first-round cornerback pick, being chosen 27th overall in 2017. Derek Stingley is the grandson of former Patriots wide receiver starter Darryl Stingley, who was paralyzed by a hit during a preseason game in 1978.
Closing comments on practically every article drastically lowers the quality of this app
It seems that they really only get closed when stuff gets political, which shouldn’t be allowed, or when commentators start sniping at each other a lot. The article about the Athletic getting sold went off the rails pretty quickly.
And stuff about COVID sometimes – I think they were tired of people talking about the vaccine
All forms of censorship are bullshit