NFL Draft: Cornerbacks

People have already said a lot about Peterson, Amukumara, Smith, and Harris so I'll give you my 4 corners who I don't think have received enough love and who will add very talented depth to a needing NFL team.

Second Tier Corners
Aaron Williams CB Texas

Started on the right side for Texas in his Junior season, played all 3 years for the Longhorns.

Pros- Great footwork and feel for the game.  Makes the right reads and positions his body in the best place to make a play.  Plays very physical against wideouts and is an eager and competent tackler.  Makes good breaks on the ball and contests every throw.  Good in press coverage especially in the redzone.

Cons- The big question mark is whether he can defend the deep ball in the NFL as he had a hard enough time doing it in the Big 12.  Its not that he's slow, but he loses speed when turning and is a long strider so he'll need to correct that part of his game, otherwise could make the transition to Cover Safety like Antrel Rolle and Malcolm Jenkins.

Ras-I Dowling CB Virginia
A tall corner in the mold of Antonio Cromartie (except he likes to tackle).  Played all 4 years at University of Virginia.

Pros- The guy is a very accomplished corner.  Asked to play in a lot of man and deep coverage in college, he is capable of adjusting his game using different techniques.  Plays the deep ball well and shows good pop when tackling.  Has potential to fit into any NFL scheme.

Cons- Will get upright a little too quickly and allows too large a cushion vs. underneath throws.  Could do a better job pattern reading and picking up a man who runs into his zone.  Not a guy who has proven excellent awareness, but that's not to say its bad.

Sleepers
Shareece Wright CB USC
An old head over at Southern Cal, has a very interesting career-- missing a year to academic eligibility and then another to injury.

Pros- Great tackler who loves contact.  Spent 5 years in USC's heavy cover 2 scheme and shows an outstanding feel for it.  Makes excellent reads against the run and pass alike.  Competent press man who shows some blitzing skills.  Also makes some heads up plays that proves he has a great understanding of football.

Cons- He really only has 1 year of film under his belt and likewise 1 year of real college football.  Really a project guy who will need someone in the NFL to realize he has the best years of football in front of him.

Ryan Hill CB Miami-FL
Another 5 year corner, played boundary corner and has experience on all sides of the ball as he took snaps as a wide-receiver earlier in his career and played intermittently as return man for the Hurricanes.

Pros- High motor guy who never takes a play off.  Runs well with wideouts and stays in phase with deep routes.  Shows violent hitting ability not characteristic of return men, and has no qualms with mixing it up.  Could be a valuable special teams cover man.

Cons- Like Wright he doesn't have a lot of film and an injury question mark on his resume.  But every team is in need of a high effort versatile player like Hill who just needs some polish and consistency at the same position.