The NFL is a copycat league. So when you see the success that some teams have had in recent times like the Seattle defensive backs and the Baltimore defensive backs, other will try to follow suit. Even three weeks removed from Superbowl 49, we all remember the clinching play of the game being an interception by a non-starting defensive back. There are two ways to shut down a passing game, either get pressure on the quarterback or play great, tight, coverage in the secondary. Unfortunately for teams this year, the 2015 class doesn’t flash too many, if any, shutdown corners, but as always, with the right coaching, almost anyone can be a Superbowl hero.
This year’s class highlights one top Strong Safety in Alabama’s Landon Collins and one top Free Safety in Gerod Holliman of Louisville. Besides those two players, everyone else seems to be a 2nd round pick or lower. There doesn’t seem to be a stand cornerback either, but Michigan State’s Trae Waynes does get named 1st or 2nd on most scouts list. After Waynes is Jalen Collins from LSU, Kevin Johnson from Wake Forrest, Alex Carter from Stanford, Florida State cornerbacks Ronald Darby and PJ Williams, to go with Jacoby Glenn of Central Florida. Most of the cornerbacks in this year’s class seem to be interchangeable and the combine drill may be able to help separate some of them.
Below is a list of all the heights, weights, arm lengths, and hand lengths of all the defensive backs from the 2015 NFL Combine.
| Name | School | Height | Weight | Arm | Hand |
| Amos, Adrian | Penn State | 6’0 | 218 | 32 1/4 | 9 1/8 |
| Bonner, Detrick | Virginia Tech | 6’0 | 207 | 31 1/7 | 8 7/8 |
| Campbell, Ibraheim | Northwestern | 5’11 | 208 | 30 3/8 | 10 1/4 |
| Carter, Alex | Stanford | 6’0 | 196 | 32 1/8 | 9 1/8 |
| Celiscar, D.C. | Western Michigan | 5’11 | 194 | 31 3/8 | 9 1/4 |
| Coleman, Justin | Tennessee | 5’11 | 185 | 31 1/4 | 9 3/8 |
| Collins, Jalen | LSU | 6’1 | 203 | 32 1/8 | 9 3/8 |
| Collins, Landon | Alabama | 6’0 | 228 | 31 1/2 | 9 3/8 |
| Cox, Justin | Mississippi State | 6’1 | 191 | 31 1/4 | 9 |
| Darby, Ronald | Florida State | 5’11 | 193 | 31 3/8 | 8 5/8 |
| Diggs, Quandre | Texas | 5’8 | 196 | 29 5/8 | 9 5/8 |
| Doss, Lorenzo | Tulane | 5’10 | 182 | 29 3/4 | 9 |
| Drummond, Kurtis | Michigan State | 6’1 | 208 | 32 1/4 | 10 3/8 |
| Ekpre-Olomu, Ifo | Oregon | 5’9 | 192 | 30 7/8 | 9 5/8 |
| Eskridge, Durell | Syracuse | 6’2 | 208 | 32 3/8 | 9 5/8 |
| Gaines, Charles | Louisville | 5’10 | 180 | 31 3/8 | 8 3/4 |
| Geathers, Clayton | Central Florida | 6’2 | 218 | 31 5/8 | 9 1/8 |
| Glenn, Jacoby | Central Florida | 6’0 | 179 | 31 1/4 | 8 5/8 |
| Golson, Senquez | Ole Miss | 5’9 | 176 | 29 3/4 | 9 3/8 |
| Grant, Doran | Ohio State | 5’10 | 200 | 30 1/4 | 9 3/8 |
| Gunter, Ladarius | Miami (FL) | 6’1 | 202 | 31 1/2 | 9 5/8 |
| Hackett, Chris | TCU | 6’0 | 195 | 31 1/2 | 9 7/8 |
| Harris, Anthony | Virginia | 6’1 | 183 | 31 | 9 1/4 |
| Hill, Troy | Oregon | 5’10 | 182 | 29 1/2 | 8 3/4 |
| Holliman, Gerod | Louisville | 6’0 | 218 | 32 | 9 1/2 |
| Jarrett, Kyshoen | Virginia Tech | 5’10 | 200 | 31 | 9 3/4 |
| Jefferson, A.J. | UCLA | 6’1 | 198 | 31 1/2 | 8 1/2 |
| Johnson, Kevin | Wake Forest | 6’0 | 188 | 31 | 8 3/8 |
| Jones, Byron | UConn | 6’1 | 199 | 32 | 10 |
| Mager, Craig | Texas State | 5’11 | 201 | 29 3/4 | 9 1/ 4 |
| Marlowe, Dean | James Madison | 6’1 | 203 | 31 | 8 3/4 |
| McCain, Bobby | Memphis | 5’9 | 195 | 30 1/2 | 9 |
| McDonald, Tevin | Eastern Washington | 5’11 | 195 | 29 3/4 | 9 |
| Nelson, Steven | Oregon State | 5’10 | 197 | 30 5/8 | 9 1/4 |
| Peters, Garry | Clemson | 6’0 | 191 | 31 1/2 | 10 |
| Peters, Marcus | Washington | 6’0 | 197 | 31 1/2 | 8 3/8 |
| Prewitt, Cody | Ole Miss | 6’2 | 208 | 32 5/8 | 9 1/8 |
| Randall, Damarious | Arizona State | 5’11 | 196 | 30 1/4 | 8 5/8 |
| Richards, Jordan | Stanford | 5’11 | 211 | 32 1/2 | 9 3/8 |
| Rollins, Quinten | Miami (OH) | 5’11 | 195 | 30 1/4 | 9 |
| Rowe, Eric | Utah | 6’1 | 205 | 31 1/2 | 9 1/2 |
| Sample, James | Louisville | 6’2 | 209 | 32 | 9 1/2 |
| Shaw, Josh | Southern Cal | 6’0 | 201 | 30 3/4 | 9 |
| Shepherd, JaCorey | Kansas | 5’11 | 199 | 30 5/8 | 8 5/8 |
| Smith, D’Joun | Florida Atlantic | 5’10 | 187 | 30 3/8 | 8 1/8 |
| Smith, Derron | Fresno State | 5’10 | 200 | 29 3/4 | 9 |
| Smith, Tye | Towson | 6’0 | 195 | 32 | 8 3/4 |
| Swann, Damian | Georgia | 6’0 | 189 | 31 | 8 7/8 |
| Tartt, Jaquiski | Samford | 6’1 | 221 | 32 3/8 | 9 7/8 |
| Waynes, Trae | Michigan State | 6’0 | 186 | 31 | 8 1/4 |
| White, Kevin | TCU | 5’9 | 183 | 30 1/8 | 8 3/8 |
| Whitehead, Jermaine | Auburn | 5’11 | 197 | 31 | 9 3/8 |
| Williams, P.J. | Florida State | 6’0 | 194 | 31 | 8 5/8 |
| Wilson, Julian | Oklahoma | 6’2 | 205 | 32 3/8 | 9 1/4 |
