2023 NFL Draft: What Is Kelee Ringo’s Current Draft Stock?

The NFL Draft is in 72 days. The NFL Scouting Combine is in 12 days. That means draft prep is nearing and there are many players out there that are looking to improve their stock before they hope to hear their name called in April.

A certain player from Georgia named Kelee Ringo has a tremendous chance to do just that over the next few weeks. Ringo has all the physical traits you want in a DB, 6’2 205, and a top speed of 22.8 MPH. All those things are going to help him go higher in this draft.

Right now, mock drafts have Ringo anywhere from a top-ten pick to a mid to late second-round pick. You could argue that he could be picked anywhere in the draft. Ringo had what most people called an up-and-down season.

NFL Draft analyst Matt Miller offered up some really good insight into what Ringo would need to work on to fit most teams’ schemes, but also what type of scheme he will fit into right now. Miller said that “the ability to start and stop and change direction is where he struggled.” Most people could look at a film and tell you that. It really showed against LSU and Ohio State when Ringo was tasked with guarding receivers that have a large route tree and are able to make those hard and quick cuts getting you off balance. That is something that is able to be fixed in the NFL and depending on what scheme he lands in, it will be.

Now let’s say that Ringo lands on a team that likes to run a lot of Cover three defense. To keep it simple, a cover-three defense is when three players drop back deep and four players play shallow coverage. It keeps everything in front of you so you aren’t getting beat over the top or on comeback routes. This would be beneficial to Ringo so that he can focus on everything in front of him and not be forced to latch on to a receiver and cover him all over the field.

We know Kelee Ringo has the ability to be a shutdown cornerback on the next level, the question is will he be willing to take on the challenge of being coached up by all of the coaches and working to get better at his skills during the first few years of his career.