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2024 NFL draft: Jaguars pick CB Deantre Prince in fifth round

Jacksonville adds its second cornerback of the 2024 NFL draft in the fifth round, Deantre Prince from Ole Miss

The Jaguars selected Ole Miss cornerback Deantre Prince with the No. 153 overall pick in the fifth round of the 2024 NFL draft on Saturday.

Prince, 6-foot, 183 pounds, is the second cornerback Jacksonville has selected in this year’s draft, following Florida State cornerback Jarrian Jones on Day 2.

Despite his middling three-star status as a high school recruit, Prince made an immediate impact with Ole Miss as a true freshman in 2019, intercepting two passes and 25 tackles in 12 games.

But Prince entered the NCAA transfer portal that offseason — “I wasn’t prepared for the college life and the things I had to do,” Prince told the Daily Journal — and ended up at Northeast Mississippi Community College for the 2020 campaign.

He returned to Ole Miss in 2021 and quickly re-emerged as a playmaker in the Rebels’ secondary, a title he held on to for the next three seasons.

Between 2021-23, Prince recorded 121 tackles, six tackles for loss, one sack, four interceptions, 23 pass breakups and two forced fumbles. He allowed a completion percentage of 50.8%, per Pro Football Focus, with opposing quarterbacks going 67-of-132 when targeting him in coverage.

At the 2024 NFL combine, Prince posted a 4.38-second 40-yard dash, a 1.47-second 10-yard split, a 34 and 1./2-inch vertical jump and a 125-inch broad jump.

Before Prince, Jacksonville picked LSU wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. at No. 23 in the first round, LSU defensive tackle Maason Smith at No. 48 in the second round, Jones at No. 96 in the third round, and Missouri offensive tackle Javon Foster at No. 114 and LSU defensive tackle Jordan Jefferson at No. 116 in the fourth round.

Jaguars’ remaining 2024 NFL draft picks

  • Round 5, Pick 167 (via Minnesota)
  • Round 6, Pick 212
  • Round 7, Pick 236

Colts hosting Ole Miss CB Deantre Prince on official pre-draft visit

The Colts are reportedly hosting Ole Miss cornerback Deantre Prince on an official pre-draft visit. Here is what you need to know.

The Indianapolis Colts will host Ole Miss cornerback Deantre Prince on an official pre-draft visit, according to Tony Pauline.

Each team is permitted to have 30 of these pre-draft meetings. It’s an opportunity for the player to come to the facility, where the team is able to have one-on-one time with them to go over film, see how they would fit in the locker room, and to go through medicals if needed.

Prince measures in at 6-0 and weighs 183 pounds. He recorded a so-so Relative Athletic Score (RAS) of 6.61 but did run a 4.38-second 40-yard dash and post a 10-5 broad jump. The bench press, vertical, and 3-cone tests are what brought his overall RAS down.

Prince played 2,611 career defensive snaps at Ole Miss, most of which came lined up on the boundary. Prince also has special teams experience, playing 341 snaps across four phases.

For his career on defense, Prince has allowed a completion rate of just 52 percent and 13.6 yards per catch, with six interceptions and four pass breakups over four seasons.

Prince has been a very sound tackler over his career as well, missing only 13 of his 140 attempts over the last three seasons. This has contributed to him being one of PFF’s higher graded run defenders at the cornerback position as well.

For more on Prince’s game, Lance Zierlein of NFL.com had this to say in his pre-draft report:

“Starter for the better part of three years while at Ole Miss. Prince plays with an upright posture and lacks desired hip fluidity in his transitions. He could become a more effective press corner but needs to play with greater physicality and effort.

“He allows receivers ample workspace as route runners due to the amount of deep zone coverage Ole Miss runs but might have the athletic ability to squeeze routes tighter if asked to play more man. He has average instincts and an average nose for the football. His size and willingness in run support help and could make him a Day 3 selection with a chance to become a CB4/5.”

Cornerback remains the biggest need for the Colts in this year’s draft and a position they will have to address in the early portion of the draft. With how deep this year’s cornerback class is, the Colts will likely have the opportunity to double-dip at this position later on in the draft as well.

Prince is PFF’s 278th-rated prospect overall and their 28th-rated cornerback in this class.

Ole Miss CB Deantre Prince reportedly scheduled to visit Jaguars

The Jaguars are set to take a closer look at an under-the-radar cornerback prospect from Ole Miss.

The Jacksonville Jaguars will host Ole Miss cornerback Deantre Prince on a Top 30 visit ahead of the 2024 NFL draft, according to Ryan Fowler of The Draft Network.

In four seasons with Ole Miss, Prince recorded six interceptions, six tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, and 27 passes defended.

The 6’0, 183-pound corner put up impressive numbers at the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine where he recorded a 4.38 40-yard dash and 125-inch broad jump.

While Fowler says there’s “substantial buzz” around Prince, including “multiple private workouts,” few expect the Ole Miss alum to land early in the 2024 NFL draft. Lance Zierlein of NFL.com wrote that he “could” be a Day 3 selection with “a chance to become a CB4/5.” In a recent seven-round mock draft from Matt Miller of ESPN, Prince wasn’t selected.

Jacksonville added cornerback Ronald Darby in free agency, but that only filled the void left by the team’s decision to release Darious Williams. The Jaguars adding more talent at the position in the draft appears likely.

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2024 Scouting Combine: Seven cornerbacks detail their favorite college plays

At the 2024 scouting combine, we asked seven different cornerbacks for their favorite NCAA plays, and got some great answers.

INDIANAPOLIS — Unless you are somehow able to gain access to one of the rooms in which NFL teams meet with draft prospects during the week of the scouting combine, there’s no way to know what’s really discussed. One thing that is almost always happens is a tape-watching expedition in which the NFL people will have play examples dialed up that hopefully show what the prospects can do.

Here at Touchdown Wire, we do not possess the required juice to crash those rooms, but we are able to ask these prospects during their combine media sessions which plays from their college careers best typify their potential.

On Thursday, we asked seven different cornerback prospects — Iowa’s Cooper DeJean, Kentucky’s Andru Phillips, Wake Forest’s Caelen Carson, Pitt’s M.J. Devonshire, Oregon’s Khyree Jackson, and Ole Miss’s Deantre Prince — for their favorite collegiate plays. These are the ones they’d like to show to NFL teams this week as indicators of their finest work.