Vanderbilt · CB · Sr · 2027 Draft
· Rome, GA · Rome
6-0 · 188 lbs
6.1
Priority UDFA
Floor 5.7 · Ceiling 6.7
#562 overall · #58 CB of 15096
Scouting Verdict
Vanderbilt's most decorated defender arrives at his senior year with receipts: second-team All-SEC as a return man in 2024, a top-10 national PFF coverage grade that same season, and a career-best four interceptions in 2025. Hight is genuinely multi-phase — corner snaps, return duties, even offensive packages in the triple-threat role Clark Lea keeps expanding — and seven career interceptions say the ball skills are real, not situational. However, at 6-0, 188 the frame is light for outside work, and the 2025 line is strange on inspection: four picks against just two passes defensed with tackle totals in the mid-30s, which reads more opportunistic than dominant. He also needs to show the coverage grade of 2024 wasn't the outlier year. Day 3 projection in the 2027 class, where the return-game value is the roster hook and the nickel is his likeliest NFL home.
Ceiling · 6.7
Projected 2026 starter (RCB1) — real opportunity to climb; close to ceiling (+0.6) · up-year team.