Martel Hight
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.
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NFL Mock Draft Database Feb 28, 2026Martel Hight 2027 NFL Mock Draft Profile — CB - NFL Mock Draft Database
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Sports Illustrated Jun 7, 2026Vanderbilt's Top 67 Moments Of 2025-26. Featuring Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt Basketball and Martel Hight - Sports Illustrated
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NFL Mock Draft Database Feb 28, 2026Martel Hight 2027 NFL Mock Draft Profile — CB - NFL Mock Draft Database
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Sports Illustrated Aug 27, 2025What Martel Hight’s Role Will Look Like on Both Sides of the Ball - Sports Illustrated
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Sports Illustrated Jul 16, 2025"I Don't Know How He Does It." Inside Martel Hight's Transition to Wide Receiver - Sports Illustrated
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Sports Illustrated Jul 9, 2025“We need to get him opportunities," Clark Lea talks Martel Hight's role as two-way piece - Sports Illustrated