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Scouting Report
July 29, 2026
John Nestor #17
Minnesota · CB · Sr · 2027 Draft
· Chicago, Ill. · Marist
6-1 · 205 lbs
6.7
Day 3 Caliber
Floor 6.3 · Ceiling 7.0
#257 overall · #26 CB of 15102
Scouting Verdict
Breakout boundary corner whose 2025 was built on takeaways — six interceptions and six breakups across 10 games at Minnesota after transferring from Iowa, earning Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week and a Bednarik weekly nod. Six picks is a real number; it says he baits routes and finishes on the ball, and 50 tackles show he'll come up and support the run. However, the whole case is one year — he had zero interceptions in limited Iowa time before this — and six-pick seasons are notoriously hard to repeat, so the projection needs the 2026 tape to prove the ball production is a skill, not a spike. A legitimate one-year ball-producing Power-conference starter; a fringe pro whose grade hinges on doing it twice.
Ceiling · 7.0
Projected 2026 starter (LCB1) — real opportunity to climb; close to ceiling (+0.3).