Tampa comes in @ #40 in PFF's Top-75 Prospects

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I made a dumb bet with a Hawkeye buddy that Tampa would go before De Jean. Ultimately I think I lose, but might end up much closer than he thought. This bet was fueled by a few beers and my cyclone pride.
 

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TJ Tampa mocked to the Lions in the 1st round at #29 in Kipers new mock this morning!

Here's a corner who might be going a little under the radar. Tampa can start for a team from day one. He played nearly 900 coverage snaps for the Cyclones, and he saw every route. After giving up four touchdown passes as the nearest defender in coverage in 2021, he allowed only three in the next two seasons. He made a massive improvement in 2023. Although Tampa had only three interceptions in college, I think he could be more productive in the NFL.

Detroit, as I wrote in my mock draft in January, struggled in the secondary last season, ranking 30th in passing yards allowed to receivers (3,081). This is where it can get an instant starter.
 
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TJ Tampa mocked to the Lions in the 1st round at #29 in Kipers new mock this morning!

Here's a corner who might be going a little under the radar. Tampa can start for a team from day one. He played nearly 900 coverage snaps for the Cyclones, and he saw every route. After giving up four touchdown passes as the nearest defender in coverage in 2021, he allowed only three in the next two seasons. He made a massive improvement in 2023. Although Tampa had only three interceptions in college, I think he could be more productive in the NFL.

Detroit, as I wrote in my mock draft in January, struggled in the secondary last season, ranking 30th in passing yards allowed to receivers (3,081). This is where it can get an instant starter.
Pretty sure that, oh, say, Friday afternoon (just picking a totally, TOTALLY random moment, of course) TJ isn’t going to be quite so much “under the radar”.