Jermod McCoy

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Las Vegas Raiders in the fourth round (101st overall) of the 2026 NFL Draft, April 25, 2026.

COLLEGE: Played one season at Oregon State (2023) before transferring to Tennessee for his final two seasons (2024-25), seeing action in 25 career games and totaling 75 tackles (42 solo), one tackle for loss, six interceptions, 16 passes defensed and one fumble recovery…Junior (2025): Missed the entirety of his junior season with a knee injury suffered in January of 2025…Sophomore (2024): Started in all 13 games in 2024 and finished with 44 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, four interceptions and 13 passes defensed, earning a semifinalist spot for the Jim Thorpe Award, First Team All-SEC and Second Team All-America honors…Also added six punt returns for 59 yards (9.8 avg.)…Led Tennessee with 13 passes defensed in 2024, the fourth most in the SEC and the fourth most among underclassmen nationally…Also tied for fourth in the SEC with four interceptions…Finished 2024 with an 89.6 coverage grade according to PFF, the third-best grade in the SEC and the ninth-best mark in the FBS among cornerbacks…Allowed only one touchdown during the regular season on 640 total snaps…Started in his UT debut at CB and posted two tackles and recorded one pass breakup vs. Chattanooga (8/31)…Posted three solo tackles in his second consecutive start at corner in win vs. No. 24 NC State (9/7)…Started at corner and logged a PBU and returned one punt for 23 yards in shutout victory over Kent State (9/14)…Earned National DB of the Week honors from the Jim Thorpe Award vs. No. 15 Oklahoma (9/21), registering three tackles, one PBU and his first interception as a Vol, allowing zero completions in 48 snaps…Posted five tackles in 71 defensive snaps at Arkansas (10/5)…Tallied three tackles, a critical fourth-down PBU in the fourth quarter and two punt returns for 34 yards in an overtime victory vs. Florida (10/12)…Posted eight tackles (five solo), 0.5 TFL, one pass breakup and a one-handed interception in the end zone vs. No. 7 Alabama (10/19)…Logged one solo tackle and a pass breakup in win vs. Kentucky (11/2)…Tied for the team lead with seven tackles in the win over Mississippi State (11/9)… Recorded a solo tackle and a pass breakup at No. 12 Georgia (11/16)…Registered a career-high three passes defended vs. UTEP (11/23), including his third pick of the season and a pair of pass breakups in the shutout victory…Notched his fourth pick of the season and finished the regular season finale at Vanderbilt (11/30) with six total tackles…Freshman (2023): Played in 12 games (five starts) at cornerback as a true freshman and led the Beavers with nine passes defensed (seven PBUs, two interceptions) and totaled 31 tackles.

PERSONAL: Prepped at Whitehouse (Texas) High School, where he was a two-way player as a senior, finishing the 2022 campaign with 57 catches for 784 yards and eight touchdowns as a receiver as well as 28 tackles and two interceptions at defensive back…Also shined in the return game, averaging 25.2 yards per kick return and 18.8 yards per punt return as a senior…Earned first team all-league honors at cornerback and wide receiver during his high school career…Lettered in football, baseball and track & field in high school…Won a pair of UIL 5A state titles in the long jump (23-10.5) and triple jump (50-7.75) his senior year and was an all-state baseball player.