| No. 31 – Denver Broncos | |||||||||
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| Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | October 4, 2001 Mobile, Alabama, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 178 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Spanish Fort (Spanish Fort, Alabama) | ||||||||
| College: | Missouri (2020–2023) | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2024 / round: 5 / pick: 145 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 18, 2024 | |||||||||
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Kris Abrams-Draine (born October 4, 2001) is an American professional football cornerback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Missouri Tigers.
Abrams-Draine attended Spanish Fort High School in Spanish Fort, Alabama. He played wide receiver before switching to quarterback his senior year. [1] As a senior, he passed for 723 yards, rushed for 1,745, and scored 30 total touchdowns. Abrams-Draine was originally committed to play college football at Louisiana State University (LSU) and the University of Mississippi before deciding on the University of Missouri. [2] [3] [4]
After playing in five games as a wide receiver his true freshman year at Missouri in 2020, Abrams-Draine switched to cornerback in 2021. [5] [6] That year he played in all 13 games with 10 starts and had 37 tackles and three interceptions. [7] He returned to Missouri as a starter in 2022. [8] [9]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
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| 5 ft 11+3⁄8 in (1.81 m) | 179 lb (81 kg) | 31 in (0.79 m) | 8+5⁄8 in (0.22 m) | 4.44 s | 1.53 s | 2.58 s | 4.41 s | 7.15 s | 33.5 in (0.85 m) | 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) | ||
| All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day [10] [11] | ||||||||||||
Abrams-Draine was selected in the fifth round with the 145th overall pick by the Denver Broncos in the 2024 NFL draft. [12]
He made his NFL debut during Week 13 against the Cleveland Browns. [13] When veteran cornerback Levi Wallace was benched in the 4th quarter after struggling significantly against former Broncos receiver Jerry Jeudy, Abrams-Draine filled in as the outside corner opposite Patrick Surtain II for the remainder of the game. [14] The Broncos would eventually achieve a 41–32 victory.