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Mel Kiper: Alabama's Kool-Aid Mckinstry 'a Shade Below' Elite CBs Like Sauce Gardner

Alabama is no stranger to producing high-level NFL cornerbacks.

And Kool-Aid McKinstry looks to be the latest member of that long lie of Crimson Tide Stars as the top-rated corner in the upcoming NFL draft.

But while he's still high on McKinstry, ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. isn't quite ready to place him in that upper echelon of elite cover men from the last few years.

"McKinstry is the top-ranked corner in this class, but he's a shade below the elite grades I've given over the past decade, which include Sauce Gardner, who finished No.