The fifth-year veteran has quietly become one of the top shutdown corners in the league.
With Charvarius Ward leaving the San Francisco 49ers after three seasons to join the Indianapolis Colts, Deommodore Lenoir was tasked with becoming the team's top cornerback coming into this 2025 season, and the fifth-year veteran has done a solid job in that role thus far.
Lenoir, who finally put an end to the Niners' NFL record 14-game drought of interception-free football with a pick against the Houston Texans this past Sunday, albeit in a loss, has been so strong that the Analytics Team at NFL Next Gen Stats has named the 26-year-old as the fifth-best shutdown cornerback in the entire league behind only reigning Defensive Player of the Year Patrick Surtain II (Broncos), Trent McDuffie (Chiefs), Quinyon Mitchell (Eagles), and Sauce Gardner (Jets).