Cordale Flott

From rookie nickel to Giants starting outside CB — solo tackles up 108% across 4 years.

Flott was a 3rd-round pick out of LSU in 2022, brought in as slot CB depth. His progression has been textbook: - Year 1: 10 games, 12 solo, 3 PDs — rotational only. - Year 2: 14 games, 25 solo, 5 PDs — committed nickel. - Year 3: 14 games, 34 solo, 7 PDs, 2 TFLs — pushed outside. - Year 4: 14 games, 25 solo, 11 PDs, 3 TFLs — full-time starter.

2025 is the breakout in ball production: 11 PDs leads the Giants secondary and is more than 2x his rookie-year output.

11 PDs in 2025 — top-15 leaguewide and a Giants single-season high for him.

Flott's 11 PDs through 14 games in 2025 puts him in the top-15 leaguewide among all DBs. It's a real ball-skills jump from his career baseline of 3-7 PDs per season.

The context: New York's secondary in 2025 lost veterans early to injury (Adoree' Jackson released, Deonte Banks dealing with a high-ankle sprain), forcing Flott into lead outside CB reps for the first time. He's been thrown at more often, and the catch rate against him has dropped accordingly.

The 2025 PDs/g rate (0.79) is 2.6x his 2022 rookie rate (0.30).

His TFL count went 0 → 0 → 2 → 3 — slowly becoming a tackle-and-disrupt corner, not just coverage.

Corner TFLs are tells. They show up when a CB plays press-trail technique and breaks through the screen blocker, or comes off the edge on a CB blitz. Flott had 0 TFLs in his first 2 seasons (pure coverage role), then 2 in 2024, 3 in 2025 — the Giants started weaponizing his blitz package.

The forced-fumble line (3 career, 1 in 2025) adds to the picture: he's not just deflecting balls, he's punching them out at the catch point. It's a more aggressive profile than the typical 5-foot-11 nickel.

96 career solo tackles and 26 PDs across 52 games — solid Day-2 hit rate by Giants standards.

Flott's career line through 4 seasons: 96 solo tackles, 26 PDs, 3 FFs, 5 TFLs, 52 games. That works out to 1.85 solo/g and 0.50 PD/g — solid Day-2 hit rate.

Context: the Giants' 2022 draft class has been mixed. Kayvon Thibodeaux (1st round) has had inconsistent production. Evan Neal (1st round) has been one of the worst tackles in football. Daniel Bellinger (4th round) has been a serviceable TE. Flott (3rd round) is quietly the best long-term value pick of that group based on snaps played and starter trajectory.

His contract decision in 2026 (5th-year option eligible) will be one of the more interesting Giants front-office calls of the offseason.

Has 25 solo tackles in 2025 — same as 2023 — but with 6 more PDs and 3 more TFLs.

Flott's 2023 and 2025 solo-tackle totals are identical: 25 each. But the rest of the line is much more impactful in 2025: - PDs: 5 → 11 (+6) - TFLs: 0 → 3 (+3) - FFs: 1 → 1

Same tackle count, much higher splash. That's the trajectory of a CB finishing on more contested catches at the catch point instead of cleaning up underneath. Defenders who break on the ball get PDs and TFLs at the line; defenders who only tackle after the catch don't.

Flott's 2025 profile is the former — and that's what teams pay for on a second contract.