CLEVELAND, Ohio — Emmanuel McNeil‑Warren is one of the most instinctive safeties in the 2026 draft class and a classic example of production meeting projection on Day 2.
Toledo trusted him as the backbone of its secondary, deploying him in multiple alignments and asking him to erase mistakes with range, anticipation and tackling reliability. His film shows a defender who reads route concepts quickly, takes efficient angles and consistently arrives on time at the catch point, and his athletic testing supported the versatility that evaluators saw on tape.
Where McNeil‑Warren stands out is his processing speed. He plays with a quarterback’s mind on defense, diagnosing plays early and rarely taking false steps…