re: Who had a better freshman year... Mathieu or Stingley?

I don't think some of you realize how good of a single season Stingley had as a freshman. Stingley had a crazy number of pass break ups his freshman year. 6 ints and 15 passes defended. 15 passes defended are about as many as some of these top 10 pick cornerbacks have in their entire college career. Just to put it into context, Sauce Gardner, the corner who was taken at #4 right behind Stingley had 16 passes defended in his entire college career. Jeffrey Okudah who was taken #3 had 18 passes defended in his three year Ohio state career.

I still think the honey badger was better but just because of the impact he had in his two years. It seemed like he had the best instincts for a defensive back I've ever seen.