DJ Turner

Cincinnati Bengals·#19

Pos WRHt 5'9"Wt 205 lbExp 4 yrCollege Pittsburgh

Updated August 24, 2026

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Model Score

66.2 MODEL

Resting on limited playing time

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

Season Stats

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Draft & College

Pittsburgh (ACC)

In college · 2017-2020 · 23 games

61 rec, 777 yds, 3 TD, 12.7 yds/rec

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Comps

Overall match

size, testing and production, same career stage

Amari Rodgers84%Macey Brooks80%Will Blackwell78%

Plays like

on-field production only

Vincent Brown97%Donovan Peoples-Jones96%Macey Brooks94%

College career

his college career vs theirs

Bra'Lon Cherry94%Bernard Davis93%Xavier Williams92%

STM Take

Tier 8 (#102) rookie to tier 2 (#12) sophomore-plus-one is a 90-spot two-year jump that puts Turner in the rarest outlier-positive class at the CB position. The Michigan 2023 CFP National Championship pedigree plus the Bengals' position-specific coaching appears to be the catalyst. The 2026 question is whether Turner earns his first Pro Bowl plus holds tier 2 territory or whether the 2025 finish was a one-year context spike.

Turner came out of Michigan as the Cincinnati Bengals' 2nd-round pick (60th overall) in 2023 after winning the 2023 CFP National Championship Game with the Wolverines. He has spent three years with the Bengals as developmental depth and rotational CB. His STTM career runs tier 8 (#102) rookie, tier 8 (#89) sophomore, and tier 2 (#12) breakout in 2025.

Strengths

90-spot two-year STTM jump from tier 8 (#102) rookie to tier 2 (#12) in 2025 puts him in the rarest outlier-positive class at the CB position.
Michigan 2023 CFP National Championship pedigree plus the Bengals' position-specific coaching gives him real college and developmental foundation.

Concerns

Single tier 2 finish in an otherwise tier 8 STTM history puts the 2025 production on a small sample with significant downside risk.
Cincinnati's broader defensive identity around the Trey Hendrickson contract uncertainty compresses the structural support around Turner.

What to watch: Whether Turner earns his first Pro Bowl in 2026 plus holds tier 3 or better, the threshold for confirming the 2025 breakout was structural.