D'Angelo Ponds was the first Indiana defensive player taken in the NFL Draft after the New York Jets selected the defensive back in the second round.

Indiana's D'Angelo Ponds (5) celebrates after the College Football Playoff National Championship college football game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. | Rich Janzaruk/Herald-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Only two cornerbacks heard their names called in the first round of the NFL Draft, but that wasn't the case on Friday. Five cornerbacks went in the second round, including Indiana's D'Angelo Ponds.

Ponds was the first Indiana defensive player taken in the Draft after the Jets took him with the 50th overall pick.…