Throughout the 2025 NFL season, SB Nation’s Doug Farrar will write about the game’s Secret Superstars — those players whose performances might slip under the radar for whatever reasons. In this installment, we focus on Los Angeles Rams cornerback Emmanuel Forbes Jr., who went from bust to ballhawk with his second NFL team, by way of some top-level coaching at all levels.

The Washington Commanders selected Mississippi State cornerback Emmanuel Forbes Jr. with the 16th overall pick in the 2023 draft after a college career that saw Forbes set the FBS record for pick-sixes with six, and rank fourth all-time in school history with 14 interceptions. The idea was that Forbes would be the Commanders’ true eraser cornerback… a process that did not go as expected.

Forbes showed up at the scouting

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