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Cincinnati Bengals NFL Draft 2021: Late-round sleeper targets

By Dillon Appleman

MOBILE, AL - JANUARY 30: Defensive Lineman Shaka Toney #18 from Penn State of the National Team during the 2021 Resse's Senior Bowl at Hancock Whitney Stadium on the campus of the University of South Alabama on January 30, 2021 in Mobile, Alabama. The National Team defeated the American Team 27-24. (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)
MOBILE, AL - JANUARY 30: Defensive Lineman Shaka Toney #18 from Penn State of the National Team during the 2021 Resse's Senior Bowl at Hancock Whitney Stadium on the campus of the University of South Alabama on January 30, 2021 in Mobile, Alabama. The National Team defeated the American Team 27-24. (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images) /
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Cincinnati Bengals, 2021 NFL Draft
The Cincinnati Bengals need to land some talent late in the 2021 NFL Draft (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

The Cincinnati Bengals have had an up and down offseason thus far. Free agency saw them lose some major contributors on both sides of the football with the departures of Carl Lawson, A.J. Green, William Jackson, and several others.

They were able to remedy at least some of those losses with the signing of former New Orleans Saints defensive end, Trey Hendrickson, and made several veteran additions in the secondary as well. Even so, it still feels like the team didn’t get any better in free agency, so the attention then turns to the 2021 NFL Draft.

As things stand now, the Cincinnati Bengals have eight total picks to work with, with three of them coming within the first 69 picks of the draft. While those three selections will come with their fair share of expectations for the 2021 season, it’s the five Day-3 picks that could really make or break their class.

The Bengals have done well to land a few solid contributors in the later rounds of the draft in recent years with the selections of Auden Tate, Darius Phillips back in 2018, and 2020 fourth-rounder, Akeem Davis-Gaither.

With the 2021 NFL Draft class being so loaded with talent at several positions of need, Cincinnati will hope to continue that trend with this year’s class. Here are four late-round sleeper targets for the Cincinnati Bengals ahead of the 2021 NFL Draft.

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