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KD Cotton

Class: 2026

Sport: fb

Pos: S

Ht: 5-10

Wt: 175

Duke Blue Devils

Status: Committed
Commitment Date: 6/26/2025

Weddington

High School: Weddington (Matthews, NC)

NCAA ID:: -

NatlSNC

85.17

cycle

8 out of 5 strength

Industry Comparison

2025

2024

Top Teams

Team

Prediction

Recruited By

Distance

Class Rank

S Drafted (5yr)

Total Drafted (5yr)

Duke
Committed
6/26/2025
4.0%
118 mi.
47
1
7
NC State
Offered
95.4%
125 mi.
61
0
7
Wake Forest
Offered
<1%
78 mi.
59
1
8
Miami
Offered
<1%
645 mi.
12
2
19
Ole Miss
Offered
<1%
503 mi.
20
1
23

Cotton News

Duke safety commit KD Cotton transfers to Weddington (N.C.)

Hunter Shelton•09/12/25

KD Cotton

Ranking ACC recruiting classes via average commit distance

Hunter Shelton•09/10/25

Key, Elliot, Doeren

Updating On3 RPM predictions for key NC State recruiting targets as decisions approach

Noah Fleischman•06/25/25

state-of-acc-football-nc-state

NC State priority 3-star DB target KD Cotton nearing decision-making time

Noah Fleischman•06/18/25

KD Cotton

Where NC State stands with this week’s official visitors: June 13 edition

Noah Fleischman•06/13/25

Dave Doeren

Measurements & Testing

KD CottonWest Charlotte
Top 300 S AvgAvg. Last 3 Years
NFL Combine DraftedAvg. Last 3 Years

Weight

175

188

205

93.1%85.2%

Height

5-10

6-1

6-1

96.0%96.5%

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School	Date	Visit Type
Duke	9/20/25	Unofficial
Duke	9/6/25	Unofficial
Duke	8/28/25	Unofficial
NC State	6/15/25	Official
Duke	5/30/25	Official