DJ Turner II holds the RCB · Starter spot in Cincinnati Bengals’s cornerback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

DJ Turner II played 17 games in 2025 with a 89% snap share.

DJ Turner II is a cornerback for the Cincinnati Bengals selected 60th overall in the 2023 NFL Draft. The Michigan product played four seasons for the Wolverines (2019–22) and earned two All-Big Ten honors. In his rookie year, Turner appeared in all 17 games with 12 starts, recording 50 tackles and seven passes defensed. After playing 11 games in 2024 before a collarbone injury ended his season, he broke through in 2025 with a career-high 18 passes defensed—the most by a Bengal since 2009 and tied for third in the NFL. That season he also secured his first two career interceptions, two forced fumbles, and started all 16 games he appeared in.

Michiganthrough 2022

Bengals2023 — present

CollegeMichiganDraftRound 2 · No. 60 overall · 2023 · CINHometownSuwanee, GA