Wide receiver Charone Peake was drafted by the New York Jets in the Seventh round of the 2016 NFL Draft as the 241st player selected. Peake was the seventh former Clemson athlete to be picked up by the league and the first offensive player Clemson had drafted since punter Bradley Pinion was picked up in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers.
Peake was drafted later than expected, however some analysts now believe that may have had to do with Peake’s prior ACL injury that hindered his 2013 and 2014 seasons. However, the receiver spent his last season with Clemson playing to his full capacity and helped lead the Tigers to the National Championship game. He ended the season with 50 receptions for 716 yards and 5 touchdowns and had a very impressive performance at Clemson’s Pro Day where he ran a 4.4 40-yard dash.
Every wide receiver in this photo is in the league…
EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. #WRU #ClemsonNFL #ALLIN pic.twitter.com/BZLrtMrqd3
— Clemson Football (@ClemsonFB) May 2, 2016
Congratulations to Charone Peake on being drafted by the @nyjets . They just got one of the best steals of the draft!!! #WRU #ClemsonNFL
— Coach Jeff Scott (@coach_jeffscott) April 30, 2016
Jets got a baller #WRU
— Mike Williams (@darealmike_dub) April 30, 2016
Our seventh pick of the 2016 #NFLDraft: WR Charone Peake! #JetsDraft pic.twitter.com/cg8ZXYbaOM
— New York Jets (@nyjets) April 30, 2016
Asked around about the drop that Clemson WR Charone Peake saw during draft and found out medicals on knee weren't as clean as some wanted.
— Lance Zierlein (@LanceZierlein) May 2, 2016
Unbelievable to me that both Charone Peake and Jayron Kearse are still on the board right now. #Clemson
— Aaron Cheslock (@AaronCheslock) April 30, 2016
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