ESPN’s Bill Connelly ranked every Power 4 quarterback one month into the 2025 college football campaign.

Clemson’s Cade Klubnik, a preseason All-American and projected Heisman Trophy contender coming into the season, landed all the way down at No. 54 on the list.

Through four games, Klubnik has completed 60.1 percent of his passes for 996 yards and six touchdowns passes with four interceptions. The former five-star prospect currently ranks 99th nationally in completion percentage, 97th in passer rating (124.6), tied for 91st in yards/attempt (6.7), tied for 64th in touchdown passes and 34th in passing yards per game (249.0).

“It’s just shocking how poor Clemson’s passing game has been this year,” Connelly wrote. “Klubnik ranks 93rd in yards per dropback, 102nd in success rate and 96th in interception rate. He’s facing blitzes constantly behind a banged-up offensive line (the run game has been wholly mediocre), and he’s firing short and mostly ineffective passes. He posted a 78.7 Total QBR in 2024, but he hasn’t topped 60.0 in a 2025 game yet. This has been an utterly disastrous September.”

Following last weekend’s open date, Klubnik and the Tigers return to the field this Saturday at North Carolina (12 p.m., ESPN).

Here’s where the signal callers on Clemson’s upcoming schedule stand in ESPN’s ranking of every Power 4 quarterback entering the month of October:

North Carolina’s Gio Lopez (No. 66)

Boston College’s Dylan Lonergan (No. 52)

SMU’s Kevin Jennings (No. 35)

Duke’s Darian Mensah (No. 22)

Florida State’s Tommy Castellanos (No. 16)

Louisville’s Miller Moss (No. 36)

South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellers (No. 27)