Clemson cornerback Avieon Terrell and defensive tackle Peter Woods are high-profile 2026 NFL Draft prospects often featured in first-round mock drafts. One Clemson player who is not, though, is offensive tackle Blake Miller.
However, longtime NFL Network draft analyst and former NFL scout Daniel Jeremiah is clearly high on Miller ahead of this spring’s draft and currently views him as a first-round talent.
In his first 2026 NFL mock draft, Jeremiah projects Miller to go to the Los Angeles Rams in the first round with the No. 29 overall pick, and Jeremiah tabbed Miller as a prospect “you’ll hear a lot more about” moving forward during the pre-draft process.
“He’s flying a bit under the radar now, but you’ll hear a lot more about Miller as we go through the draft process,” Jeremiah wrote. “The former high school wrestler made 54 starts at Clemson. He’s a tough, competitive right tackle.”
Jeremiah’s mock draft actually projects Miller to be selected one pick ahead of Woods, as Jeremiah has Woods going to the Denver Broncos with the 30th overall pick.
“Folks around the league are split on Woods’ evaluation,” Jeremiah wrote. “Some don’t view him as a first-round pick, but he has the quickness to add to the league’s best pass-rush group as an inside rusher.”
Before Woods and Miller, Jeremiah projects Terrell to be taken No. 23 overall by the Philadelphia Eagles.
“Terrell teams up with Cooper DeJean and Quinyon Mitchell to give the Eagles the best young secondary in the NFL,” Jeremiah wrote. “The former Clemson Tiger can play inside or outside.”
The 2026 NFL Draft will take place from April 23-25 in Pittsburgh.
Miller broke the Clemson record for career snaps from scrimmage, playing 3,778 offensive snaps over 54 career games (all starts) from 2022-25. A hard-nosed iron man, Miller started every game Clemson played in his entire four-year career and also set the Clemson record for consecutive starts by a non-specialist with 54. He followed his 2022 Freshman All-American season with three consecutive All-ACC seasons and joined Mitch Hyatt (four), Jeb Flesch (three) and Tyrone Crowder (three) as the fourth offensive lineman in school history to be a three-time All-ACC honoree.
Woods was credited with 99 tackles (14.5 for loss), 5.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and two pass breakups over 35 games (24 starts) in his Clemson career from 2023-25. In 2025, he became Clemson’s first All-American at defensive tackle since Christian Wilkins’ unanimous selection in 2018, and he was the only player in America in 2025 to record multiple games with both a sack and a rushing touchdown.
A 2025 All-American and Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist, Terrell was credited with 128 tackles (9.0 for loss), 30 pass breakups, three interceptions, 4.0 sacks, eight forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries across 39 games (31 starts) in his career as a Tiger from 2023-25. The two-time All-ACC selection set Clemson records for a defensive back in forced fumbles in a season (five in 2025) and a career (eight from 2023-25), and he led all cornerbacks nationally in forced fumbles across his three-year Clemson career.