ESPN handed out superlatives for this year’s NFL Draft class, picking the best draft prospects at 100 different skills and traits.

Three Clemson players earned draft superlatives from ESPN – running back Adam Randall, wide receiver Antonio Williams and defensive tackle Peter Woods.

Randall is touted as being the “most powerful rusher.”

“At 6-foot-3, 232 pounds, Randall switched from receiver to running back before the 2025 season,” ESPN’s Matt Bowen wrote. “He can generate power in his pads when he gets on a north-south track and find the end zone on goal-line carries. There’s a lot of upside here given his limited experience at running back.”

Williams is recognized as having the “best receiving instincts.”

“A reliable slot target with steady production (130 receptions over the past two seasons), Williams has the coverage awareness to settle in open grass when facing zone looks,” Bowen wrote. “And he can create his own leverage to defeat man coverage underneath.”

As for Woods, he was pegged as the “best interior pass rusher.”

“Woods didn’t have high-end statistical production — five sacks over the past two seasons — but flashes the traits to develop as an interior disruptor,” Bowen wrote. “He has the foot quickness and vertical burst to attack the A and B gaps.”

The 2026 NFL Draft is set to be held from April 23-25 in Pittsburgh. Round 1 will take place on Thursday, April 23, followed by the second and third rounds on April 24 and then rounds 4-7 on April 25. There are 257 total picks in the 2026 NFL Draft.

In his 2026 NFL Draft rankings, ESPN draft analyst Matt Miller ranks Woods as the No. 42 overall prospect in this year’s draft class, while Miller has Williams as the No. 65 overall prospect and Randall as the No. 281 overall prospect.

Miller’s positional rankings feature Woods as the No. 1 defensive tackle in the 2026 class and Williams as the No. 9 wide receiver. Randall isn’t ranked among Miller’s top 15 running backs.

Woods was credited with 99 tackles (14.5 for loss), five sacks, two forced fumbles and two pass breakups over 35 games (24 starts) in his Clemson career from 2023-25. Offensively, he also rushed eight times for 15 yards with two rushing touchdowns.

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. Woods was also a first-team All-ACC selection by the league, the AP and Phil Steele.

Woods, a former five-star recruit and the No. 4 overall prospect in the nation for the 2023 recruiting class per ESPN, earned freshman All-American honors in 2023.

Williams caught 55 passes for 604 yards and four touchdowns over 10 games (all starts) this past season, earning third-team All-ACC honors. He also rushed 13 times for 78 yards and a touchdown, completed a 75-yard touchdown pass and gained 44 yards on four punt returns.

A two-time All-ACC selection, Williams tallied 2,336 yards and 21 touchdowns on 208 career receptions, while rushing 25 times for 187 yards and two touchdowns across 43 games (38 starts) in his Tiger career from 2022-25. He was also credited with 39 career punt returns for 351 yards and went 4-for-4 passing for 143 yards and two touchdowns.

In 2025, Williams became the fifth player in Clemson history to record 200 career receptions. The Irmo, S.C., native completed his career ranked fourth in career receptions and also leaves Clemson tied for the fourth-most touchdown receptions in school history. He became the 17th player in Clemson history to reach 2,000 career receiving yards and recorded a catch in each of his first 33 career games at Clemson, the seventh-longest streak in school history.

After spending most of his first three college seasons as a wide receiver, Randall contributed at running back in the 2024 College Football Playoff prior to making the permanent position switch in 2025. He earned honorable-mention All-ACC honors this past season while rushing for 813 yards and 10 touchdowns on 168 carries. He averaged 4.8 yards per carry and also registered 36 receptions for 254 yards and three more touchdowns, while averaging 23.7 yards per kickoff return.

In 2025, Randall became the fourth player in Clemson history to reach 750 career rushing yards and 750 career receiving yards, joining Travis Zachery, C.J. Spiller and Travis Etienne. During his four-year Clemson career from 2022-25, Randall recorded 172 carries for 858 yards with 10 touchdowns, while also hauling in 84 receptions for 787 yards and five receiving touchdowns over 50 games, including 20 starts.

Randall was also credited with 13 career kickoff returns for 302 yards (23.2 average) — including a memorable 41-yard return in the 2024 ACC Championship Game to help set-up Clemson’s game-winning field goal.