The 2023 NFL regular season is over and multiple former Clemson Tigers made impacts as rookies during the year. While one’s presence was impact, others gradually became key pieces to their respective teams. Six Tigers were selected in last year’s draft and here’s a full look at how the first season in the pros went […]
ESPN recently published an article ranking the best 100 picks of the 2023 NFL Draft (subscription required), and several Clemson draft selections made the list. ESPN NFL Draft analyst Matt Miller put together his 100 favorite picks, with value, fit, need and trades involved all factoring into his ranking. Trenton Simpson is the highest-ranked Clemson […]
A prominent ESPN NFL draft analyst is a fan of this Day 3 pick from Clemson. Longtime draft pundit Matt Miller didn’t expect Jordan McFadden to still be available in the fifth round, when the Los Angeles Chargers grabbed the former Tiger offensive lineman with the 156th overall pick. “I thought he’d come off the […]
With the 2023 NFL Draft in the books, a draft analyst ranked his favorite picks from the three-day event in Kansas City. NFL.com’s Chad Reuter named his favorite picks in every round and cited a couple of former Clemson players, including linebacker Trenton Simpson. Reuter highlighted Simpson as his No. 1 favorite pick in Round 3. […]
Clemson had six total selections in the 2023 NFL Draft, tied for the most in the ACC and tied for fifth among all programs. ESPN’s NFL Nation reporters, who cover each of the league’s 32 teams, gave their analysis of all 259 picks in this year’s draft. Check out what they had to say about […]
A third Tiger has been drafted in the fifth round of the 2023 NFL Draft. The Los Angeles Rams selected Clemson tight end Davis Allen with the 175th pick. Allen becomes the first Tiger tight end to be drafted since 2017, when the New York Jets took Jordan Leggett in the fifth round with the […]
Trenton Simpson had to wait more than three hours to hear his name called on Friday night, but the former Clemson star linebacker was finally selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft with the 86th overall pick. During ESPN’s coverage of the draft, analyst Louis Riddick was asked why […]
Linebacker Trenton Simpson became Clemson’s third pick of the 2023 NFL Draft upon being selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the third round (No. 86 overall) on Friday. Simpson became the first Clemson player selected by the Ravens since the franchise’s inception in 1996. His selection leaves the Carolina Panthers as the only active NFL […]
Mel Kiper Jr. was certainly surprised that Trenton Simpson didn’t have his name called until the latter part of the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft on Friday night. Kiper, the longtime ESPN draft analyst, had Simpson ranked as the No. 35 overall prospect in this year’s draft class and the No. 1 inside […]
Trenton Simpson finally has a home in the National Football League. The former Clemson star linebacker slipped to the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft but was eventually selected in that round Friday night by the Baltimore Ravens with the No. 86 overall pick. Simpson becomes the third Clemson product selected in this year’s […]