Clemson in the 2024 NFL draft notes

Clemson has now had a set of teammates drafted by the same team in seven of the last 10 NFL Drafts, with Will Shipley and Jeremiah Trotter Jr. going to Philly.

by CU Athletic Communications - Sat Apr 27 19:27:41 GMT-04:00 2024

NOTES ON CLEMSON’S 2024 NFL DRAFT

- Clemson’s six selections tied for the fifth-most in school history, trailing 1983 (10), 2016 (nine), 1991 (eight) and 2020 (seven). Clemson produced six picks for a second straight draft and collected six or more selections for the sixth time in the last nine drafts.

- Clemson’s six selections all came in the top 200 picks, tying the school record for top-200 selections set seven previous times in 1991, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2023.

- Clemson’s six top-200 selections tied for the eighth-most in this year’s draft.

- For the entire draft, Clemson’s six selections ranked second in the ACC and tied for 11th nationally.

- Clemson produced at least five selections for the fifth time in the last six NFL Drafts, including six selections in 2019, seven selections in 2020, five selections in 2021, six in 2023 and six in 2024. Clemson has produced at least five picks nine times in the last 11 drafts; only Alabama (11) and Ohio State (10) have done so more times in that span.

- Clemson has now had at least one first-round draft choice in 10 of the last 12 years, standing alongside Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Ohio State as the only programs to produce a first-round pick in at least 10 of the last 12 years.

- The Baltimore Ravens’ selection of Nate Wiggins represented Clemson’s 16th first-round pick since the 2014 NFL Draft, the most in the ACC. Clemson’s 16 first-round picks in that span are double the amount of the next closest program (Florida State, 8).

- Clemson has produced at least one Top 50 pick in 17 of the last 19 NFL Drafts, dating to 2006. The only drafts in that span in which Clemson did not produce a Top 50 pick were in 2009 and 2018. Florida (18), Clemson (17), Alabama (17), Ohio State (17) and USC (17) are the only schools to enter the 2024 NFL Draft having produced at least one Top 50 pick in at least 17 of the last 19 NFL Drafts.

- Clemson produced selections in both the first and second round for the 10th time in school history (1960, 1987, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2021).

- Clemson had at least one player selected on all three days of the draft. The NFL moved to a three-day draft format in 2010; in that time, Clemson has produced a pick on all three days of a draft eight times, including doing so in eight out of the last 11 drafts.

- Clemson’s 2024 draft class included five defensive selections and one offensive selection. The five defensive selections were Clemson’s most since 2019 (six).

- The 2024 NFL Draft marked the eighth time since the NFL went to the seven-round format in 1994 that Clemson produced at least four defensive selections in a single draft (1999, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2023). Clemson entered the 2024 NFL Draft as one of only six schools to have produced at least 45 defensive draft picks since the 2009 NFL Draft: Alabama, LSU, Ohio State, Georgia and Florida.

- Clemson produced multiple defensive draft picks for the 13th time in 16 drafts of the Dabo Swinney era. Clemson, LSU, Alabama, Ohio State and Georgia are the only programs to produce multiple draft picks from their defenses in at least 13 drafts in that span.

- Since 2013, Clemson has produced first-round picks from the QB, RB, WR, DE, DT, LB and DB position groups. The only other school with at least one first-rounder at all those positions in that span is Alabama.

- Clemson has had at least one player chosen by 30 of the 32 NFL franchises since 2003. The lone exceptions in that time frame are the Patriots, who last selected a Tiger in 1991, and the Panthers, who have never selected a Clemson player despite playing their first season in franchise history in Death Valley. Head Coach Dabo Swinney has produced a draft pick for 28 of the 32 NFL teams in his head coaching tenure; the only NFL teams not to select a Clemson player in Swinney’s head coaching tenure are the Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers.

- Clemson has had at least one player selected in 22 consecutive drafts since 2003, representing the second-longest streak in school history behind a 24-year streak across the 1951-74 NFL Drafts.

- Clemson is one of only six schools to have produced multiple draft picks in each of the last 22 NFL Drafts (LSU, Michigan, Oklahoma, Ohio State and USC).

- With the selections of RB Will Shipley and LB Jeremiah Trotter Jr. by the Philadelphia Eagles, Clemson has now had a set of teammates drafted by the same team in seven of the last 10 NFL Drafts. A total of 20 NFL Drafts have featured at least one team drafting a pair of Clemson teammates, including the 1946, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1983, 1991, 1998, 2003, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2024 drafts.

- Eighteen of the NFL’s 32 active franchises have selected Clemson teammates in a single draft. The teams to do so include the Bears (1991), Bills (1960 AFL Draft), Broncos (2003), Browns (1968), Cardinals (1991), Chiefs (1979), Cowboys (1970), Dolphins (1998), Eagles (1955, 1959 and 2024), Falcons (2015), Giants (1960, 1983 and 1984, including Supplemental Draft of USFL Players), Jaguars (2021), Packers (1946), Raiders (2019 and 2020), Rams (1998), Steelers (1951 and 1972), Texans (2017) and Vikings (2016). This year, the Eagles tied the Giants for the most such occurences (three each).