Clemson · EDGE · Sr · 2027 Draft
· Carmel, IN · Carmel HS
6-6 · 260 lbs
8.5
Day 2 Caliber
Floor 8.2 · Ceiling 8.9
#52 overall · #11 EDGE of 15096
Scouting Verdict
A productive, relentless edge who parlayed five sacks at Purdue into a 7.5-sack Clemson debut, adding two pass breakups and a forced fumble across 13 games as the Tigers' top portal addition. The motor is the throughline: he chases from the back side, converts speed into power at the point of contact, and the sack production has climbed every year of real playing time. That trajectory earned CBS a late-Round-1 flier for 2027, though the tape-focused analysts want more before they sign off. However, the honest catch is bend and burst off the edge, the traits that separate a steady producer from a premier rusher, and his get-off doesn't yet win the corner the way the best do. He's a plug-and-play starter whose floor is a rotational NFL edge and whose ceiling depends on whether the pass-rush plan expands beyond effort and length. Grade it as a Day 2 track edge whose production is real and whose ceiling rides on the pass-rush polish showing up on a Clemson front.
Ceiling · 8.9
Projected 2026 starter (DL1) — real opportunity to climb; close to ceiling (+0.4) · up-year team · ACC draft-temper.