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Clemson football: Tigers most likely to leave early for the NFL

By John Chancey

Clemson defensive end Myles Murphy(98), left, and defensive lineman Bryan Bresee(11) get ready for drills during Spring practice in Clemson Wednesday, February 26, 2020.Clemson Football Spring Practice
Clemson defensive end Myles Murphy(98), left, and defensive lineman Bryan Bresee(11) get ready for drills during Spring practice in Clemson Wednesday, February 26, 2020.Clemson Football Spring Practice /
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9. DJ Uiagalelei – Quarterback, JR

  • 3,160 passing yards
  • 14 passing touchdowns
  • 368 rushing yards
  • 8 rushing touchdowns

Uiagalelei’s 2021 season did not live up to the expectations most had for him, but those expectations were high for a reason. He has the measurables of an NFL caliber quarterback. To this day, there are still draft experts who predict that DJ will be a Top 5 quarterback taken in the 2023 Draft.

The reality is that if Uiagalelei’s career completion percentage of 55% and his 2021 touchdown to interception ratio of 9 to 10 don’t improve considerably in 2022 there won’t be a lot of interest in the 6-4 prospect. That doesn’t keep a lot of fans from hoping that whatever plagued DJU’s last season is long gone, and the guy we saw set the 3rd best mark for passing yards in a single game in Clemson history as a freshman against Notre Dame re-asserts himself. If that happens over the course of the 2022 campaign, Uiagalelei will almost certainly enter the draft.

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