Training camps have kicked off around the NFL and it's a great time to identify potential breakout candidates, see which older players are looking youthful, and just see how projected star players are progressing.
There are a handful of former Clemson stars hoping to make waves during training camp and head into the 2025 season with momentum and confidence. Some are younger players in the league with bright futures like Nate Wiggins of the Baltimore Ravens, and others are veterans like DeAndre Hopkins who have been around for over a decade but are still trying to prove that they still have it.
Wiggins and Hopkins are actually teammates with the Baltimore Ravens, and they're on opposite ends of their career.
The veteran wideout is in the back-nine of his NFL career, but he's still trying to make some noise with the Ravens and prove that he's still one of the most electric receivers out there, while Wiggins is one of the brightest young stars at cornerback.
At one point during training camp on Monday, however, Hopkins looked like the young star while Wiggins fell victim to a highlight play.
We saw some Tiger-on-Tiger crime as Hopkins hauled in a beautiful one-handed catch over Wiggins.
Clemson alum DeAndre Hopkins with a one-handed catch on Clemson product Nate Wiggins.
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There was a little contact from Hopkins on Wiggins' facemask which created some separation there, but that didn't take away from the impressive catch he made that gave Ravens fans flashes of prime D-Hop.
I'm sure Wiggins will get him back with a pick or a lockdown play, but this just goes to show that Hopkins still has plenty left in the tank. You won't see many 33-year-old receivers make a catch like that, but there's a reason he's considered a freak and one of the best receivers the NFL has seen in the past decade.
Wiggins won't forget that one.