The 2025 Clemson season has been a catastrophic failure by every measure. The offense is broken, the 3-5 record is the worst of the Dabo Swinney era, and the championship hopes evaporated weeks ago.
But in the eyes of the NFL, the Clemson brand is still gold.
A wave of new 2026 NFL mock drafts released this week confirms that scouts are willing to bet on the elite talent, not the team's disastrous record. Three Tigers remain consensus first-round projections, a stunning testament to their individual skill in a sea of team-wide dysfunction.