Coming into the 2025 season, Clemson’s Cade Klubnik had a lot of hype around him as a Heisman Trophy candidate and a potential first-round quarterback in next year’s NFL Draft. Multiple analysts even projected him to be the No. 1 overall pick.
Things are much different now, as Klubnik’s draft stock is falling due to his struggles at the start of the season.
ESPN analyst and former college/Arena football quarterback Tom Luginbill believes Klubnik won’t be selected in the first round, but instead somewhere in the third to fifth rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft.
“The bottom line is, and this is the reality of the situation – Cade Klubnik is not a first-round draft choice at quarterback.