ESPN ranked the 40 “most important players” for the 2025 college football season, or the players “who could define the season with moments, or long spells, of greatness.”
Several Clemson players landed on the list, with star quarterback Cade Klubnik the highest-ranked among those Tigers.
Klubnik checked in at No. 8, in the category of “quarterbacks with a potential game-changing leap in them.” Klubnik is ranked between Penn State QB Drew Allar at No. 7 and LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier at No. 9.
“In six career games against top-10 opponents, Allar has completed 49% of his passes, averaged just 4.