Clemson cornerback Nate Wiggins will leave school early and declare for the 2024 NFL draft, he told ESPN in a phone interview Wednesday.
Wiggins projects as one of the draft's top cornerbacks, as ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. has him in the top 25 of his latest Big Board rankings.
Wiggins will have a chance to earn the top corner spot in the pre-draft process after a strong close to his junior season. Wiggins told ESPN that he's not planning to play in Clemson's bowl game. «I just feel like it was that time,» Wiggins told ESPN. «All the hard work I've put in, I feel like it was time for me to declare.» Wiggins is a 6-foot-2, 185-pound junior from Atlanta.
He emerged as one of the county's best corners this season and will compete for the top corner draft spot with players such as Iowa's Cooper DeJean, Alabama's Kool-Aid McKinstry and Georgia's Kamari Lassiter.