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ESPN Pegs Clemson DT as Potential NFL Draft ‘Steal’

On ESPN’s First Draft show hosted by draft analysts Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., they listed potential “steal” player-selections of the 2026 NFL Draft.

Yates and Kiper went through “players that could be potential steals.”

“Not just players that are going to go Round 6, Round 7, maybe even undrafted – it’s steals that could be as early as the first round of the draft,” Yates explained. “Guys that we are just higher on compared to, perhaps, consensus.”

Clemson defensive tackle Peter Woods was named among those potential NFL Draft steals from the 2026 class.