With the Indianapolis Colts on their bye week, let’s turn our attention this weekend to College Football.
The college season is winding down with the Bowl season on the horizon. But a big weekend is ahead with the conference championship games taking place.
While the 2025 NFL draft is still a ways off and a lot will change between now and then from needs to prospect rankings, this weekend of college football can be a good opportunity to begin getting familiar with some prospects to know if you haven’t started that process already.
For the Colts, they hold seven picks in the 2025 draft–one in each round. Some positions of need at the moment include cornerback, safety, tight end, running back, linebacker, and defensive tackle depth.
On Saturday, the ACC Championship game between Clemson and SMU will be one of several title games taking place.
Pro Football Focus has already put together an early 2025 big board of prospect rankings for the upcoming draft, and included on that list are a few players from Clemson but not any from SMU.
Blake Miller, OT, Clemson: A very experienced player with almost 2,800 career snaps–just about all of which have come at right tackle. By PFF’s grading system, Miller has been better in pass protection than in the run game, this season not surrendering a single sack and just 13 pressures in 485 pass-blocking snaps.
Barrett Carter, LB, Clemson: Barrett has played 2,336 total snaps at Clemson. He’s been utilized as a blitzer, totaling 62 pressures the last three seasons, has been a reliable tackler, and one of PFF’s higher graded run defenders at the linebacker position.
Jake Briningstool, TE, Clemson: Briningstool has 135 targets as a pass-catcher over the last two seasons, catching 67% of those throws at 10.4 yards per catch with 10 touchdowns. Almost 60% of his snaps have come from the slot. He’s graded out so-so as a blocker.
DeMonte Capehart, IDL, Clemson: Lining up either in the A or B-gaps, Capehart has played only 499 career defensive snaps over five seasons–200 of which came in 2024. He’s recorded only three pressures, but has a very good run defense grade from PFF.
