List of Clemson Tigers in the NFL draft

The Clemson Tigers football team of Clemson University has had 277 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936.

Teams that did not make the playoffs are ordered by their regular-season record, with any remaining ties broken by strength of schedule.

Playoff participants are sequenced after non-playoff teams, based on their round of elimination (wild card, division, conference, and Super Bowl).

[3] Before the merger agreements in 1966, the American Football League (AFL) operated in direct competition with the NFL and held a separate draft.

As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues held a multiple round "Common Draft".

Trevor Lawrence was the first overall selection in the 2021 NFL Draft.
Banks McFadden was drafted 4th overall by the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940 NFL Draft.
Bobby Gage was drafted 6th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1949 NFL Draft.
Fred Cone was drafted 27th overall by the Green Bay Packers in the 1951 NFL Draft.
Ray Mathews was drafted 81st overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1951 NFL Draft.
Bob Hudson was drafted 146th overall by the New York Giants in the 1951 NFL Draft.
Joel Wells was drafted 18th overall by the Green Bay Packers in the 1957 NFL Draft.
Bill Hudson was drafted 34th overall by the Chicago Cardinals in the 1957 NFL Draft.
Lou Cordileone was drafted 12th overall by the New York Giants in the 1960 NFL Draft.
Harold Olson was drafted 13th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1960 NFL Draft.
Don Chuy was drafted 38th overall by the Houston Oilers in the 1963 AFL Draft and 67th overall by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1963 NFL Draft.
Charlie Waters was drafted 66th overall by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1970 NFL Draft.
Bennie Cunningham was drafted 28th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1976 NFL Draft.
Steve Fuller was drafted 23rd overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1979 NFL Draft.
Jeff Bryant was drafted 6th overall by the Seattle Seahawks in the 1982 NFL Draft.
William Perry was drafted 22nd overall by the Chicago Bears in the 1985 NFL Draft.
Donnell Woolford was drafted 11th overall by the Chicago Bears in the 1989 NFL Draft.
Chris Gardocki was drafted 78th overall by the Chicago Bears in the 1991 NFL Draft.
Brian Dawkins was drafted 61st overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1995 NFL Draft.
Trevor Pryce was drafted 28th overall by the Denver Broncos in the 1997 NFL Draft.
Tye Hill was drafted 15th overall by the St. Louis Rams in the 2006 NFL Draft.
Gaines Adams was drafted 4th overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2007 NFL Draft.
Anthony Waters was drafted 96th overall by the San Diego Chargers in the 2007 NFL Draft.
Phillip Merling was drafted 32nd overall by the Miami Dolphins in the 2008 NFL Draft.
C. J. Spiller was drafted 9th overall by the Buffalo Bills in the 2010 NFL Draft.
DeAndre Hopkins was drafted 27th overall by the Houston Texans in the 2013 NFL Draft.
Sammy Watkins was drafted 4th overall by the Buffalo Bills in the 2014 NFL Draft.
Vic Beasley was drafted 8th overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2015 NFL Draft.
Stephone Anthony was drafted 31st overall by the New Orleans Saints in the 2015 NFL Draft.
Shaq Lawson was drafted 19th overall by the Buffalo Bills in the 2016 NFL Draft.
Mike Williams was drafted 7th overall by the Los Angeles Chargers in the 2017 NFL Draft.
Clelin Ferrell was drafted 4th overall by the Oakland Raiders in the 2019 NFL Draft.
Christian Wilkins was drafted 13th overall by the Miami Dolphins in the 2019 NFL Draft.
Dexter Lawrence was drafted 17th overall by the New York Giants in the 2019 NFL Draft.
Isaiah Simmons was drafted 8th overall by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2020 NFL Draft.
A. J. Terrell was drafted 16th overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2020 NFL Draft.
Travis Etienne was drafted 25th overall by the Jacksonville Jaguary in the 2021 NFL Draft.
Myles Murphy was drafted 28th overall by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2023 NFL Draft.
Bryan Bresee was drafted 29th overall by the New Orleans Saints in the 2023 NFL Draft.