Clemson EDGE TJ Parker 2026 NFL Draft

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7/2/2025

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00:00TJ Parker, 6'4", about 260 pounds, former high four-star.

00:05Someone had him as a borderline five-star out of the state of Alabama.

00:08Was in the same recruiting class, obviously, as Peter Woods,

00:11who we are going to talk about a ton this summer as well as a potential top-ten pick.

00:15I love the flashes of TJ Parker, Joe.

00:18Like, the Pittsburgh game is the example, right?

00:20Where it's just like, that's the game where first step, stab, long arm,

00:27some flexibility in the lower half.

00:29Like, all that stuff comes to fruition.

00:31But this is mostly a power-based rusher.

00:33He's not as bendy as a couple of the other guys that we've talked about on this list already.

00:37But he's powerful, and he really does have a nice get-off.

00:41Like, those things together, they work on the NFL level.

00:46There's a game or two, though, where I watched, and I wanted a lot more, man.

00:50Like, I just wanted more from TJ Parker.

00:52He just wasn't as consistently dominant from a game-to-game perspective as I would have loved.

00:57So, I love the tools, love the frame, the power, the length, the get-off.

01:02It's all there, but I do want it to be a more consistent version of TJ Parker in 2025.

01:09All right, spoiler, because we have to rely on, or we have to reveal where guys sit in our rankings.

01:17Yes.

01:17He is edge one for me.

01:19He's my number one guy.

01:20What?

01:21He clears for me.

01:22Dude, I'm...

01:23Oh, man.

01:24We're summer scouting.

01:25I'm going to use your reference point every time that we do summer scouting.

01:30It's the summer.

01:31So, I am going to grab the flashes, the highlights, the insane highlights, and I'm going to latch on to those.

01:41He has, like, the thickest amount of notes that I wrote on a guy for positives to touch on the negatives.

01:50Absolutely, the inconsistency bothers me.

01:52It does.

01:53Because he disappears.

01:54Like, let's be very clear.

01:55It's not like, oh, yeah, no, he doesn't look right.

01:57He disappears.

01:59He doesn't show up.

01:59There are a lot of games, Ryan, where he just, you don't see him for spurts.

02:05But those flashes were the most out of any prospect that I, of these edge prospects, where I was like, whoa.

02:11The pit game was the one that blew my socks off.

02:14First game I watched him, I'm watching him.

02:16I'm like, yeah, this is, you know, I can kind of see it.

02:18The way that he gets off, he's got the fastest getoff out of any of the edge rushers, in my opinion.

02:24I think that he plays very physically.

02:26I think that he is, when he's on and he is playing with a clear plan, he's got really good hand usage.

02:34Again, that doesn't happen often.

02:36And I think that he also understands how to play with really good leverage as well to get underneath blockers.

02:42All of that stuff, to me, translates to a guy who can be a 10-plus sack guy on a consistent basis in the NFL.

02:52I would not be shocked, though, if we're not sitting here talking about him, kind of like we did James Pierce Jr.

02:57this past draft, where we got excited by the potential, takes a hair of a step forward, but not enough for him to be the first edge taken.

03:08I think TJ Parker, for me, is going to be the clearest guy.

03:11This guy will go in the first round, no matter what, because he's that talented.

03:15This guy will go in the first round, no matter what.

03:17I think the field is my favorite guy.

03:18I think the kid is right, and there is a aspect to him.

03:19I know, do it.

03:19This guy is really

03:21truly a phenomenal part.

03:22This guy will go in the first round.

03:24It will take fall for this cutature.

03:25Yeah, but I think it's pretty clear who holds inside.

03:30This guy feels likeanne and sand on a, this guy lives prior to get more than the quarter tip of it.

03:36This guy is in the Shawnfield.

03:37So this guy is going to be fantastic, no matter what kind of thing we'll be doing with this bug.

03:39I think is just helping this stuff down the way it looks more comfortable to get questions.

Clemson EDGE TJ Parker 2026 NFL Draft

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