The Clemson football program has been phenomenal on the defensive line during the Dabo Swinney era and it continues with the current team and guys like Peter Woods.
Woods is everything he was advertised to be as a 5-star recruit, looking like one of the best defensive tackles in the country in 2023. Now on the edge, Woods has a new task in 2024 with a lot of opportunity to showcase what he is capable of.
A great part of being a Tiger on the defensive line is the history and the former Tigers, who can impart their wisdom and mentor the younger players. There’s no better guy for Woods to learn from than current NFL star and Las Vegas Raiders member Christian Wilkins. A natural defensive tackle, Wilkins played a lot of defensive end with the Miami Dolphins in a 3-4 defense.
Woods has been learning from Wilkins whenever he’s back on campus.
“Obviously, those guys come back and visit during the summer,” Woods said during an appearance on the ACC Network Road Show. “So I kind of knew that was going to be a thing for me going into the season. I leaned on him (Wilkins) a lot for guidance. Same year, same phase of college football. So it was really big, just knowing that I had somebody who has done it before at the same level and he’s doing it at the next level as well.”
Woods will look to run with the advice he’s getting and further develop as a star on Clemson’s defense.