When the Cincinnati Bengals selected Tee Higgins with the 33rd overall pick in last month’s NFL Draft, he became the 10th Clemson wide receiver taken in the draft since 2010. No position at Clemson in the last decade had produced more draft picks.
Because of the number of wide receivers Clemson had produced for the NFL, it has become known as Wide Receiver U, a brand the Tigers are extremely proud of.
Of the years, Clemson has had six wide receivers taken in the first round of the NFL Draft – Jerry Butler (1979), Perry Tuttle (1982), Rod Gardner (2001), Deandre Hopkins (2013), Sammy Watkins (2014) and Mike Williams (2017).