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Clemson star wide receiver Bryant Wesco Jr. named a top player to watch for 2027 NFL draft
Clemson star wide receiver Bryant Wesco Jr. named a top player to watch for 2027 NFL draft
The 2025 college football season hasn't even kicked off yet, but Clemson wide receiver Bryant Wesco Jr. is already drawing long-term attention from NFL scouts and analysts. Despite being just one year into his college career, the rising sophomore is already being viewed as a top prospect for the 2027 NFL Draft.
A former consensus top-35 recruit out of Midlothian (Texas) High School, Wesco wasted no time making an impact in his true freshman season at Clemson. He led the Tigers in yards per reception (17.3), finishing the year with 41 catches for 708 yards and five touchdowns across 12 games, including 11 starts. His breakout year earned him freshman All-American honors from multiple outlets, including Pro Football Focus (PFF).
PFF's Max Chadwick recently spotlighted Wesco as one of college football's most intriguing future NFL Draft prospects. 'Wesco's 707 receiving yards trailed only Jeremiah Smith and Ryan Williams among true freshmen wideouts while his 2.21 yards per route run were fifth and led the Tigers this season,' Chadwick wrote. He also pointed to Wesco's dominant performance in Clemson's ACC Championship victory over SMU as a defining moment. In that game, Wesco hauled in eight passes for 142 yards and two touchdowns — setting a new ACC Championship Game record for receiving yards by a freshman and tying for the second-most by any player in the game's history.
Wesco's production didn't stop there. The ACC title game was one of three 100-yard receiving performances for him in 2024, making him just the fifth true freshman in Clemson history to accomplish that feat since the NCAA granted permanent freshman eligibility in 1972. His 17.3 yards per catch marked the highest average by a Tiger with at least 40 receptions since Tee Higgins in 2019 (19.8), and the best by a Clemson freshman with 40 or more catches since Justyn Ross in 2018 (21.7).
Both PFF and ESPN are bullish on Wesco's future heading into the 2025 season, ranking him among the top receivers in the country. PFF placed him at No. 7 among returning wideouts, while ESPN slotted him at No. 8 — further evidence of the high expectations surrounding the young Tiger.
Alongside fellow sophomore standout T.J. Moore, Wesco is expected to be a focal point of Clemson's passing game this season. And while there's still a long road ahead before the 2027 NFL Draft, Wesco is already turning heads with his elite combination of speed, body control, and big-play ability
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