Nathaniel Wiggins (born August 28, 2003) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

cornerback A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football. Cornerbacks cover receivers most of the time, but also blitz and defend against such offensive running plays as sweeps and reverses. They create tur ...

. He played

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at Clemson.

High school career

Wiggins originally attended Grady High School in

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

before transferring to Westlake High School for his senior season. In high school he played both wide receiver and

but was primarily recruited as cornerback. At the conclusion of his high school career he would be selected to and play in the 2021 All-American Bowl. Wiggins was a 4 star recruit ranked the nations #7 overall corner prospect. He originally committed to play college football at

LSU Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 near ...

before flipping to

Clemson University Clemson University () is a public land-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina. Founded in 1889, Clemson is the second-largest university in the student population in South Carolina. For the fall 2019 semester, the university enro ...

four days prior to national signing day.

College career

In his freshman year, Wiggins saw limited playing time and struggled off of the field, with both himself and head coach

Dabo Swinney William Christopher "Dabo" Swinney (; born November 20, 1969) is an American football coach, currently serving as the head coach at Clemson University. Swinney took over midway through the 2008 season, following the resignation of Tommy Bowden. S ...

later describing him as immature. Wiggins entered his sophomore season with high expectations after he received praise from coaches and his teammates for his growth and maturation during the offseason. In the Tigers victory in the

2022 ACC Championship Game The 2022 ACC Championship Game was a college football conference championship game that was played on December 3, 2022, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina to determine the champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for t ...

, Wiggins had a 98 yard Pick-Six, the longest in ACC Championship history. Wiggins finished the season with 30 tackles, 11 passes defended and one interception. In 2023, he received first-team All-ACC honors before declaring for the 2024 NFL draft.

College statistics

Professional career

References

External links

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Clemson Tigers bio
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