{"id":611348,"date":"2026-04-18T00:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/611348\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T00:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:56:08","slug":"clemsons-blake-miller-could-be-a-clean-pick-in-the-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/611348\/","title":{"rendered":"Clemson\u2019s Blake Miller could be a \u2018clean pick\u2019 in the NFL draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice is joined by his dad – former NFL head coach Mike Tice – to discuss why the Clemson offensive lineman is one of the safer picks in this year’s class. Check out the full conversation on \u201cFootball 301\u201d – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, YouTube<\/a> or wherever you listen.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Blake Miller from Clemson started like a, a billion games at Clemson.<\/p>\n

Never missed time, just started game after game after game.<\/p>\n

Clean technician, another tall player, six seven, you know, six six and six eights, 317, ran well, five flat essentially, 34 and three eighths arms.<\/p>\n

A lot to like here, a lot of games started, played exclusively right side though, at right tackle at Clemson.<\/p>\n

In Clemson’s offense, they haven’t had really o- any offensive lineman drafted in years.<\/p>\n

Charles and I were trying to think of John Simpson, who’s with the Ravens now is one, but that’s not really been a factory for offensive lineman, mostly because of that offense .<\/p>\n

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but what’d you think about Blake Miller, Dad?<\/p>\n

how, how high you rank him?<\/p>\n

I, I- Just what, what thoughts on him?<\/p>\n

I, I like him, Nate.<\/p>\n

Um- Yeah I, I like, I like his style of play, I like his size.<\/p>\n

I think he’s gonna be an excellent pro.<\/p>\n

He’s got really good quickness, he gets out of his stance like a, a shotgun.<\/p>\n

he’s got great foot fire on contact in the run game, that means he moves his feet on contact, he doesn’t block two and then through.<\/p>\n

He’s got great foot fire, he’s aggressive, he’s quick.<\/p>\n

Gets a little high like all these tall guys, but I, I think in every single guy six six and above I say gets a little high at times and that- Yeah that just happens.<\/p>\n

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my, my, my thing that I don’t like about him is a technique thing, and it’s because the way he’s been taught, but I’m a vertical set guy, so any time I see someone vertically set I’m gonna fall in love with him, i.e., Freeland from Georgia.<\/p>\n

Um- Yeah but he’s a 45 degree set guy, which is, which is- Yeah no big deal and, and because that’s a, a way to win and that’s the way you teach it, it’s another way.<\/p>\n

Also, he’s a fork lifter, so that means he comes up from- Yeah underneath, and he’s got those, big long 34-inch arms and I think the fork lifting thing is gonna give him a little bit of trouble in the NFL with some of these guys that use their hands so well.<\/p>\n

I think they’re gonna knock him down, but that’s, that’s just me talking.<\/p>\n

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he’s got good feet to the second level, really good change of dir- I like this player, Nate, I like him a lot.<\/p>\n

Yeah.<\/p>\n

uh- He grew on me my, my notes go on and on and on and on.<\/p>\n

Again, good COD, good COD, good lateral, really good athlete that like you said, Nate, he’s played a lot of football and it shows.<\/p>\n

I mean, he does this move where he slaps hands down, uh- Yeah and then resets.<\/p>\n

he, he, he’s a good football player.<\/p>\n

I think he’s gonna be a good prospect for somebody, and somebody’s gonna be happy for, and he’s obviously played a lot of ball.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if he’s had any injuries, I don’t get to go that deep.<\/p>\n

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Nope.<\/p>\n

But- He’s a high man I think that this guy could be a clean pick for somebody and, and play a long time for some football team.<\/p>\n

I, I, yeah, that, I, he’s a guy that really grew on me.<\/p>\n

I, like the more I watched him, I mean also the tools were maybe even a little better than I was anticipating.<\/p>\n

I thought he’d be a solid size, all that, he had a good length and everything, ’cause he’s like long-torsoed too.<\/p>\n

Like, you know, he’s long-armed and long-torsoed, you usually- Yeah don’t get that combo.<\/p>\n

and yeah, I, I, I devi- I, I described him as a brisk mover, you know?<\/p>\n

He’s a- brisk mover.<\/p>\n

He’s, he’s just so clean with some stuff.<\/p>\n

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I, I thought that some of the hand placement stuff could get a little wide.<\/p>\n

I thought you could tighten that a little bit.<\/p>\n

Little wide.<\/p>\n

But h- yeah, but he can recover.<\/p>\n

Like he can, “Oh, oh, I’m wide,” oh, and then kinda just work his hands back in at times.<\/p>\n

Yeah.<\/p>\n

Not all the time, but better than I anticipated.<\/p>\n

a guy that I’m very comfortable taking in the back half of the first round-<\/p>\n

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