Jets GM Darren Mougey said<\/a> the team had been high on Klubnik going back to earlier evaluations and stayed encouraged even through a tough final season at Clemson<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt really good about Cade,\u201d Mougey said. \u201cObviously last year, evaluating all those quarterbacks going into this year, we had good grades on Cade going into this year. You watch him this year \u2013 he got hurt early and was playing hurt much of the year, and that team kind of struggled. But was excited to get around him at the combine.\u201d<\/p>\n That meeting played a big role in what came next, eventually leading the Jets to take a closer look in person.<\/p>\n \u201cHad a great combine interview, which sparked us to want to get down to Clemson<\/a> and work him out and spend some more time with him,\u201d Mougey said. \u201cWe went down there, and it was great exposure being there on campus with him, in the room, talking ball. Felt very natural. Felt like there was a connection there. Getting on the field, doing the workout, he showed well. So, felt really good about Cade, a young player who has a lot of experience.\u201d<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n Mougey also pointed to Klubnik\u2019s background and track record as reasons the Jets were comfortable making the move.<\/p>\n \u201cHe played a lot of snaps in high school,\u201d Mougey added. \u201c30-0 record in Texas. Went to Clemson as a young 17-year-old. Three-year starter at Clemson. Won a lot of games there. Unfortunately had a down year this year, but still young, athletic with some upside, and feel really good about being able to get him.\u201d<\/p>\n Now, Klubnik heads to New York with a clear opportunity ahead, joining a team that made an aggressive move because it believes in what he can become.<\/p>\n Contact us\u00a0@Clemson_Wire<\/a>\u00a0on X, and like our page on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for ongoing coverage of\u00a0Clemson Tigers<\/a>\u00a0news and notes, plus opinions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 2, 2026, 11:50 a.m. ET Cade Klubnik is headed to the NFL, landing with the New York…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[679,9,11,10,56,40626,29129,27744,948,33519,33522,3723,15245,950,690,1675,3712,1328,949,682],"class_list":["post-217834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-accessfree","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-ny","tag-sstssportscollegeclemsonfootball","tag-sstsnfootball","tag-tag2026-nfl-draft","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagclemson-football","tag-tagclemson-tigers-football","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-tagfacebook","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnew-york","tag-tagnew-york-jets","tag-tagnfl-draft","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/87249965007-420.jpg\")