For most NFL players, the preseason is the stage to earn playing time or a roster spot. On Saturday, however, it was the stage for Clemson football alumni to shine. Three former Tiger defenders each picked off a pass, returning them for touchdowns.<\/p>\n
Andrew Mukuba \u2014 Philadelphia Eagles
Mukuba, a 2025 second-round pick who played three seasons for the Tigers before transferring to Texas, had a rookie party against the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n
The Philadelphia newbie broke on a pass in the second quarter and focused on the end zone ahead. After moving past Cleveland quarterback Dillon Gabriel, Mukuba sprinted 75 yards for the touchdown.<\/p>\n
He would recover a fumble two drives later to cap off an impressive day.<\/p>\n
KJ Henry \u2014 Cleveland Browns
After recording zero interceptions at Clemson, one fell into Henry\u2019s lap in the NFL.<\/p>\n
Henry spent the 2024-25 NFL season bouncing across rosters. He ended the season with the Philadelphia Eagles, celebrating a 2025 Super Bowl win. Now with the Browns, he found pay dirt against his former team.<\/p>\n
Following a high snap, Cleveland\u2019s defensive line forced an errant throw, and the ball fluttered into Henry\u2019s hands. He brought his 4.63 speed into play and outran everyone for a 45-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n
Andrew Booth Jr. \u2014 Dallas Cowboys
Booth burst onto the scene during his sophomore year at Clemson with a spectacular one-handed interception against Virginia in 2020. Now in his fifth NFL season, he is making spectacular plays yet again.<\/p>\n
Against Baltimore, Booth intercepted a pass from Cooper Rush, spinning his way down the sideline for 40 yards and scoring the Cowboys\u2019 only touchdown of the evening.<\/p>\n
Despite the loss, he recorded seven total tackles and two pass deflections, a strong showing from Dallas\u2019s would-be third cornerback in the depth chart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For most NFL players, the preseason is the stage to earn playing time or a roster spot. On…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[2819,25,7,6,242,109,2476,56570],"class_list":{"0":"post-296766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-clemson-football","9":"tag-eagles","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","14":"tag-philadelphiaeagles","15":"tag-tigers-in-the-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115047141548044439","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}