2024 NFL Combine: Top CB Nate Wiggins injured after running 4.29-second 40-yard dash

Friday afternoon was bittersweet for Nate Wiggins. Wiggins, one of the top cornerback prospects in the 2024 NFL Draft, suffered the injury after running a 4.29-second 40-yard dash during the NFL Scouting Combine. Wiggins suffered a hip flexor injury, but is expected to be in good condition at Clemson’s pro day, according to NFL Media.

Although the injury is unfortunate, Wiggins is certainly happy with his 40th time. He told Steel Insider Jim Wexell that he ran a 4.27 during his training leading up to the combine.

While he is a first-round pick, Wiggins (who is only 20 years old) feels he is no closer to fulfilling his potential.

“I feel like I can get more physical, but I feel like I’m in a good physical corner now but I can get more physical. … They want me to gain weight but I don’t feel like it,” he told Wexell. “My weight is bad. When we cut the film, there’s no one pushing me. My goal is to get to 192, 193. I’m 185 now.”

Wiggins also addressed his lack of career choices. He had just three interceptions at Clemson, but two of them came against top quarterback prospect Drake May. One of those picks was a 98-yard pick six in the 2022 ACC title game.

“I lost eight my sophomore year,” Wiggins said. “No, it wasn’t bad hands, I just didn’t come up with the play.”

Wiggins hopes to make more plays for whoever he picks in April’s draft.