Robert Griffin III sees something familiar in Kansas City's Peter Woods

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Robert Griffin III went on X not long after the Kansas City Chiefs made their second defensive pick of the night, and he called Peter Woods a "Chris Jones protege," pointed to his first-step quickness and explosive burst off the snap, and said the physical tools were there.

"The @Chiefs just got their Chris JONES protege in Peter Woods out of Clemson. FIRST-STEP QUICK DT with freak athleticism who is explosive off the ball. Sound familiar? His tape shows a power and quickness combo that can’t be taught. For him to take the next step, he has to develop his pass rush to be consistently disruptive against the pass. Working alongside the great Chris Jones will only speed up his development." Griffin Wrote.

Woods went to Kansas City with the 29th overall pick Thursday night in Pittsburgh, via a trade with the Los Angeles Rams.

The Clemson defensive tackle turned 21 in March. He is 6-foot-3, around 300 pounds, and by most pre-draft accounts, his 2024 season was the one that put him on first-round boards to begin with: nine tackles for loss, three sacks, and the kind of interior disruption that made opposing coordinators scheme specifically around him.

His 2025 production dipped noticeably. But he was being double and triple-teamed consistently down the stretch of his Clemson career, which explains more than the stat line does on its own.