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Robert Griffin III praised Kansas City's Peter Woods as a 'Chris Jones protege' after the Chiefs selected him 29th overall. Woods, a 6-foot-3, 300-pound defensive tackle from Clemson, is noted for his explosive athleticism and potential to develop under Jones' mentorship.
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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.
Robert Griffin III described Peter Woods as a 'Chris Jones protege,' highlighting his quickness and explosive burst off the snap.
Peter Woods was selected 29th overall due to his impressive college performance at Clemson, where he recorded nine tackles for loss and three sacks.
Peter Woods is compared to Chris Jones for his similar physical tools and potential, particularly in developing his pass rush skills.

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He will walk into Kansas City and sit next to Chris Jones, who is 31 and still the anchor of that defensive front.
Jones did not get to where he is on athleticism alone. He refined his game over years inside one of the better defensive systems in the league.
This is a conversation for two or three years from now, that's when we can see if the comparisons hold up.
But Griffin III is not wrong about what he saw on tape. And we will find out soon enough whether the front offices were right to believe the same thing.