Wilkins Sees Major Rise in NFL Top 100 Players of 2024 List

The annual NFL Top 100 list is gradually being unveiled, and players ranked from No. 60 to No. 51 were revealed on Thursday.

Former Clemson star Christian Wilkins came in at No. 58 among The Top 100 Players of 2024 – which is voted on by the players themselves.

Wilkins saw a major rise in the rankings, shooting up 23 spots from where he landed (No. 81) last year on The Top 100 Players of 2023 list.

After spending the first five years of his pro career with the Miami Dolphins, Wilkins signed with the Las Vegas Raiders this offseason on a four-year, $110 million free agent deal.

A first-round pick (13th overall) of the Dolphins in the 2019 NFL Draft, Wilkins has played in 81 career games and made 77 starts while racking up 353 tackles (202 solo), 20.5 sacks and 43 tackles for loss in his pro career to date.

The 6-foot-4, 310-pound defensive tackle started in all 17 games last season and finished with 63 tackles (36 solo), 10 tackles for loss and a career-high 9.0 sacks, which ranked fifth in the NFL among defensive tackles.

Wilkins’ 353 career tackles since entering the league are the most among all defensive linemen over that span and the second most in NFL history among defensive linemen in their first five NFL seasons.