Clemson running back Will Shipley declared for the 2024 NFL Draft on Wednesday night. Shipley made the announcement on social media, saying he was "forever grateful" to be a Clemson Tiger.Shipley had a standout career at Clemson. He recorded 2,747 yards and 31 touchdowns on 526 career rushing attempts and 602 yards and two touchdowns on 85 career receptions in 1,526 offensive snaps over 36 career games (27 starts) from 2021-23. He is also credited with 34 career kickoff returns for 904 yards (26.6 avg.), as well as one pass attempt for a two-yard touchdown.He made an instant impact as a freshman in 2021 and followed that campaign with a 2022 season in which he became the first player in ACC history to be selected as a first-team All-ACC honoree in three different categories (running back, all-purpose and specialist) and was one of four finalists for the Paul Hornung Award (nation's most versatile player).Among his other accomplishments, he is one of only three FBS players to record 1,200 all-purpose yards in all three seasons from 2021-23 (Kent State/Ball State's Marquez Cooper and Buffalo's Ron Cook Jr.). He also joined Clemson's Travis Etienne, Louisville's Lamar Jackson and North Carolina's Giovani Bernard as the only ACC players to rush for 11 or more touchdowns in both their freshman and sophomore campaigns since 2000.In 2022, he became Clemson's first Academic All-American since 2012 and the first Clemson running back ever to earn the honor. He also became the ninth player in school history to score 30 career touchdowns and the eighth player at Clemson ever to rush for 30 touchdowns and became the first Clemson scholarship player on record to graduate in three years with a perfect 4.0 GPA.