Last day of fall camp: Defensive Notebook

The media was allowed to watch the first seven and a half periods of the final practice of fall camp Tuesday afternoon. While Clemson did not do any team drills early in practice, the defense did participate in individual drills as position groups. Here are a few things I observed from the defense on Jervey […]

Tour of Champions: Rayburn says Swinney’s culture ‘different than everywhere else’

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Hunter Rayburn was a relatively unknown prospect when he transferred from West Florida Tech to Pensacola High School for his senior season. The move across town paid off, as Rayburn’s recruitment took off upon his arrival to Pensacola. During the spring evaluation period, the 6-foot-4, 320-pound offensive lineman received offers from 20 […]

Tour of Champions: 4-star Rayburn goes in-depth on Clemson

PENSACOLA, Fla. — The Clemson Insider’s Tour of Champions traveled to Pensacola High School on Tuesday to see Clemson commitment Hunter Rayburn. The four-star offensive lineman spoke with TCI and went in-depth on a number of things relating to Clemson. Watch our one-on-one Tour of Champions interview with Rayburn on TCITV:

3 Tigers named First-Team Preseason All-America by AP voters

A day after the Associated Press ranked Clemson No. 2 in its preseason poll, the media association’s panel of writers and broadcasters voted defensive end Clelin Ferrell, defensive tackle Christian Wilkins and left offensive tackle Mitch Hyatt to their preseason All-America Team on Monday. Clemson and Wisconsin led the way with three First-Team All-Americans. Defensive […]

Potential is not going to get it done at wide receiver

As fall camp begins to wind down, the media spoke with head coach Dabo Swinney and co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Jeff Scott after Monday’s practice at Jervey Meadows in Clemson. Scott talked about a lot of things, including his wide receivers, Clemson’s depth chart and a whole lot more. Here is some of […]

4-star Phillips goes in-depth on Clemson commitment

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Clemson picked up a big-time commitment on Monday from Lawrenceville (Ga.) Archer four-star safety Jalyn Phillips. Phillips chose the Tigers over finalists Oklahoma and Alabama during an announcement ceremony at Archer High School. The Clemson Insider was on hand for the announcement Monday afternoon, and Phillips spoke with reporters afterward. Watch his […]

Notebook: Clemson has a new placekicker, sort of

Though head coach Dabo Swinney would not come and out and say it officially following Monday’s practice at Jervey Meadows, he did insinuate Greg Huegel has won the placekicking job for the second-ranked Tigers. Swinney says Huegel has separated himself from Alex Spence and B.T. Potter in competition. “He’s had a great camp,” the Clemson […]

Archer coach discusses Phillips’ commitment to Clemson

Archer High School (Lawrenceville, Ga.) head coach Andy Dyer couldn’t have been happier on Monday when he saw one of his star players, four-star safety Jalyn Phillips, commit to his dream school, Clemson, on his 18th birthday. The Clemson Insider was on hand for Phillips’ announcement ceremony at Archer High and caught up with Dyer […]

Clemson refreshed, recharged, refueled and recommitted

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney spoke to the media Monday after practice at Jervey Meadows in Clemson. This was the first practice after the Tigers took a rare weekend off in the middle of fall camp. Swinney on the break this past weekend: “I’ve always felt like less is more anyway, so this is something […]

Clemson’s first baseball All-American passes away

Joe Landrum, Clemson’s first baseball All-American, died Sunday in Columbia, S.C., at the age of 89. According to a baseball research website, he was the 87th-oldest living former MLB player before his death. Landrum came to Clemson from Columbia High School and played for the Tigers in 1946 and 1947. Clemson finished with a 12-5 […]