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28 Aug 16

The early exodus by juniors Mackensie Alexander, Jayron Kearse and T.J. Green wasn’t part of Dabo Swinney’s plan for 2016. Swinney doesn’t make assumptions when it comes to roster management, which (…)

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28 Aug 16

Ask any cliché-dropping football coach in the country. Skill players get butts in seats and eyes on TV screens, but games are still won in the trenches. Clemson’s magical run to the College Football Playoff (…)

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27 Aug 16

Dabo Swinney was skeptical when Brent Venables told him a four-star defensive tackle from Hawaii was interested in Clemson. “I’m just like, ‘Do you just want a recruiting trip to Hawaii?’” Swinney (…)

04 May 16

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Things are going to start getting hectic for Xavier Thomas. In April of last year, when he was a freshman at Florence-Wilson, Florida State was first to offer. A few weeks later, (…)

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03 May 16

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Sammy Watkins is Demarcus Gregory’s guy. The former All-American and current star for the Buffalo Bills became the favorite wide receiver for a lot kids when he was at Clemson from (…)

02 May 16

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Derion Kendrick could be the top overall prospect from the state of South Carolina’s loaded 2018 class. The athlete from Rock Hill does a little bit of everything for South Pointe High (…)

01 May 16

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables offered Teradja Mitchell in January of his freshman year at Bayside High School. Now, a sophomore at Bishop Sullivan Catholic, the four-star (…)

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30 Apr 16

Xavier Kelly moves to Clemson in two months, and he’ll arrive with some pretty sizable expectations for year one. The four-star defensive end from Wichita-East (Kansas) recently spoke with The Clemson Insider (…)

28 Apr 16

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The criteria are in place for four-star wide receiver OrTre Smith. “Where I feel comfortable at, and a home atmosphere, just where I can perform at my best,” Smith told (…)