CLEMSON — When one man goes down, another fills his spot. That happened in a big way last week for No. 17 Clemson at Pitt. After linebacker Sammy Brown was charged with targeting Pitt quarterback Nate Yarnell, he was ejected from the game. Luckily for redshirt freshman Dee Crayton, his name was called to suit […]
A trio of talented young Clemson linebackers will be asked to step up in the absence of reserve linebacker Kobe McCloud. Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney announced Monday evening that McCloud, a redshirt sophomore who has played in 15 career games, is out for the season and will have to undergo knee surgery. Swinney said […]
Meeting with the media this week, Clemson defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Wes Goodwin discussed the contributions from a trio of talented young linebackers – Jamal Anderson, Dee Crayton and Kobe McCloud. A redshirt freshman, McCloud has played in five games this year, seeing 51 total snaps on defense over the Charleston Southern, Florida Atlantic and Syracuse […]
CLEMSON – Wes Goodwin is shorthanded at linebacker heading into the 2023 season with six players in the rotation. Good news for him is that group is young and very talented. One of the newcomers to the unit is freshman Dee Crayton. A three-star prospect from Georgia, he joined the program in January and is […]
CLEMSON — There is no doubt, the biggest concern for Clemson heading into the 2023 season, is its lack of depth at the linebacker positions. With several linebackers transferring from the program in the last year, plus the dismissal of T.J. Dudley last month, the Tigers find themselves with just six scholarship linebackers on its […]
Clemson has one of the nation’s more formidable linebacker duos back in Jeremiah Trotter Jr. and Barrett Carter. As for who will be filling in the depth chart behind them at the second level of the defense, those faces will be relatively new next season. Not only has star ‘backer Trenton Simpson left for the […]
Wes Goodwin is stoked about Clemson’s 2023 signing class and the new additions to the Tigers’ football program. After locking up the class during the December early signing period, Clemson celebrated its class again on Wednesday’s National Signing Day. Goodwin spoke about the class on Wednesday in an interview with Don Munson during Clemson’s National […]
Another year, another strong signing class for Dabo Swinney and company. With the early signing period kicking off today, Swinney and the Tigers are set to ink another outstanding group of prospects. Clemson came into the day with the hay pretty much in the barn for its 2023 class, so to speak. All 25 of […]
College football’s early signing period is typically an exciting yet anxious time for programs nationwide, but Clemson isn’t expecting too many surprises this year. The first chance for 2023 recruits to put pen to their National Letters of Intent will be Wednesday when a 72-hour signing window begins. When it does, Clemson has a good […]
August 1 marks the day that colleges around the nation start doling out official offers to prospects. Clemson is of course among the schools that have been sending out official offers to their commits and targets in the class of 2023, and many of the Tigers’ pledges have been announcing and reacting to their official […]