One of the bigger question marks surrounding Clemson heading into the spring centered on the running back position. With Phil Mafah having moved on and Jay Haynes having torn an ACL last December, the Tigers had very little production repping at the position this spring. Last December, Dabo Swinney moved receiver Adam Randall to running […]
This week, a panel of ESPN college football reporters broke down the strength and weakness for each team in the outlet’s Way-Too-Early Top 25 for the 2025 season. Clemson (10-4, 7-1 ACC in 2024) checks in at No. 7 in ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Top 25 after winning the 2024 ACC Championship and earning a spot in […]
Greg McElroy liked Clemson last season, and he is even higher on the Tigers heading into the 2025 campaign. The ESPN analyst believes the time is now for the Tigers to “break through” and get back to a national championship level. “The Clemson Tigers enter into the 2025 season with sky-high expectations,” McElroy said on […]
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney met with the media on Friday before the Tigers officially began spring practice. Swinney gave a number of injury updates, including updates on DL Stephiylan Green, CB Jeadyn Lukus and OL Walker Parks. Swinney also provided injury updates on a slew of other players. Here’s a rundown of those injury […]
2024 was supposed to be the year of Phil Mafah. For a while, that is exactly how it was playing out, as Mafah went over the century mark six times in the first nine games. However, a shoulder injury severely impacted his production over the final few games as the senior back rushed for more […]
Clemson is down one of its top two running backs headed into the College Football Playoff matchup on Saturday against Texas. Dabo Swinney confirmed on Monday that second-string back, Jay Haynes, will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a knee injury in the ACC Championship Game win over SMU. “He’s out,” the head […]
CLEMSON — Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney met with the media Sunday afternoon to discuss the Tigers’ first-round playoff game against No. 5 Texas in the College Football Playoff. Swinney was asked about the injury situation surrounding running back Jay Haynes, who was injured on the first play of the third quarter in Clemson’s 34-31 […]
CLEMSON – Jay Haynes is looking forward to playing against South Carolina for the first time. While the running back was on the roster last year, he spent much of the season dealing with an injury and redshirted, so he didn’t play in the Tigers’ 16-7 win in Columbia. “I’m looking forward to it,” said […]
CLEMSON — When Jay Haynes broke free for his 70-yard touchdown run in the second quarter of No. 17 Clemson’s 51-14 victory over The Citadel on Saturday, quarterback Cade Klubnik pointed the way with the No. 1 sign. The Clemson quarterback then looked over to the bench and did it there, it was obvious Klubnik […]
Last season while sharing the running back duties with Will Shipley, fans were clamoring to see more of Phil Mafah in the Clemson backfield. However, now that Mafah is the featured back for the Tigers, many are asking why they’ve not seen more of backups like Jay Haynes and Keith Adams Jr. Over the past […]