Injuries knock former Clemson DBs out of action in NFL Week 1

A couple of former Clemson defensive backs were knocked out of action with injuries in their respective NFL teams’ Week 1 games on Sunday. Dallas Cowboys safety Jayron Kearse suffered a knee injury in the Cowboys’ 19-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night. He left AT&T Stadium in Arlington on crutches. Michael […]

Trio of former Tigers listed as intriguing players to watch for 2022 NFL training camp

This week, Pro Football Focus (PFF) published an article on one intriguing player from each NFL team to keep an eye on for 2022 training camp.  A few former Clemson standouts appeared on PFF’s list in Jacksonville Jaguars running back Travis Etienne, Atlanta Falcons cornerback A.J. Terrell and Dallas Cowboys safety Jayron Kearse. By all […]

Former Tiger seemingly takes exception to ESPN article

A former Clemson safety took to Twitter on Sunday, seemingly taking exception to the fact his name wasn’t mentioned in an ESPN NFL article published Saturday. ESPN released a ranking of the NFL’s top 10 safeties for the 2022 season (subscription required) after surveying over 50 league executives, coaches, scouts and players to help them come up […]

Re-signing of this former Tiger named Cowboys’ best offseason move

The Athletic‘s NFL writers recently published an article pegging the best offseason move for each of the 32 teams in the league. For the Dallas Cowboys, the re-signing of former Clemson safety Jayron Kearse was named the Cowboys’ best offseason move by Jon Machota. Here’s what he wrote about Kearse, who re-signed with the team […]

Two former Tigers on ESPN’s list of the NFL’s most underrated players

ESPN this week published an article naming the most underrated player on all 32 NFL teams (subscription required), and two former Clemson defenders made the list. ESPN tabbed former Tiger safety Jayron Kearse as the Dallas Cowboys’ most underrated player. Following his breakout season with the Cowboys in 2021, Kearse re-signed with the team in March on […]

Former Tiger ranked among NFL’s top players at this position

Pro Football Focus this week released its 2022 NFL safety rankings and tiers, and a former Clemson standout made the list as one of the league’s top players at the position. Former Tiger Jayron Kearse, now with the Dallas Cowboys, is ranked as the No. 7 safety under the “Matchup Slot Tier” — or the […]

Former Clemson safety re-signs with NFL team

A former Clemson standout is sticking around with the NFL team he had a breakout season for last year. The Dallas Cowboys announced Monday they have agreed to terms on a new deal with former Tiger safety Jayron Kearse. The new contract is reportedly for two years and $10 million, with the ability for Kearse […]

Former Tiger reportedly not ‘close to anything’ with this NFL team

A former Clemson standout and current NFL free agent is reportedly not near a new contract with this NFL team. Calvin Watkins, who covers the Dallas Cowboys for Dallas Morning News, reported recently that Dallas “isn’t close to anything” with former Tiger safety Jayron Kearse. Following Kearse’s strong season with the Cowboys in 2021, it […]

Two former Tigers ranked among best available NFL free agents

NFL free agency is upon us, and on Wednesday, the third day of free agency, Pro Football Focus released its list of the top 100 remaining players available on the open market. Two former Clemson standouts appeared on the list in safety Jayron Kearse and wide receiver Sammy Watkins. Kearse, who spent the 2021 season […]

Three former Tigers ranked among top NFL free agents

Pro Football Focus recently released its ranking of the top 200 NFL free agents. Three former Clemson standouts are among the top 115 players in PFF’s NFL free agent rankings, with Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams coming in as a top-10 free agent at No. 7 overall. Williams finished last season with 76 […]