Wesco, Moore ‘Physically Different Guys’ Entering ’25
By: Gavin Oliver August 15, 2025

T.J. Moore and Bryant Wesco Jr. are both coming off impressive debut seasons at Clemson in 2024. But as good as the two star wideouts were as freshmen last year, they are in a different – and better – spot from a physical standpoint entering the 2025 campaign.

Head coach Dabo Swinney said after Clemson’s second and final scrimmage of fall camp on Thursday that Moore and Wesco are “physically different guys” now than they were entering their first year with the Tigers.

“Wesco and TJ, in particular, those two guys are really gifted outside. They’ve always been good finishers on the ball, even before they really developed physically,” Swinney said. “But both of them are just physically different guys than they were this time last year.”

On July 31 of last year, at Clemson’s annual “BIG Weigh-In” before the start of fall camp, Wesco weighed in at 182 pounds, while Moore weighed in at 198. Now, Wesco is listed at 190 pounds on Clemson’s official roster, while Moore is officially listed at 205 pounds.

“A year in the program, a year in the strength and conditioning, and it makes a difference – it does,” Swinney said.

Wesco and Moore had tremendous impacts as freshmen. Wesco led the team, averaging 17.3 yards per catch. He finished with more than 700 receiving yards and had five touchdown catches while earning freshman All-American honors.

Moore, meanwhile, finished with 651 yards with five touchdown grabs and averaged 14.5 yards per reception. Together, Moore and Wesco made Clemson the first power conference team since at least 2000 to have multiple freshmen reach 650-plus receiving yards and five or more touchdown catches in a single season.

Not only do they each now have a season of experience under their belts, and have gotten fully acclimated to the college game, but they are poised to benefit from their physical development as well.

“Getting off of people grabbing them, knocking hands off, leaning on people, body control with people into them – it makes a difference,” Swinney said. “It just amplifies what they’re already good at.”