Earlier this summer, Clemson announced that defensive tackle Hevin Brown-Shuler had been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, which will obviously force him to miss the 2026 season.

On Monday, during Clemson’s annual media day, head coach Dabo Swinney provided an update on how things are progressing for the third-year player.

“He is doing great,” Swinney said from the Allen N. Reeves Football Complex. “I think he has had four rounds of chemo at this point. He is responding well, doing well. That is going in a good direction. He has been very engaged and around every day, so just good to see him and a smile on his face.”

Brown-Shuler committed to Clemson in April 2023 as a four-star prospect in the 2024 recruiting class according to multiple recruiting services. He was ranked as a top-150 national prospect and the country’s sixth-best defensive tackle by Rivals.

The 6-foot-3, 305-pounder – a four-time all-region and all-state honoree at Pace Academy in Atlanta — enrolled at Clemson in the summer of 2024. He redshirted his first season at Clemson, while recording five tackles in 49 defensive snaps over four games. As a redshirt freshman in 2025, he played 57 defensive snaps and registered one tackle across three games.