This week, ESPN released an early 2024 NFL mock draft (subscription required), with draft analyst Matt Miller giving his prediction for each of the 32 first-round picks next year. Miller projects one Clemson star to be taken in the first round — linebacker Barrett Carter, who’s entering his junior season with the Tigers. Miller’s mock […]
Clemson football has two of the top linebackers in the nation and they have joined forces to do a studio show for The Clemson Insider. Jeremiah Trotter and Barrett Carter have both signed name, image and likeness deals with The Clemson Insider and Dear Old Clemson to do a weekly show. In Episode 12, they […]
2023 is almost certainly the last ride for Clemson’s star linebackers. Jeremiah Trotter Jr. and Barrett Carter are likely first-round picks in next year’s NFL draft and strong seasons would solidify that. Trotter was an AP All-American as a sophomore with 92 tackles and 13.5 for loss. As the Mike linebacker, he’s the quarterback of […]
A couple of former players and current ESPN analysts recently ran through their list of the best defenders in college football. Dusty Dvoracek and Takeo Spikes named a pair of Clemson stars among the sport’s top 10 defensive players, in no particular order – the linebacker duo of Jeremiah Trotter Jr. and Barrett Carter, both […]
The Associated Press preseason All-America team was announced Monday. Several Clemson stars were named AP preseason All-Americans, including Will Shipley, defensive tackle Tyler Davis and the star linebacker duo of Jeremiah Trotter Jr. and Barrett Carter. Shipley was named to the second-team offense as the all-purpose player selection, while Davis, Trotter and Carter were all […]
CLEMSON — Dabo Swinney has publicly never said the goal for any of his Clemson teams was to win a national championship. That is not what the Tigers’ head coach does. Of Clemson’s five goals, the last one is “win the closer,” which could be a regular season finale, a bowl game or a national […]
ESPN published an article (subscription required) stacking up the 10 programs with the most 2024 NFL Draft prospects. NFL draft analyst Jordan Reid, who authored the article, separated those programs into three tiers. Clemson landed in Tier 2 alongside Alabama and Florida State, with ESPN predicting the Tigers to have 10 total draft picks in […]
This week, ESPN stacked up who it sees as the best players in college football heading into the upcoming season. Four Clemson standouts appeared in ESPN’s 2023 preseason top 100 player rankings, with all four coming in among the top 70 on the list, including three in the top 35. Junior linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Jr. […]
One of Clemson’s star defenders earned a preseason honor from ESPN this week. ESPN released its preseason All-America team, and junior Tiger linebacker Barrett Carter is among the honorees on the defensive side of the ball. “Defensive coordinators love linebackers who can do a little bit of everything, and that’s why Clemson coordinator Wesley Goodwin […]
Clemson’s defense is stacked for 2023, and no unit may represent that better than linebacker. It all starts with the pair of Barrett Carter and Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in the middle. The two have combined for 217 tackles in their career, and earned the reputation as some of the best linebackers in the country. Heading […]