Following Wednesday’s spring practice, Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables went in-depth about his defense and much more when he met with the media. Venables was in a playful mood and used some sarcasm as well. The injuries he said as sarcasm about Mario Goodrich and Tyler McMichael are not ACL injuries. Move over Alabama, […]
Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables will get a raise and will have a year added back to his contract, which right now is worth $11.6 million, the largest of its kind for an assistant football coach. Graham Neff, Clemson’s Deputy Athletics Director, explained Venables did not get a raise on Friday with the other nine […]
Clemson extended several new scholarship offers last week, including two to a couple of the top 2020 prospects in the state of New Jersey. One of those is Oradell (N.J.) Bergen Catholic four-star safety Jordan Morant, who picked up the offer on Thursday. The Clemson Insider caught up with Morant (6-1, 195) to get his […]
Dabo Swinney and Brent Venables paid a visit to a future Tiger on Monday while out on the recruiting trail in the Palmetto State during the final week of the NCAA contact period. Clemson’s head coach and defensive coordinator stopped by Swansea, S.C., to see linebacker signee Greg Williams, who is set to enroll at […]
Since Clemson first met Alabama in the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship Game, the continuity on both coaching staffs are night and day. Of the Tigers’ on-field coaches, Dabo Swinney has lost just two assistant coaches since that first encounter. Those two assistants were defensive ends coach Marion Hobby and defensive tackles coach Dan […]
After playing host to some of its 2019 signees for official visits two weekends ago, Clemson welcomed several walk-on commitments and targets to campus for their official visits this past weekend. One of the notable prospects that the Tigers hosted was Jacksonville (Fla.) Bishop Kenny linebacker Bryce Mullenix, who had a very enjoyable experience at […]
Clemson’s coaching staff hit the recruiting trail Tuesday with a lot of momentum following its national championship victory over Alabama last week. A day after celebrating the win at the White House on Monday, head coach Dabo Swinney and two assistants traveled to check in on a five-star target from Woodbridge, Va. Woodbridge High School […]
Things are going smoothly in the recruiting process for Rylie Mills, a four-star prospect from Lake Forest, Ill., who is ranked as one of the top defensive ends in the 2020 class. “It’s going well,” Mills told The Clemson Insider. “I’ve been keeping contact and building relationships with coaches and thinking a lot about what […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Everything seemed to be going well for Alabama at the start of the game. The Tide won the toss and kicked off to Clemson and forced a three-and-out. Then Tua Tagovailoa completed two passes and Bama was on the move with a first down at its own 41. But what Tagovailoa and […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — If Clemson wants to win the national championship on Monday it has to get pressure on Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. When given time, Tagovailoa has ripped apart defenses all season. The Maxwell and Walter Camp Award winner, as college football’s best player, has completed 69.5 percent of his passes this year […]