Newly named Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist Avieon Terrell currently leads the Tigers in forced fumbles this season.
There are certain attributes the Tigers’ first-year defensive coordinator looks for, and speed and a love for the game sit at the top of the list.
Getting Clemson’s defense fixed has been a little more challenging than Tom Allen expected.
Clemson’s new look defense, led by new coordinator Tom Allen, is still a work in progress. After holding LSU to just 17 points in a season-opening loss and then the defense allowing just seven a week later in the comeback win over Troy, the Tigers gave up 24 in a last-second loss to Georgia Tech […]
While Clemson might have been without a handful of players on the defensive side of the ball this spring, Dabo Swinney was still overly pleased with the progress that has been made. After the Tigers’ defense failed to live up to expectations a season ago, Swinney went out and hired Tom Allen away from Penn […]
Less than three months into his new job at Clemson, Tom Allen is having a tremendous impact on the Tigers’ defense. Allen, who was hired away from Penn State in January, is in the midst of his first spring as the Clemson defensive coordinator. After a 2024 season that saw the Tigers not live up […]
Friday signals the beginning of spring practice for the Clemson Tigers. The Boys Are Back in Town will again be blaring from the speakers, as the pads begin popping on the practice fields. With Tom Allen being hired away from Penn State to run the Tigers’ defense, some of the biggest questions for this team […]
AUSTIN – Clemson’s return to the College Football Playoff was short-lived. Texas basically ran it at will, rushing for 292 yards while picking up more than six yards per carry. The Longhorns had eight runs of 10 yards or more, one of those being a 77-yarder by Jaydon Blue in one of the game’s biggest […]
CLEMSON- This year’s annual rivalry game between Clemson and South Carolina was an absolute slugfest. Points were at a premium, due in large part to how well each defense played. The Tigers limited LaNorris Sellers and the Gamecocks’ offense to just seven points through the first three quarters. While Sellers had done some damage via […]
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Peter Woods says T.J. Parker is like a bomb. “You don’t know when he is going to blow up. But he is going to blow up,” Woods said. Parker blew up Pittsburgh’s offensive game plan in the 20th-ranked Tigers’ 24-20 victory Saturday at Acrisure Stadium. The sophomore defensive end recorded four sacks, […]