CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former Clemson defensive tackle D.J. Reader, who is now playing for the Houston Texans, was glad to be back in his home state of North Carolina on Wednesday night, while also being so close to Clemson as well. Reader not only got to play the first preseason game of the year in […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Though they were playing at Carolina’s Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday night, the atmosphere inside the stadium was an all-too familiar site for Deshaun Watson, Deandre Hopkins, Marcus Gilchrist, D.J. Reader, Carlos Watkins and Ben Boulware. It seemed like they were playing in Clemson’s Death Valley, thanks to […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson completed 8-of-14 passes for 118 yards in the first half of Wednesday night’s Houston at Carolina game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. Defensive tackle D.J. Reader had two first-half tackles and D.J. Reader had one, while Deandre Hopkins caught two passes for 15 yards […]
What’s trending on The Clemson Insider’s message board today? A number of topics, including this weekend being the last without Clemson football for a while, Tavien Feaster as the total package, NFL training camps getting underway and Sammy Watkins reporting for duty with the Bills. Also, which current Clemson wide receiver do you think will have […]
For the second straight year some are saying Clemson’s defense will take a step back because of the losses to the NFL and other attrition. In this series we will look at the players that have departed and how they will be replaced this season. In this edition of The Replacements we look at how […]
His path to the NFL Draft might be over, but D.J. Reader’s career as an NFL player has just begun. The former Clemson nose tackle was selected No. 166 overall by the Houston Texans in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL Draft on Saturday. He was one of nine Clemson players selected in the […]
Nine Clemson Tigers were drafted in this year’s NFL draft. How do the players fit with their new teams? How did their selection match expectations going into the draft? Shaq Lawson, 1st Round (19th Overall), Buffalo Bills Pick My conventional wisdom mock draft had Lawson going eleventh overall to Chicago, but when […]
Defensive tackle D.J. Reader was drafted in the fifth round by the Houston Texans at pick No. 166 in the 2016 NFL Draft on Saturday. Reader is the sixth defensive player from Clemson selected in this year’s draft. With the selection of Reader by the Texans, Clemson has now had six players selected in the […]
Clemson defensive tackle D.J. Reader was selected by the Houston Texans at No. 166 overall in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL Draft on Saturday. He was the last pick by the Texans for the draft. Reader is the sixth defensive player from Clemson selected in this year’s draft. With the selection of Reader by […]
Defensive tackle D.J. Reader comes from a family of athletes. While his mother played softball at North Carolina A&T and his uncle played football at Tennessee, Reader lettered in both football and baseball in his first year at Clemson. Before Clemson, Reader was a three-sport athlete in high school. The North Carolina native was the […]