Promising safety has multiple connections to Clemson

Avon (CT.) Avon Old Farms School 2024 safety KeShawn Adams was among some of the nation’s top prospects who traveled to the Dabo Swinney camp earlier this summer. The Clemson Insider recently checked back in on Adams, who continues to hear and receive interest from Clemson. In his conversation with TCI, Adams (6-0, 190) self-described himself as […]

Talented Virginia DB felt the ‘Dabo Swinney effect’ at Clemson

The Clemson Insider checked back in with this Class of 2023 prospect, who has ties to the Tigers. What Braylon Johnson, who attends Highland Springs High School (Highland Springs, Va.) has been hearing from or about Clemson is usually translated from Tigers’ cornerback Malcolm Greene, who is the older brother of one of his best […]

Peach State standout athlete talks experience at Clemson-Georgia game

Among the prospects on hand for last Saturday’s game between Clemson and Georgia was one of the nation’s best athletes in the 2024 class, who hails from the Peach State. Grayson High School’s Joseph Stone, Jr. is being recruited by both programs. He’s an in-state target for the Bulldogs, but he also comes from the […]

Nation’s top safety: Clemson ‘cares for each player like they’re family’

The nation’s top safety in the 2023 class has come away with a significant impression of Clemson. Hoschton (Ga.) Mill Creek four-star Caleb Downs recently caught up with The Clemson Insider regarding the latest on his current recruitment and where Clemson currently stands.  Downs (6-0, 185) is ranked as the No. 1 safety in the […]

Top Cali DB can see Swinney, Clemson ‘playing a big role’ in his recruitment

One top defensive back prospect firmly on Clemson’s future recruiting radar is Peyton Woodyard, who hails from a California high school powerhouse that has become connected to the Tigers. Woodyard, a talented and versatile 2024 recruit from St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) – the same school that produced Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei and wide receiver […]

Virginia DB with Clemson connections building good relationship with Tigers

A standout defensive back prospect from Virginia that visited Clemson last month could be on hand for the Tigers’ season-opening showdown vs. Georgia. Highland Springs High School (Highland Springs, Va.) 2023 cornerback/safety Braylon Johnson is looking to possibly attend the game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on Sept. 4. “I might catch the […]

Turner could be best safety Conn has seen at Clemson

Looking ahead to the 2021 season, Clemson’s safeties are shaping up to be one of the team’s most-experienced positions come kickoff this fall. Safeties coach and special teams coordinator Mickey Conn is excited to see what this veteran group can do on the field against some of the best offenses in the country. Nolan Turner, […]

4-star Florida DB: Clemson’s coaching staff ‘different than anywhere else’

Last month, Clemson saw many recruits on its campus from a Florida high school powerhouse. Among the prospects in attendance was Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) American Heritage four-star safety Daemon Fagan, who is currently ranked as the nation’s No. 21 safety in the 2023 recruiting class, per 247Sports’ rankings. Fagan had a chance to catch up […]

Clemson’s family atmosphere, tradition stand out to 4-star safety

Clemson could be a major player in the recruitment of one of the nation’s top safeties, who just so happens to hail from the same high school that the Tigers’ safeties coach, Mickey Conn, used to be at the helm of. Loganville (Ga.) Grayson four-star Michael Daugherty, a top-50 national prospect in the 2023 class […]

Peach State safety already has connection to Conn, Clemson

Clemson continues to establish a recruiting footprint in the state of Georgia. While it has long been able to attract prospects from the Peach State, it certainly helps that the Tigers have a former Georgia area high school head coach on staff in safeties coach Mickey Conn. Conn is certainly intrigued by what Dacula (Ga.) […]