This Clemson transfer has found a new college home. After entering the NCAA transfer portal, former Clemson cornerback Toriano Pride has committed to Missouri, he announced via social media Wednesday night. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Pride played in all 12 regular season games for Clemson as a sophomore this season and made one […]
Another Clemson player plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal. Late Thursday night on X (formerly Twitter), Tigers sophomore cornerback Toriano Pride announced that he will enter the portal. This season, Pride played in all 12 regular season games and made one start. The 5-foot-11, 190-pounder recorded 14 tackles (one for loss) and five pass […]
Toriano Pride got his feet wet as a true freshman. And, at times, he did more than that. Part of a highly rated crop of additions to the back end of Clemson’s defense last season, the Tigers’ cornerback got in the mix immediately. Pride played in all 14 games and was even pressed into two […]
Clemson freshman cornerback Toriano Pride Jr. has been pressed into duty this season while filling in for senior corner Sheridan Jones, who suffered a stinger in the Louisiana Tech game on Sept. 17 and missed the next three games before returning this past Saturday at Florida State and playing 79 snaps against the Seminoles. In […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Clemson’s defense continues its search for the dominant form it possessed for much of last season under Brent Venables. Saturday was a jarring reminder of that. After showing chinks in their defensive armor against Furman and Louisiana Tech, the Tigers, now under the direction of first-year coordinator Wesley Goodwin, were shredded by […]
After receiving an offer from Clemson in August 2020, Toriano Pride Jr. ultimately committed to the Tigers in June 2021, choosing Dabo Swinney’s program over more than two dozen other offers including ones from schools such as Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio State and Oregon. Now a freshman cornerback for the Tigers with three collegiate […]
ESPN sees these two Clemson freshmen as potential instant-impact players in 2022. ESPN this week ranked the top 50 incoming freshmen and transfers to know this season (subscription required) and named a couple of the Tigers’ first-year players among the newcomers who have a chance to make an impact on their new teams. ESPN has […]
When news of Brent Venables’ departure for Oklahoma broke back in December, it wasn’t long after that Clemson saw an expected wave of decommitments that comes with a coordinator change. One by one, the IMG Academy trio of Keon Sabb, Jihaad Campbell and Daylen Everette, elected to pursue opportunities elsewhere. As well as Jaren Kanak, […]
Clemson’s defensive line isn’t the only part of the team adopting an identity for itself this year. While the group up front is referring to itself as The Avengers, the back end of the defense is going with The Mob. As for why the secondary came up with that specific nickname for itself, rising senior […]
Clemson’s freshmen cornerbacks have certainly impressed Wes Goodwin so far this spring. The Tigers’ defensive coordinator had rave reviews for freshmen corners Jeadyn Lukus and Toriano Pride, both of whom enrolled early at Clemson in January. “Man, those two midyear guys, they are special,” Goodwin said. “They have come right in and they are well […]