The good news for Clemson is the Tigers don’t play for roughly another month. The bad news for Clemson is the Tigers don’t play for roughly another month. Clemson put a bow on the regular season by pitching a shutout against its in-state rival Saturday. Not only was it the Tigers’ seventh straight win over […]
Does Xavier Thomas plan to play in Clemson’s bowl game? While the senior defensive end didn’t play in Clemson’s regular-season finale against South Carolina on Saturday, he wanted to assure Tigers fans that wouldn’t be the case later next month. Thomas was asked by a Clemson fan on social media if he’d be playing in […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney addressed the status of injured defensive lineman Xavier Thomas following the Tigers’ win over South Carolina on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium. Swinney said Thomas, who didn’t play against the Gamecocks, is still dealing with the strained hamstring he sustained a couple of weeks back. The senior defensive end, […]
When 23rd-ranked Clemson (8-3) takes the field at Williams-Brice Stadium for tonight’s rivalry game against South Carolina (6-5), the Tigers will be missing a key starter on defense. Clemson will be without senior defensive end Xavier Thomas, The Clemson Insider has confirmed. No official word on what his injury is, but he will not be […]
ESPN Senior NFL Draft Analyst Todd McShay released his updated 2022 NFL Draft rankings this week. Eight Clemson players are ranked among McShay’s top 250 prospects for the 2022 draft class (subscription required). Junior cornerback Andrew Booth Jr. is the highest-ranked Tiger at No. 38, followed by redshirt junior wide receiver Justyn Ross at No. […]
Clemson made easy work of Connecticut on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly from the Tigers’ 44-7 win: The good It wasn’t exactly the stiffest level of competition, but the defense dominated an inferior offense the way it should with a bounceback performance that doubled as the Tigers’ most […]
A former Clemson standout has been very impressed by what he’s seen from Xavier Thomas on the field this season. Former Tiger All-ACC offensive lineman Eric Mac Lain, now an ACC Network analyst, talked about Thomas this week and had some high praise for the senior defensive end. “Xavier Thomas has had an unbelievable year,” […]
Clemson senior defensive end Xavier Thomas took to Twitter with a message for Tiger fans following Saturday’s 27-17 loss to Pittsburgh at Heinz Field that dropped the Tigers to 4-3 on the season and 3-2 in ACC play. Love this team no matter what the outcome is. We will finish 💯❤️ Rainy days doesn't last […]
A Clemson football player opened up to one of his Tigers teammates about his journey over the past year and a half. Xavier Thomas talked to Clemson sixth-year senior running back Darien Rencher about hitting rock bottom, nearly quitting football and how he’s found redemption during an interview on The Players Club ’21, a college […]
While Clemson’s offense has struggled through the first half of the season, Clemson’s defense has been just fine, thank you very much. In fact, one can make an argument the Tigers might be 1-4 heading into their weekend off, instead of 3-2, if it was not for the defense. In recent weeks, the Clemson D […]