Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney announced Tuesday D.J. Reader will be taking an indefinite leave of absence from the team. The senior was listed as a starting defensive tackle and was one of the two players Swinney took to the ACC's preseason media event this summer.
Clemson linemen Shaq Lawson and Eric Mac Lain have been named to the 2015 Lombardi Award Watch List.
Clemson is #12 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll released Sunday afternoon. USC, ranked 9th in last year's preseason poll, did not receive any votes.
The Clemson Tigers practiced for nearly two hours on the fields beyond the centerfield fence of the Kingsmore Baseball Stadium on Friday afternoon. Dabo Swinney’s team begins its season two weeks from Saturday against Wofford at Memorial Stadium.
The Clemson women’s soccer team travels to Charleston, S.C. for two matches to start the 2015 season. The Tigers face Texas on Friday, Aug. 21 at 5 p.m. in the first game of the Charleston Nike Classic before facing College of Charleston on Sunday, Aug. 23 at 2:30 p.m. Both games will be played at the Patriots Point Athletics Complex in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
Former Tiger righthander David Kopp was added to the Clemson staff as a student assistant coach, announced by head coach Monte Lee. Kopp was a three-year letterman (2005-07) at Clemson and played eight seasons in the minors.
Constantly looking to improve one of the nation’s best gameday experiences, Clemson Athletics today announced 15 new improvements for its fans to expect in Memorial Stadium for the 2015 football season.
Miller Capps and Billy Kennerly were both eliminated in the first round of the 2015 United States Amateur on Wednesday afternoon at the Olympia Fields North Course near Chicago, Ill. Capps, who will be a senior this year, and Kennerly, who graduated last May, were the first Clemson duo to reach match play since 2009.
The Atlantic Coast Conference and ESPN2 will open the league’s 63rd conference basketball schedule on Wednesday, Dec. 30, with “ACC Tip-Off” – a doubleheader featuring four teams with long standing rivalries.
Clemson senior Miller Capps shot a two-over-par 72 on Tuesday on the Olympia Fields South Course and is in great shape to qualify for the Match Play Championship of the 2015 United States Amateur.
Clemson held its final practice of preseason camp on Tuesday.
Former Clemson Starting Quarteback Tajh Boyd was released by the Pittsburgh Steelers Tuesday.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol, City of Clemson and Clemson Athletics announced today three new traffic policies designed to improve pregame and postgame access to areas around Memorial Stadium on gamedays.
It was a long day, but the final long day for the Clemson football team during preseason camp. It was the final day of two practices, as the Tigers worked for 90 minutes in the morning and for two hours and 15 minutes in the evening.
Clemson senior Miller Capps and graduate Billy Kennerly, both had outstanding first rounds at the 2015 United States Amateur at Olympia Fields Golf Club near Chicago, Ill. Capps fired an even-par 70 in the opening round, while Kennerly, who has used up his eligibility at Clemson, had a one over par 71.
Clemson held its first full scale scrimmage of the preseason in Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
Clemson held a physical, fast paced two-hour, 20-minute practice on Friday morning before taking the afternoon off for a team outing.
Billy Kennerly, Clemson’s top golfer for the 2014-15 season, won the Canadian Amateur Golf Tournament in Toronto, Canada on Thursday afternoon with a 72-hole score of 275, 12-under par.
Phil Prince, former Clemson University President who had a distinguished career in business and as a Clemson student-athlete, has been named the recipient of the Clemson Distinguished Athletes Award.
Two conference coaches see Clemson as the team to beat again for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship, while five coaches see the Tigers as the team to beat in the Atlantic Division, according to a vote of the league’s 12 head coaches released by the ACC this morning.
Korrin Wiggins, one of just four returning players who started at least six games on Clemson’s number-one ranked defense of 2014, suffered a torn ACL during practice Wednesday morning and will be out for the 2015 season.
Head Coach Dabo Swinney was back with the Clemson football team for the first time in four days following services in conjunction with the passing of his father on August 8.
Clemson will hold its annual Football Fan Day presented by Greenville Heath System and Coca-Cola on Sunday, August 23 in Memorial Stadium.
The Tiger football team held a physical first of two practices Monday morning. It was the first of Clemson’s four two-a-days scheduled in August camp, with two more this week and the final two-a-day set for August 17. Clemson worked for just over two hours in the morning, and will return in the evening for a walk-through practice.
Austin Langdale and Stephen Behr finished in the top 10 and Carson Young and Josh Fickes finished in the top 20 of the 84th South Carolina Amateur Golf tournament. The 72-hole event was completed on Sunday afternoon in near 90-degree heat at the Chanticleer Course at Greenville Country Club.
