Clemson football all-time roster: Defensive starters and backups

See which legends of defense made the cut in our all-time Clemson football roster.

A program with a long, rich history, Clemson has seen a lot of great teams with a lot of incredible talent over the years as the program has developed into a marquee name in college football.

Clemson has developed some incredible talent on the defensive side of the ball that has made the Tigers known consistently as one of the most dangerous defensive teams in the country year after year. From Christian Wilkins and the Power Rangers to Jeff  “the Judge” Davis, Clemson has produced some serious defensive talent.

Becoming a premier program more recently under current head coach Dabo Swinney, some of the defenses we’ve seen from the team in recent years are some of the best in college football history.

Wondering what an all-time Clemson roster would look like? We’ve got you covered! Clemson Wire and the rest of our College Wire sites recently put together our all-time program rosters.

Here’s a look at our choices for the Defensive starters and backups on Clemson football’s all-time roster.

See the all-time Clemson offense here.

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Mississippi DB says Swinney Camp ‘probably the best camp I’ve been to’

Samuel “DJ” Watkins had a great experience at the Dabo Swinney Camp back in June. The class of 2025 defensive back out of Jackson (MS.) Academy had been signed up to camp at Clemson by one of his high school coaches. He was taken aback by what he …

Samuel “DJ” Watkins had a great experience at the Dabo Swinney Camp back in June.

The class of 2025 defensive back out of Jackson (MS.) Academy had been signed up to camp at Clemson by one of his high school coaches. He was taken aback by what he saw from Clemson’s campus, as well as how Swinney and his staff run the camp with how organized it is and how there’s no wasted time.

“The coaches were so hands-on and made sure you were doing this right,” Watkins told The Clemson Insider in a phone interview last month. “They were making sure you were getting through the drills and they actually wanted you to get better so you could perform in competitive 1-on-1s. It was such a great experience. It was probably the best camp I’ve been to.”

“I feel like the hospitality is what stuck out the most,” he continued. “They care about each and every player.”

What type of feedback did Watkins receive from Clemson’s coaching staff?

“I got very good feedback,” he said. “Most of the time in the drills, leading up to the 1-on-1s, they would critique you so much they made you feel like you’re gonna be perfect. You can still be good, but they’re gonna let you know what you could do better or what will help you get out of your break faster…I learned a lot of stuff from them.”

Watkins worked out primarily with Clemson assistant coach DeAndre McDaniel, but he also had a chance to be coached up by cornerbacks coach Mike Reed. 

“It was very exciting,” Watkins said of having the chance to work with Reed and McDaniel. “He coaches some of the best, so why not learn from them? And knowing that you can get to the place that they’re already coaching. It’s very exciting. It makes you want to work for it and want to learn.” 

After participating in the camp, he exchanged contact information with Reed and they both followed each other on Twitter. According to Watkins, he was told by Reed that he’s definitely going to be on Clemson’s radar going forward.

Watkins feels if he camps at Clemson again next summer, he’ll be even higher on their radar.

In addition to camping at Clemson this summer, the Mississippi native camped at Southern Miss, Mississippi State and Ole Miss, as well as Mississippi Gulf Coast, which presented Watkins with his first scholarship offer. 

“I think this is going to be my biggest season so far coming up,” he said.

Watkins is confident that his sophomore campaign will be big for him and his recruitment.

“I would describe myself as high energy, ” Watkins said. “Everything I do is high energy. I’m gonna talk and you’re gonna hear it. No matter what we’re doing, you’re gonna hear me. I like to compare myself to Jaire Alexander or Jaycee Horn, that’s who I model my game after.”

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Rising Peach State DB talks ‘amazing’ Clemson camp experience

A fast-rising Peach State defensive back and a name worth keeping an eye on this season and beyond was on Clemson’s campus last month North Cobb (Kennesaw, Ga.) 2024 defensive back Cayden Trotter participated in the second day of the Dabo Swinney …

A fast-rising Peach State defensive back and a name worth keeping an eye on this season and beyond was on Clemson’s campus last month

North Cobb (Kennesaw, Ga.) 2024 defensive back Cayden Trotter participated in the second day of the Dabo Swinney Camp on June 2.

“It was really good,” Trotter told The Clemson Insider in a phone interview last month. “The structure of the camp and the school was amazing. The coaching staff was all family-oriented. They really coached the kids all well. I did really good in my drills before the 1-on-1s. I had my wins and I had my losses.”

Trotter said that camping at Clemson just helped him improve his game — adding a little more from not only the coaches but the Clemson players that were helping out with Swinney Camp.

What type of feedback did Trotter receive from Clemson’s coaching staff?

“Coach (Mickey) Conn was the one who was coaching me,” Trotter said. “He took my name and my school and wrote it down at the end of camp.”

He worked out at both safety and cornerback, so he had a chance to display his talent in front of the likes of Conn, Mike Reed and DeAndre McDaniel.

If Clemson were to jump into Trotter’s recruitment going forward, what would a potential scholarship offer from the Tigers mean to Peach State defensive back and his recruitment?

“Everything,” Trotter said. “It would mean everything to me because I’ve been going to the school, I went to the game in 2018, I just love Clemson.”

In addition to Clemson, Trotter attended the invite-only University of North Carolina camp. He had a chance to go up against some of the top talents in the area and certainly held his own. It was another notch in the belt for Trotter, who almost certainly improved his stock with some impressive showings this summer.

Trotter is starting to receive more attention from programs around the country but indicated that Sept. 1, will be big for him and his recruitment going forward. With Trotter still being a rising junior, college coaches can’t directly communicate with him, so he’s focused on improving his game and getting better at his craft

He mentioned schools like Pitt and Toledo as schools that have been showing interest up until this point.

Trotter feels like his junior season will be his breakout year, so it’ll be only a matter of time before his recruitment starts taking off.

Getting a better feel for Trotter and his game, he’s a self-described “true defensive back,” who can not only go down in the box but also play free safety, strong safety and the cornerback positions as well.

— Photo for this article courtesy of Cayden Trotter

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Top cornerback target high on Clemson, continues to grow relationship with staff

It’s no secret that Clemson is a top school for Braeden Marshall. The four-star cornerback out of Florida’s Lake Mary High School spoke with The Clemson Insider on Monday and revealed why Clemson is a top school in his recruitment, as well as where …

It’s no secret that Clemson is a top school for Braeden Marshall.

The four-star cornerback out of Florida’s Lake Mary High School spoke with The Clemson Insider on Monday and revealed why Clemson is a top school in his recruitment, as well as where things currently stand in his process.

Marshall — a 5-foot-11, 185-pound rising senior in the class of 2023 — could have a decision made by the end of July. Clemson will most definitely be in the mix until the very end.

“I’ve really been in contact lately with the defensive coordinator (Wesley Goodwin) and Coach (DeAndre) McDaniel — our relationship has really grown,” Marshall said. “I’ve talked with Coach (Dabo) Swinney a couple of times. He’s shot me a couple of texts. We’re just growing our relationship, not just with one coach, but multiple coaches and they’re coming down this week to see me at my school.”

“Shoot, it’s improved a lot,” Marshall said regarding his relationship with Goodwin. “Coach Goodwin, we’ve been talking on the phone probably twice a week now. Our relationship has just grown and he’s a great man. I feel like he’s gonna do great things with the defense, even though it’s his first year being a defensive coordinator. He tells me all the time that he loves the way I play and he says I can fit in the defense.”

As Marshall’s relationship continues to grow with Clemson, it should come as no surprise that he included the Tigers in his formal list of favorites.

Marshall released his top 10 schools on Tuesday evening, on his birthday. And as expected, Clemson made his top group, along with Arkansas, North Carolina, Penn State, Miami, Tennessee, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin, Nebraska and UCF.

“I think Clemson is in my top 10 really because when I first visited them it was a family environment,” Marshall said. “Coach Dabo Swinney’s message to his recruits really hit different. He really cares about his players and wants them to graduate. He wants them to grow as a man and have a better life after football. With all that, I feel like Clemson has had a top-tier program for the past couple of years and that’s a big reason why I’ve got them in my top 10.”

Clemson is recruiting Marshall to play the cornerback position. Other schools have recruited him to play either nickel back or safety, but Marshall says he doesn’t really care about where he plays at the next level. It’s no secret that he has the versatility to play all over the secondary.

With that being said, part of Mike Reed’s recruiting pitch to Marshall is that he’ll have a chance to come in and compete early for playing time at the cornerback position.

“He’s told me that he plays all his guys and he doesn’t recruit his corners to play on the bench,” Marshall said. “Going there and playing early, I know I gotta earn that, but he told me it’s there, I just gotta work for it. If it isn’t the first year, the second year I’ll be on the field.”

Marshall won’t be able to officially visit Clemson the weekend of June 3-5. Instead, he plans to take an official visit during the season. With that said, Marshall is still hoping to get back to Clemson sometime in the near future — he estimates that he’ll be back in Tiger Town either June 10 or 11 — as well as make visits to other schools that make up his top group.

As of Monday, Marshall is hoping to have a decision made prior to his senior season. That’s why he is making sure that he takes his visits this summer.

“Really getting my eyes on the campus more times and being with the coaches more in person will really determine that,” he said. And, hopefully, with all that, I’ll have a decision by late July, before the season.”

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Versatile in-state athlete says Clemson is ‘just different’

Clemson continues to show interest in a versatile in-state athlete who was on campus this spring and is planning to compete at the Dabo Swinney Camp this summer. Sumter (S.C.) High School’s Zyeir Gamble – a 5-foot-10, 175-pound junior in the 2023 …

Clemson continues to show interest in a versatile in-state athlete who was on campus this spring and is planning to compete at the Dabo Swinney Camp this summer.

Sumter (S.C.) High School’s Zyeir Gamble – a 5-foot-10, 175-pound junior in the 2023 class – has remained in contact with members of the Tigers’ staff since his visit to Clemson for the program’s second junior day of the year on March 5.

Gamble has been communicating with senior defensive assistant DeAndre McDaniel, as well as safeties coach/co-defensive coordinator Mickey Conn, and Clemson assistant coach Thomas Austin stopped by Gamble’s school last week.

“Coach Austin was just at the school (on Thursday, April 28), talking, looking around and watching us work out a little bit,” Gamble told The Clemson Insider. “Coach McDaniel, me and him text a lot. And Coach Conn, we talked a little while about a couple weeks ago.”

What has Gamble been hearing from the coaches overall?

“They were just like they want me to come to camp,” he said.

“Just stay humble and keep working,” Gamble added of their message to him. “And then Coach McDaniel, he was just texting me about checking up on me and all, asking how the fam was, just having a family conversation.”

The fact that the Tigers have stayed in touch with Gamble and kept showing interest in him since he was on campus “means a lot,” he said.

“I’ve just got to keep working, and showing that they’re still interested in me, they could be interested in a lot of other juniors around the world, and they’re still interested in me… I’ve just got to keep working,” he added.

When Gamble looks back on his junior day visit to Clemson in March, he said it’s the “family atmosphere” that sticks out to him more than anything from his time in Tiger Town.

“When you walk on their campus, it’s just different,” he said. “Everybody’s like family around there.”

Gamble is eager to showcase his skills and ability for Clemson’s staff when he returns to campus to work out at the Swinney Camp in June.

“I hope they know I’m a ballplayer,” he said. “But I just want to show them that I’m a real ballplayer in front of their eyes.”

Gamble is being looked at by Clemson as a safety but sees action in all three phases of the game for Sumter, lining up at running back and wide receiver on offense, safety, cornerback and nickel on defense, and kick returner and punt returner on special teams.

Last season, he totaled 1,065 all-purpose yards and 14 touchdowns on offense/special teams to go with 40 total tackles, nine interceptions, six pass breakups and two defensive scores.

“It doesn’t matter what position, I’m a ballplayer,” he said when asked to describe himself as a player. “I’ve got a lot of confidence in that, and I can play on either side of the ball, offense or defense. So, I can bring a team anything – both sides of the ball, even special teams.”

Charlotte, Furman and Elon have offered Gamble, who has his fingers crossed in hopes of getting a future offer from Clemson.

“That would be big,” he said. “That would be very, very big. A school like that, a national championship school… That’s like the dream school every football player wants to go to. They’re a national championship school, and you know they put that hard work in. Especially the education side of it, they’ve got a lot of things to offer you with education, too. So, that’d be very big.”

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Talented local DB ‘loved every second’ of first Clemson visit

This talented local prospect with multiple Power Five offers recently traveled to Tiger Town for an unofficial visit. Thomas Williams, a class of 2023 defensive back from nearby Powdersville High School (Greenville, S.C.), made his first recruiting …

This talented local prospect with multiple Power Five offers recently traveled to Tiger Town for an unofficial visit.

Thomas Williams, a class of 2023 defensive back from nearby Powdersville High School (Greenville, S.C.), made his first recruiting visit to Clemson last week on Monday, March 14.

“I’ve been around the Clemson area almost my whole life because my grandpa and cousins are from the area, and I’ve been on the campus a couple times,” Williams told The Clemson Insider. “But being able to experience what the players go through in the meetings and learning responsibilities on the defensive side and being shown around by (the staff), learning traditions and history about the Clemson program … I loved every second of it! Clemson is one of the best visits I’ve been on in the recruiting process.”

Williams spent time during the visit with cornerbacks coach Mike Reed, senior defensive assistant DeAndre McDaniel and graduate assistant Stephone Anthony, and Williams said they “made it feel like I belong” at Clemson.

Reed made a great impression on Williams with his playful personality, and Williams hopes to get to know Reed more moving forward in the recruiting process.

“Coach Reed is a pretty straightforward coach. He reminds me more of the coach I train with,” Williams said. “But Coach Reed didn’t really say much, but he would joke around with me. Like he would say, ‘Thomas, get off your phone and lock in’ when I would take pictures, or he would be like, ‘Thomas, I need you at corner,’ because they’ve got a couple people hurt.

“But I like Coach Reed. He’s one of the coaches that everyone would love to build a relationship with, in my opinion.”

Reed told Williams that he plans to pay him a visit at his school at some point this spring, and Williams believes the Tigers like his size as a 6-foot, 187-pound junior – something that D.J. Uiagalelei mentioned to Williams when they had a chance to chat during his visit.

Powdersville High School (Greenville, S.C.) 2023 DB/ATH Thomas Williams pictured during a visit to Old Dominion in June 2021 (photo courtesy of Williams (@Thomasleew21) on Twitter)

“They didn’t really tell me much, but I know they like me,” Williams said of Clemson’s interest in him, “and Coach Reed said he’ll come visit sometime during the spring.

“But I talked to D.J. Uiagalelei before I started walking around the campus and stuff, and he said I’m big and have good size to be a cornerback.”

The highlight of the visit for Williams was taking in one of the Tigers’ spring practices, though he enjoyed everything about his experience at Clemson.

“Spring practice was probably my favorite part of the day,” he said. “The way the boys were locked in on the defensive side, it affected me, like it felt like I was locked in with them. I guess that’s the Tiger power everyone always talks about.

“But overall, I loved the visit and would most definitely come back for another one.”

Williams is set to visit South Carolina on Saturday. He holds offers from Penn State, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, East Carolina, UAB, Old Dominion and Liberty, while North Carolina is among other schools that have shown interest along with Clemson.

“I’ve got good technique, good recovery speed, I’m physical, and I know the defense,” Williams said, describing himself as a DB.

Receiving an offer from Clemson – and having the chance to play for the team he grew up rooting for – would be huge for Williams as well as his family.

“Before the recruiting process I was a Clemson fan,” he said, “and it would mean everything to my family and me for me to get an offer from them because my family grew up in the Central area.”

In addition to playing in the defensive secondary for Powdersville, Williams saw plenty of action at running back last season, racking up 1,400 yards and 21 rushing touchdowns on 140 carries while adding 10 receptions for 179 yards and three receiving touchdowns.

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Clemson coach calls out national media outlet

A Clemson football staffer called out this national media outlet for its ranking of “college football’s toughest places to play in 2022”. DeAndre McDaniel, a senior defensive assistant for the Tigers, fired back at 247Sports on Twitter after it …

A Clemson football staffer called out this national media outlet for its ranking of “college football’s toughest places to play in 2022”.

DeAndre McDaniel, a senior defensive assistant for the Tigers, fired back at 247Sports on Twitter after it ranked Clemson at No. 10 on the aforementioned list.

LSU, Penn State, Georgia, Michigan, Alabama, Florida, Texas A&M, Tennessee and Oregon are all ranked ahead of Clemson (in order from Nos. 1-9) as being tougher places to play than Death Valley.

“Top 10 cool & all but HOW DID WE COME UP WITH THIS TOP 10??!!” McDaniel wrote in a Twitter post. “Wins @ home should be #1 factor. If You loud and losing, is it really tough?? (Laughing emojis). & I know for sure in the past 5-10 years our @ home record is waaaayyy better than a few of these. Just saying.”

McDaniel also posted another tweet pointing out that Clemson has the best home winning percentage in the College Football Playoff era (since 2014) with a 53-1 record that equates to a winning percentage of .982 (ahead of Alabama at .963 (52-2), Ohio State at .923 (48-4) and Oklahoma/Georgia at .878 (43-6)).

“This is how HOME FIELD SHOULD BE RANKED!!!!” McDaniel wrote on Twitter. “Just saying!!! Not loud & losing (laughing emojis) #ThatAintTough. Don’t debate me tho. I ain’t got time today (laughing emojis) @247Sports”

Clemson has won 34 consecutive home games, which is both the longest home winning streak and longest home unbeaten streak in school history (and the nation’s longest active home winning streak). It is also the 15th-longest home winning streak in FBS history.

After going 6-0 at Death Valley last season, the Tigers have now won all of their home games in five consecutive seasons under Dabo Swinney.

Clemson has won at least six home games at Memorial Stadium for a national-best 11th-straight season. Entering 2021, the next longest streak of six-plus home wins in the country was four years (Memphis and Notre Dame).

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Clemson giving emerging CB something to think about

After catching up with him on Sunday evening, The Clemson Insider has the latest on Lake Mary (Fla.) High School 2023 four-star cornerback Braeden Marshall. We previously mentioned that Marshall was an emerging cornerback target and a name to watch …

After catching up with him on Sunday evening, The Clemson Insider has the latest on Lake Mary (Fla.) High School 2023 four-star cornerback Braeden Marshall.

We previously mentioned that Marshall was an emerging cornerback target and a name to watch for Clemson in the 2023 recruiting class. The Tigers have discussed an offer with Marshall, but he appears to still be in the relationship-building process with both Clemson cornerbacks coach Mike Reed and senior defensive assistant DeAndre McDaniel.

“He’s just really been trying to build a relationship with me and my family,” Marshall said of Reed. “We talked about getting on campus. We talked about getting there around March 5, they have another junior day then. So, I’ll probably be looking forward to getting down there then.”

For Marshall, it means a lot that Reed is not only trying to build a relationship with him but his family as well. Even though Marshall has never stepped foot on campus before, he’s able to see just how real the family atmosphere is at Clemson.

He can really see why Clemson is a family, just based on Reed’s relationship-building dynamics.

Is there anything in Marshall’s conversations with Reed that have stuck out to him?

“Probably that he’s loyal and he’s been with Clemson about 10 years,” Marshall said. “Not a lot of coaches are at a program that long and when he speaks about loyalty, that’s real loyal.”

According to Marshall, Reed has told him that he wants him to get on-campus first because it’s about building a relationship more than anything.

“I think that’s the right thing to do too,” he said. “Not a lot of people just go build a relationship with you and then offer you. When you build a relationship before they offer you, it means something more to you because when you already have a relationship with the coach, you know that they’re really buying into you.”

Marshall is looking forward to getting up to Clemson to make his first-ever visit to The Valley. On the visit, he’s looking to see how the Tigers coach, how their scheme is and how they do things with their defensive backs, so he could see where he’d potentially play if he were to go to Clemson.

As far as his recruitment is concerned, Clemson has already given Marshall something to think about.

“I think they really have, to be honest,” Marshall said. “It’s really early, but their first impression was a great first impression. Right now, they’d be one of the top (schools).”

Marshall (5-11, 180) currently ranks as the No. 28 cornerback in the class of 2023, per the 247Sports Composite rankings.

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New cornerback target emerges for Clemson

A new cornerback target in the 2023 recruiting class has emerged for Clemson. After offering Coppell (Texas) four-star cornerback Braxton Myers last week, Clemson has recently expressed interest in another 2023 cornerback in Lake Mary (Fla.) High …

A new cornerback target in the 2023 recruiting class has emerged for Clemson.

After offering Coppell (Texas) four-star cornerback Braxton Myers last week, Clemson has recently expressed interest in another 2023 cornerback in Lake Mary (Fla.) High School four-star Braeden Marshall.

“They love the way I play,” Marshall told The Clemson Insider. “They love the way I play the corner position. Coach [DeAndre McDaniel] said that Coach Reed would be down this week and things would go from there.”

Marshall got in contact with this past week with McDaniel — a former Clemson cornerback himself, who now serves as a defensive analyst on Dabo Swinney’s staff. They talked everything out on the phone. It hasn’t really been that long, but it’s a relationship that Marshall is looking forward to building

“He did mention offering this week,” Marshall said. “I’m not saying it will happen, but that’s what he did mention.”

It’s definitely in the realm of possibility that when Reed stops by Luke Mary High School this week, he could let Marshall’s head coach know that they’re offering him a scholarship. 

What would a Clemson offer mean to Marshall?

“It would probably mean the world to me,” he said. “It would probably be one of the best things that could ever happen to me, to be honest with you. Just watching Clemson’s history and the way Coach Dabo Swinney and that program has been able to do this past decade has been crazy.”

Marshall is a fan of the way Clemson utilizes its cornerbacks. He loves the way guys like Andrew Booth, Jr. and Mario Goodrich play. It kind of reminds him of his game and how he plays.

He predicates his game on being a physical force with elite ball skills.

“I’m a patient player that’s physical and loves playing man-to-man,” he said. “I can tackle. A lot of people think that corners can’t tackle, but I am a corner that loves to tackle. And, I’m a technician.”

As far as his recruitment is concerned, Marshall has decided that he will keep his options open until the early summer and then drop his top school’s list. He’s trying to be committed before the start of his senior season.

In addition to his recent interest from Clemson, Marshall currently holds offers from Boston College, Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Iowa State, Louisville, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Pitt, TCU, USF, Virginia and West Virginia.

“It means a lot, to be honest with you,” he said. “It’s a blessing. Not just from Clemson, but from other schools too. The main thing is staying humble and letting everything play out and see what decision they come to.”

Marshall (5-11, 180) currently ranks as the No. 28 cornerback in the 2023 recruiting class, per the 247Sports Composite rankings.

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Clemson coach fired up about new hire

A Clemson coach is fired up about the team’s reported new hire. While it hasn’t been announced just yet, Clemson is expected to hire former Tiger and current Alabama defensive line coach Nick Eason to replace Todd Bates, who departed for Oklahoma on …

A Clemson coach is fired up about the team’s reported new hire.

While it hasn’t been announced just yet, Clemson is expected to hire former Tiger and current Alabama defensive line coach Nick Eason to replace Todd Bates, who departed for Oklahoma on Monday.

DeAndre McDaniel, a former Clemson cornerback and a current defensive analyst on Clemson’s staff, seems pretty fired up about the Tigers’ recent staff changes and he has good reason to be.

McDaniel took to Twitter Wednesday to express his view on the recent moves, in which he touted all the NFL experience that the staff will now have.

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