Clemson played host last weekend to a promising quarterback prospect – a local product who now plays in the Peach State.

Gavin Owens, a 6-foot-4, 205-pound sophomore in the class of 2025, made his way to Death Valley for the Tigers’ 48-20 win over Louisiana Tech on Saturday night.

“It’s pretty electric with the new lights and the new jumbotron,” he said to The Clemson Insider regarding the night game atmosphere.

Owens played his freshman season last year at Wren High School (Piedmont, S.C.) but has since transferred to Rabun Gap-Nacoochee (Rabun Gap, Ga.). In leading his team to a 4-1 record through five games this season, he has completed 66 percent of his passes for 1,016 yards and eight touchdowns with no interceptions, according to MaxPreps.

Owens, who has been participating in the Dabo Swinney Camp since he was about 10 years old, has traveled to Tiger Town numerous times and once again enjoyed his latest trip to campus.

On Saturday, he was able to catch up with offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Brandon Streeter, as well as offensive player development coach Tajh Boyd.

“I always go back there and I love it,” Owens said. “It’s just great to go back and see everybody, talk to coaches and talk to Streeter again. Stayed after the game, just building on our relationship. I talked with Tajh Boyd, too, seeing him. Every time I go, it’s always a good experience.”

What did Owens hear from the coaches?

“They just asked how my season was going,” he said, “and I said I’d let them know how I was doing, and they just told me to keep up the good work.”

Owens also had the chance to speak with DJ Uiagalelei and liked what he saw from Clemson’s junior quarterback, who completed 17 of 29 passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns in the victory over La. Tech, while rushing for 62 yards on nine carries.

“He’s actually doing pretty good, him moving around, using his legs more now, delivering the ball,” Owens said. “He looks pretty good. I talked to him after, too.”

“He seems like a great person,” Owens added. “He seems like a great leader.”

Owens cited being around the coaches, taking in the environment again, attending the game and going into the locker room after the game as the best parts of his visit.

“Even staying after the game and going into the locker room, seeing the players and see how they interact with each other and how the coaches interact with the players,” he said. “I think that was the highlight, just seeing the players.”

Owens owns a half-dozen offers already, including an SEC offer from Kentucky and ACC offers from Louisville and Virginia Tech.

It’s still early in Owens’ recruitment, but did Saturday’s visit give him a better idea of where he stands with the Tigers in the recruiting process right now?

“It does,” he said. “Being around them and them showing love like they always do, just building our relationship stronger.”

Owens went to South Carolina for its season opener against Georgia State on Sept. 3 and plans to return to Clemson this season, as well as visit schools like Georgia and Louisville.

As a freshman last season, Owens passed for 2,262 yards and 19 touchdowns.

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A promising young quarterback prospect — a local product who now plays in the Peach State — plans to get back to Clemson for a game this season.

Gavin Owens, a 6-foot-4, 205-pound rising sophomore in the class of 2025, is eyeing a visit to Death Valley this fall and also looking at trips to a few other ACC/SEC schools.

“Clemson is a must,” Owens said to The Clemson Insider recently regarding his visit plans for the fall. “I’ll probably go by Georgia again and then if I can, I’ll go back down to Florida State, and I’m trying to swing by Alabama one good time.”

Owens, who played his freshman season at Wren High School (Piedmont, S.C.) but has since transferred to Rabun Gap-Nacoochee (Rabun Gap, Ga.), previously traveled to Clemson for the Dabo Swinney Camp in June and also went to Georgia, Florida State, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Alabama, Kentucky and Louisville this summer.

When he makes it back to Clemson, Owens said he simply wants to build “more friendship and relationship with the coaches.”

“I’ve already got some good friendship with them now,” he added. “I know them pretty well. I’ll just get back down there and see the campus and adapt to it more than I am right now.”

As far as Clemson’s staff, Owens has the best relationships with offensive player development coach Tajh Boyd and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Brandon Streeter.

“They’re pretty strong,” Owens said of his bond with those two coaches. “There’s always room to get more tight and know each other better. But if you ask me, they’re pretty tight.”

Owens owns a half-dozen offers already, including an SEC offer from Kentucky and ACC offers from Louisville and Virginia Tech.

As for where he’s at early in the recruiting process, Owens said, “I’m just taking it slow right now.”

“I’m just trying to kind of get around every campus I’ve been right now, and I’ve got my eyes open and just seeing what’s out there right now,” he said. “But Clemson is one of them in the top for me right now.”

Having previously played high school ball in the Palmetto State at Wren, the opportunity to play right down the road from there at a place like Death Valley in the future would be something special for Owens, should he receive an offer from Clemson moving forward.

“It would be great,” he said of playing in the Valley. “The fans are really into the game, and all the emotion and loudness, everything they give off is heartwarming and just exciting to play in. A stadium like that is just great.”

Owens estimates that he has been participating in the Swinney Camp since he was about 10 years old. Prior to camping at Clemson this summer, he made a recruiting visit to campus for the Florida State game last October.

As a freshman last season, Owens passed for 2,262 yards and 19 touchdowns while also rushing for 125 yards and four more scores on the ground.

A standout local signal-caller, who has been a familiar face at the Dabo Swinney Camp over the years, returned to campus to work out at the camp yet again this summer.

Wren High School (Piedmont, S.C.) quarterback Gavin Owens – a 6-foot-4, 205-pound rising sophomore in the class of 2025 – had the chance to showcase his talent while throwing during the afternoon session on Day 1 of the Swinney Camp on Wednesday, June 1.

“I loved it,” Owens said to The Clemson Insider regarding his camp experience. “I always go down to Clemson and I love it. I just love the environment. The camp was a great experience, being out there with the coaches and some of the players. I learned a lot. They taught me some things, some things I need to fix, too, in my throwing – a lot of ball carriage stuff and footwork, and getting my hips around when I throw the ball.”

Owens, who already holds a handful of Division I scholarship offers, including a few Power Five offers, estimates that he has been participating in the Swinney Camp since he was around 10 years old.

The highlight of this year’s camp, Owens said, was competing in the one-on-one portion of the session.

“The one-on-ones, I had a great completion rate, rarely threw an incompletion,” he added.

According to Owens, his camp performance drew positive feedback from Clemson’s coaching staff.

“They said I did pretty good,” he said. “They want me to keep coming back and see me every year, see how I develop, and they want me to come back for a game in the fall.”

Owens, who intends to get back on campus during the season, enjoyed working with Brandon Streeter at the camp and feels his relationship with Clemson’s offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach grew “a whole lot” stronger there.

“I’m getting closer to him every time I see him,” he said. “He was with me doing drills. He always stopped by, had something to say, maybe fix something I was doing wrong or just give me a compliment on my throw.”

“He’s a great coach,” Owens added. “He really knows what he’s talking about. He has a great relationship with the players, anybody. Even people that he may not know, he always has good things to say, no matter what.”

Owens also had an opportunity to catch up with former Clemson star quarterback and current Clemson offensive player development coach Tajh Boyd, with whom Owens has already built a good relationship.

“I spoke to him after the camp,” Owens said. “I saw him after the camp, after Coach Dabo broke us down to leave. I didn’t see him any during the camp because I only went for the afternoon session. I couldn’t make it to the morning session because I had school. But I saw him after the camp was done. I talked to him a little bit.”

Kentucky, Louisville, Virginia Tech, Marshall, Western Kentucky and Florida A&M have already offered Owens.

Clemson, of course, hasn’t started offering recruits in the class of 2025 yet. But Owens feels his chances of earning an offer from the Tigers in the future are “pretty high” and says Clemson is one of his top schools early in the recruiting process even though it’s not on his current offer list.

“I’m still loving it,” he said. “It’s really a top-three school in my mind right now.”

Owens has also camped at schools like Louisville, Virginia Tech, Kentucky, Alabama and Wake Forest this month.

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Two weeks ago, a talented young local quarterback made the short trip to Clemson for an unofficial game visit.

Wren High School (Piedmont, S.C.) 2025 signal-caller Gavin Owens was on campus to take in the Tigers’ 30-20 victory over Florida State at Death Valley on Saturday, Oct. 30.

“It was great,” Owens told The Clemson Insider. “I loved the atmosphere. Felt like I was at home.”

Owens, a 6-foot-4, 191-pound freshman, is the starting quarterback for Wren’s varsity team. Through 10 games this season, according to MaxPreps, he had completed 55 percent of his passes for 1,863 yards and 14 touchdowns to go with 113 yards rushing and three more scores on the ground.

Kentucky and Marshall have already offered the 14-year-old Owens, who is also drawing interest from schools such as Georgia, Auburn, Virginia Tech and Penn State, along with Clemson.

Owens said the Tigers began showing interest a few weeks prior to the FSU game, at which time they invited him to attend the contest.

The highlight of the visit for Owens was meeting quarterbacks coach Brandon Streeter, as well as offensive player development coach Tajh Boyd.

What did Owens hear from the coaches while he was on campus?

“That I’ve been working hard during the season and doing great,” he said.

Boyd gave Owens a tour of the football facility before the game, and Owens enjoyed being shown around by the legendary Clemson quarterback.

“It was good, I loved it. I loved the facility,” Owens said.

“The good thing is that I met Tajh Boyd was when I was younger,” he added. “I was I think maybe 6 or 7, and it was good meeting him again [now that] I’m all grown up.”

In addition to interacting with Boyd and Streeter, one of the highlights of the day for Owens was seeing the Tigers rub Howard’s Rock and run down the hill before taking on the Seminoles.

“I really loved it,” he said of the most exciting 25 seconds in college football. “It was cool.”

A multi-sport athlete, Owens also plays basketball at Wren. Owens and the Hurricanes’ football team will face Powdersville in the second round of the Class 3A state playoffs tonight.