CLEMSON – Clemson is different from other schools in how it recruits high school students and how it recruits the transfer portal. Some schools take the machine gun approach, while the Tigers take the sniper approach.
In July, defensive ends coach Chris Rumph was asked about Clemson’s recruiting process – the Tigers typically don’t extend a lot of offers and sent out just 71 for the 2024 recruiting cycle. Another 71 have gone out in 2025 as the coaches close in on another class.
For comparison, arch-rival South Carolina has extended well over 200 offers and sent out offers to quarterbacks (7), running backs (19), and wide receivers (41) for the 2025 class combined which stand just a shade less (71-67) than Clemson’s total offer list.