2022 Clemson Football Spring Guide – Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site

Program Information

Nickname	Tigers
Location	Clemson, S.C. 29633
Colors	Tiger Orange & Regalia
Founded	1889
Enrollment (2021-22)	27,341
President	Dr. James P. Clements (UMBC ‘85)
Director of Athletics	Graham Neff (Georgia Tech ’06)
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference (Atlantic Division)

First Year of Football	1896
Seasons of Football (Entering 2022)	126
All-Time Record	778-465-45 (.622)
All-Time Bowl Games	48 (26-22)
Most Recent Bowl(s)	Cheez-It Bowl vs. Iowa State
2021 Record	10-3 overall, 6-2 ACC
2021 Final Rankings	14th AP; 16th Coaches
National Championships	3 (1981, 2016, 2018)
College Football Playoff Berths	6 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Conference Championships	26
ACC Championships	20
Top-25 Seasons	35
Consensus All-Americans	31
AP First-Team All-Americans	27

Facility (Capacity)	Memorial Stadium (81,500)
Year Opened	1942
Record at Facility	328-102-7 (.759)
All-Time Hill Runs	421
Record Crowd	86,092 (Oct. 23, 1999 vs. Florida State)

Head Coach Dabo Swinney

Head Coach Dabo Swinney	Alabama ’93
Years as a full-time college coach*	27
Winning seasons (HC & Asst.)*	27
Bowl seasons (HC & Asst.)*	23
Record as an assistant coach	106-58-1 (.645)
Record as a head coach^	150-36 (.806)
Record at Clemson (HC & Asst.)	193-61 (.760)
* entering 2022, including GA years
^ all at Clemson

At A Glance: Returning/Lost

As of Feb. 21

Lettermen Returning	54
Lettermen Lost	36
2021 Starters Returning (O/D)	15 (9/6)
2021 Starters Lost (O/D)	7 (2/5)

Breakdown: Starters Returning

OFFENSE (9)

POS.	NAME, 2021 CLASS	2021 GP-GS	CAREER GP-GS
TE	Davis Allen, Jr.	13-10	40-11
OT	Jordan McFadden, *Jr.	13-13	42-25
WR	Joseph Ngata, Jr.	9-8	31-11
RB	Kobe Pace, So.	11-6	20-6
OL	Walker Parks, So.	13-13	24-13
OG	Will Putnam, Jr.	10-10	33-22
OL	Marcus Tate, Fr.	13-8	13-8
OL	Mason Trotter, *So.	7-7	20-7
QB	DJ Uiagalelei, So.	13-13	23-15

DEFENSE (6)

POS.	NAME, 2021 CLASS	2021 GP-GS	CAREER GP-GS
DT	Tyler Davis, Jr	9-8	31-28
S	Andrew Mukuba, Fr.	13-10	13-10
DE	Myles Murphy, So.	13-10	25-16
DT	Ruke Orhorhoro, *So.	13-9	27-9
LB	Trenton Simpson, So.	13-12	25-15
DE	Xavier Thomas, Sr.	12-10	46-19

Breakdown: Starters Lost

OFFENSE (2)

POS.	NAME, 2021 CLASS	2021 GP-GS	CAREER GP-GS
OL	Matt Bockhorst, *Sr.	7-7	47-20
WR	Justyn Ross, *Jr.	10-10	39-24

DEFENSE (5)

POS.	NAME, 2021 CLASS	2021 GP-GS	CAREER GP-GS
CB	Andrew Booth Jr., Jr.	11-11	35-15
CB	Mario Goodrich, Sr.	12-12	47-16
LB	James Skalski, *Sr.+	13-13	69-38
LB	Baylon Spector, *Sr.	11-10	53-20
S	Nolan Turner, *Sr.+	10-10	65-25

Returning Statistical Leaders

Statistic	Returning Leader (2021 Stats)	Returning Leader (Career)
Points	PK B.T. Potter (101)	PK B.T. Potter (344)
Total Touchdowns	RB Will Shipley (11)	WR Will Shipley (11)
Rushing Yards	RB Will Shipley (738)	RB Will Shipley (738)
Passing Yards	QB DJ Uiagalelei (2,246)	QB DJ Uiagalelei (3,160)
Receiving Yards	WR Joseph Ngata (438)	WR Joseph Ngata (761)
Tackles*	LB Trenton Simpson (78)	DE Xavier Thomas (112)
Tackles For Loss	DE Myles Murphy (14.0)	DE Xavier Thomas (27.5)
Sacks	DE Myles Murphy (7.0)	DE Xavier Thomas (12.5)
Interceptions	S R.J. Mickens (2)	CB Sheridan Jones (2) S R.J. Mickens (2)

*According to coaches film review

Spring Game Information

WHAT: 2022 Spring Game (Orange vs. White)
WHEN: Saturday, April 9
WHERE: Memorial Stadium (Clemson, S.C)

TIME: 1 p.m. ET
TV: ACC Network
ROSTERS: Orange vs. White

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The Clemson Football Standard

Outlook: Meet the 2022 Tigers

2022 Roster & Bios

2022 Coaching Staff

2021 Statistics

2021 Letterwinners