Ben Boulware

• Returned to his alma mater in 2024 in a volunteer capacity before being named as Clemson’s linebackers coach alongside Tom Allen in 2025.

• Served as an unpaid defensive volunteer intern in 2024.

• Contributed to a 2024 staff that helped linebacker Barrett Carter earn third-team All-America honors from multiple outlets and be named as one of five finalists for the Butkus Award.

• With assistance from Boulware, Carter was a first-team All-ACC selection by the conference, the AP and Phil Steele, and Carter’s 838 total snaps from scrimmage that year were the most by a Clemson linebacker since Boulware himself played 882 defensive snaps in 2016.

• Is a former Clemson linebacker who is one of the most beloved defenders in school history, as his leadership, charisma and performance as a player helped guide the Tigers to their first national championship in 35 years.

• Posted 352 career tackles, 26 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, five interceptions, 41 quarterback pressures, 10 pass breakups, six forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries in 2,131 defensive snaps over 53 games (31 starts).

• Earned the Jack Lambert Award as a senior in 2016 as the nation’s top linebacker while collecting second-team All-America honors from the AFCA, Football Writers Association, Phil Steele, USA Today and Walter Camp and third-team All-American status from the Associated Press.

• First-team All-ACC selection who was selected as ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Year and earned National Championship Game Most Valuable Defensive Player honors in leading the Tigers to the program’s second national championship.

• As a junior, helped lead Clemson to a national championship game berth during the 2015 season, collecting All-ACC honors as well as an honorable mention All-America nod from Sports Illustrated.

• That season, earned Most Valuable Player honors of Clemson’s victory against Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff National Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl.

• Signed with the Carolina Panthers as a college free agent following the 2017 NFL Draft and spent the offseason and training camp with the squad.

• Became an entrepreneur and business owner once his playing career ended. The former Strength & Conditioning All-American opened The Junkyard, a cross-functional training facility with locations throughout Upstate State Carolina.

• Native of Anderson, S.C. who played his prep career locally at T.L. Hanna High School and was a finalist for Mr. Football in South Carolina as a senior.