Clemson welcomed members of its 2026 recruiting class on Wednesday upon the opening of the NCAA early signing period. The early signing period will conclude on Friday, Dec. 5 in advance of National Signing Day on Feb. 4, 2026.
Learn more about Clemson’s 2026 recruiting class and hear from Head Coach Dabo Swinney below.
Round Hill, Va. // Bullis School (Md.)
Speedy wideout who is also a national record-holder in track
Knoxville, Tenn. // Webb School Of Knoxville
Two-way star and Mr. Football finalist in his classification in Tennessee
Charlotte, N.C. // Providence Day School
Key contributor in the trenches to multiple state titles in North Carolina
Huntington, W.Va. // Huntington HS
Four-sport prep athlete slated to play tight end at Clemson
Leesburg, Va. // Loudoun County HS
Multi-time all-state honoree out of Northern Virginia
Cincinnati, Ohio // St. Xavier HS
Ohio defender continuing Clemson’s recent pipeline from St. Xavier HS
Spartanburg, S.C. // Dorman HS
Top-150 national prospect who starred in the Upstate
Minneola, Fla. // The First Academy
Four-star offensive lineman who earned Player of the Year honors in his region of Florida in 2024
Savannah, Ga. // Benedictine Military School
Disruptive interior defensive lineman out of Georgia
Top-200 prospect from a prep football power in North Carolina
Jacksonville, Fla. // The Bolles School
Dynamic playmaker who exceeded 4,000 career all-purpose yards in Florida
Washington Court House, Ohio // Miami Trace HS
Dual-sport standout continuing Clemson’s recent Ohio OL pipeline
Birmingham, Ala. // Spain Park HS
Alabama signal caller who set his high school’s career record for wins as a starting quarterback
Pace, Fla. // Pace HS
Stout offensive lineman who was a Florida state powerlifting champion
Lawrence, Kan. // Lawrence Free State HS
Sunflower State standout who was a multi-time all-state selection
South Pittsburg, Tenn. // South Pittsburg HS
Talented edge rusher who blossomed at Tennessee’s 1A level
Dallas, Texas // South Oak Cliff HS
Cover corner who starred at Dallas’ South Oak Cliff HS
Queen Creek, Ariz. // Queen Creek HS
Dual-sport dual threat named as 2024 Player of the Year in Arizona by the Arizona Cardinals
Hermosa Beach, Calif. // Mira Costa HS
Athletic long snapper who was a productive multi-year starter at linebacker
Charlotte, N.C. // Indian Land (S.C.) HS
Productive edge presence who amassed 241 tackles in his final two prep seasons
RANKINGS REPORT– The class includes nine selections to the ESPN300: OL Leo Delaney, WR Naeem Burroughs, S Polo Anderson, WR Connor Salmin, WR Gordon Sellars, OL Adam Guthrie, OL Chance Barclay, OL Carter Scruggs and OL Grant Wise.– Clemson’s class includes seven members of the Rivals300: WR Naeem Burroughs, S Polo Anderson, WR Gordon Sellars, OL Leo Delaney, OL Grant Wise, LB Brayden Reilly and OL Chance Barclay.– The group features six selections to the 247Sports Top247: WR Naeem Burroughs, S Polo Anderson, OL Chance Barclay, WR Gordon Sellars, WR Connor Salmin and OL Grant Wise.-To date, every Clemson signing class in Dabo Swinney’s head coaching tenure except for 2025 class has won at least one ACC Championship.
BRING A FRIEND– With the additions of high school teammates Leo Delaney and Gordon Sellars out of Providence Day School in Charlotte, Clemson has signed at least one pair of high school teammates in seven out of its last nine classes.
>> 2026: Providence Day (N.C.) School (Leo Delaney and Gordon Sellars)>> 2025: Liberty Christian (Va.) Academy (Gideon Davidson and Easton Ware)>> 2024: Our Lady of Good Counsel (Md.) HS (Darien Mayo and CJ Kubah-Taylor)>> 2023: N/A>> 2022: Greenville (S.C.) HS (Collin Sadler and Josh Sapp)>> 2021: Westlake (Ga.) HS (Dacari Collins and Nate Wiggins)>> 2020: N/A>> 2019: Archer (Ga.) HS (Andrew Booth Jr. and Jalyn Phillips)>> 2018: South Pointe (S.C.) HS (Derion Kendrick and B.T. Potter); IMG (Fla.) Academy (Mike Jones Jr. and Xavier Thomas)
GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN– Thirteen states comprise Clemson’s 2026 signing class: Florida (three), South Carolina (two), North Carolina (two), Ohio (two), Tennessee (two), Virginia (two), Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Kansas, Virginia and West Virginia.– Since 1972, Clemson has signed student-athletes to football scholarships from 37 states, the District of Columbia and Canada.
SUNSHINE AND SUNFLOWERS– Florida led the way with three of Clemson’s signees: OL Chance Barclay, WR Naeem Burroughs and OL Grant Wise. The 2026 class marks the first time on record that Florida has led Clemson in total signees.– Clemson has now signed 31 players from the Sunshine State in the last eight years. Clemson has now signed multiple players from Florida in eight straight classes for the first time on record back to 1972.– Clemson signed OL Braden Wilmes out of Lawrence, Kansas. He became Clemson’s first Sunflower State signee since the Tigers signed both LB Isaiah Simmons and DT Xavier Kelly out of Kansas in 2016.
OH, HI, OHIO– Clemson’s signings of OL Adam Guthrie and LB Brayden Reilly mark Clemson’s fifth and sixth signings from Ohio since 2017, five of which have come along Clemson’s offensive line.– Clemson signed multiple Ohio products in a single class for the first time since 1981 (Sandusky LB Jim Hohler and Blue Ash C Jeff Lytton).– Guthrie joined Matt Bockhorst (2017), Jackson Carman (2018), Blake Miller (2021) and Tucker Kattus (2025) to become Clemson’s fifth Ohio signee along the offensive line in the span of nine recruiting cycles– Reilly is a product of St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, the same high school program that produced 2017 signee Matt Bockhorst and 2025 signee Tucker Kattus. Kattus will be a redshirt freshman on Clemson’s 2026 roster, and Bockhorst was a team captain who played 47 games with 20 starts for Clemson from 2017-21, helping the program to four ACC championships, four College Football Playoff berths, two National Championship Game appearances and one national title.
ADDING ARIZONA– Dabo Swinney signed his first prospect from Arizona with the addition of QB Tait Reynolds.– Reynolds became Clemson’s first signee from Arizona since the Tigers signed offensive lineman Dustin Rash out of Mesa in 1991.
CLEMSON ROADS, TAKE ME HOME– Swinney also signed his first prospect from West Virginia with the addition of TE Tayveon Wilson.– Wilson became Clemson’s first signee from West Virginia since signing quarterback Don Wiggins out of Point Pleasant in 1967.– With the additions of Wilson out of West Virginia and Reynolds out of Arizona, Dabo Swinney has now added at least one new state in nine recruiting cycles from 2015-26: Arizona and West Virginia in 2026; Illinois in 2024; Utah in 2022; Kentucky in 2020; California, Michigan and Pennsylvania in 2019; Missouri in 2018; Indiana and Louisiana in 2017; Colorado, Kansas and Texas in 2016; and Massachusetts in 2015.
GOING BACK TO CALI– After Clemson went without any California signees from 1992-2018, Clemson’s signing of LS Jackson Reach gives Clemson a Golden State signee for the fourth time in the last eight cycles.– Though Clemson has placed long snappers on scholarship during their careers, Reach is the first long snapper on record to be signed by Clemson on National Signing Day.
POSITION BREAKDOWN– QB: 2; WR: 3; TE: 1; OL: 6; DE: 2; DT: 1; LB: 1; CB: 2; S: 1; LS: 1– Clemson signed multiple quarterbacks for the first time since signing both Bubba Chandler and Will Taylor in 2021. At the time, both Chandler and Taylor were potential MLB Draft defections, and both are now playing professional baseball in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Prior to that year, Clemson’s most recent time signing two quarterbacks was in 2017 (Hunter Johnson and Chase Brice).– Clemson signed six offensive linemen for the first time since 2020.
