#20  Avieon Terrell

Made his own name as a standout all-purpose player at Atlanta’s Westlake HS and continues the family lineage of his brother, All-Pro and former Clemson cornerback A.J. Terrell … entered 2024 credited with 18 tackles, six pass breakups and an interception in 375 snaps over 13 games (five starts).

2024: Second-team All-ACC selection by both the conference and the AP … contributed six tackles and was credited by the coaching staff with a pass breakup vs. No. 1 Georgia … notched two tackles and a career-high four pass breakups vs. Appalachian State … recorded two tackles and the first forced fumble and first fumble recovery of his career vs. NC State … made two tackles and posted his first interception of the season vs. Stanford … accrued six tackles (1.5 for loss) and an interception at Florida State for his third straight game with a takeaway … posted five tackles and two pass breakups at Wake Forest … collected six tackles (one for loss), a pass breakup and his first career sack vs. Virginia … made five tackles vs. Louisville … credited with five tackles and a pass breakup at Virginia Tech … notched six tackles (2.0 for loss) at Pitt … credited with one tackle against The Citadel and recorded both a forced fumble and a fumble recovery when he chased a ball-carrier 50 yards downfield and ripped the ball away into his possession in one motion … added another forced fumble and contributed four tackles and a pass breakup vs. No. 16 South Carolina … posted nine tackles and a pass breakup vs. No. 8 SMU.

2023: Credited with 18 tackles, six pass breakups and an interception in 375 snaps over 13 games (five starts) … one of six Clemson true freshmen to appear in all 13 games (Jamal Anderson, Khalil Barnes, Tyler Brown, Shelton Lewis and T.J. Parker) … All-ACC Academic Team selection … made collegiate debut at Duke on special teams … recorded one tackle vs. Charleston Southern … added four tackles and a pass breakup vs. Florida Atlantic … made one tackle at Syracuse … recorded one tackle vs. Wake Forest … contributed one tackle at Miami (Fla.) … made first career start vs. No. 12 Notre Dame … posted two tackles, two pass breakups and the first interception of his career on a one-handed grab vs. Georgia Tech … recorded a tackle and a pass breakup vs. No. 20 North Carolina … added two tackles and two pass breakups at South Carolina … posted five tackles in the Gator Bowl vs. Kentucky.

Just something about these one-handed snags today 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ZJPx2bA7hR

— Clemson Football (@ClemsonFB) November 11, 2023

Before Clemson: Four-year contributor at Westlake who helped his team to a 9-4 record in 2022 … collected 86 career tackles and six interceptions … excellent all-around player who also was outstanding in the return game in 2022, posting nine kickoff returns for 289 yards, including a 73-yarder, and 12 punt returns for 189 yards, including a 65-yarder … averaged 32.1 yards on kickoff returns and 15.8 yards on punt returns … had five career receiving touchdowns, a punt return touchdown, a kickoff return touchdown, a fumble return touchdown and an interception return touchdown … had a 146-yard punt return game, a 112-yard kickoff return game and a 148-yard reception yardage game over the course of his career … posted 33 tackles on defense in 2022 with four interceptions for 59 return yards … also had 20 catches for 427 yards as an end, he had five scores … collected all four interceptions over final six games of the 2022 season … posted seven catches for 148 yards and two scores vs. Parkview in the penultimate game of his prep career … had 44 tackles with two interceptions as a junior in 2021 … added two catches for 59 yards in limited offensive duty … recorded a 70-yard fumble return for a score in 2020 … wore No. 8 for coach Rico Zackery in high school, same number his brother wore at Clemson as a cornerback from 2017-19 … ranked as the 99th-best player in the nation according to Rivals, which also listed him as the fifth-best player in Georgia and 13th-best cornerback in the nation …  ranked No. 178 overall in the nation by PrepStar as a four-star prospect … also ran track and was part of Westlake’s 6A state title 4×100 relay team.

Personal: Committed to Clemson on June 6, 2022 … brother of former Clemson cornerback A.J. Terrell, an All-Pro cornerback who was a first-round draft choice of the Atlanta Falcons in 2020 … born Jan. 11, 2005 … enrolled at Clemson in summer 2023 … sociology major … name pronounced “AY-vee-on turr-ELL.”

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