#18  Ian Schieffelin

Beloved Clemson basketball star for four seasons from 2021-25 who completed his eligibility in basketball before opting to use the final year of his five-year collegiate clock to pursue football

2025: Joined Clemson’s football program as a tight end following spring practice.

2021-25 (Basketball): Key figure in some of Clemson’s most successful basketball teams … helped the Tigers to NCAA Tournament appearances in each of his final two seasons, including a program-record-tying Elite Eight appearance as a junior in 2023-24 and a program-record 27 wins as a senior in 2024-25 … played 134 career games with 99 starts, including starting all 70 of the program’s games across his final two seasons … went 157-for-317 (49.5 percent) from the field and 201-of-277 (72.6 percent) from the free throw line for 1,067 career points … also added 884 career rebounds, 262 assists, 66 steals and 58 blocks … became the 47th 1,000-point scorer in program history and finished his career ranked seventh in program annals in career rebounds … finished with 262 career assists in 134 games, the most in Clemson history among players 6-8 or taller … collected second-team All-ACC honors as senior when started all 34 games for Clemson’s 27-win squad, posting career highs in minutes per game (33.4), points per game (12.4), rebounds per game (9.4) and assists per game (2.7) … was one of only 13 players nationally and one of only five players in a major conference that season to post per-game averages of at least 12 points, nine rebounds and multiple assists … appeared in all 36 games in 2023-24 and started every contest for Clemson’s first Elite Eight squad since 1980 while averaging per-game figures of 27.5 minutes, 10.1 points, 9.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists … earned ACC Most Improved Player honors that year … posted a double-double in his first career NCAA Tournament game against New Mexico State with 16 points and 12 rebounds … played 74 games with 29 starts across his first two seasons from 2021-23.

Before Clemson: Focused on basketball in the latter part of his prep career at Georgia’s Grayson High School … averaged 12.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game in his final season at one of the state’s top-ranked programs … led Grayson to a 25-4 record and a Region 8-AAAAAAA championship as a sophomore … was a three-star prospect per 247Sports and Rivals before signing with Clemson over Virginia Tech and Dayton.

Personal: Earned his degree in management in May 2025 … joins a group of multi-sport Clemson Football athletes under Dabo Swinney that includes C.J. Spiller (track), Jacoby Ford (track), Kyle Parker (baseball), DeAndre Hopkins (basketball), D.J. Reader (baseball), Isaiah Simmons (track) and Will Taylor (baseball), among others … was an eighth-grade football teammate of former Clemson running back Phil Mafah … surname pronounced “CHEF-lin” … born March 1, 2003.