Scott Pagano

Defensive tackle who has seen time as both a starter and reserve the past two seasons … has 92 tackles, 6.5 for loss and two sacks in 705 snaps over 31 career games (13 starts).

2016: Earned share of defense’s 12th Man Award, along with Austin Bryant and Marcus Edmond … produced 31 tackles, 4.5 for loss and two sacks in 299 snaps over 12 games (four starts) … added four quarterback pressures, despite suffering a foot injury against Pittsburgh, which forced him to miss the final three games of the regular season … posted three tackles in game at Auburn … made first career sack in win over SC State … played 24 snaps at Georgia Tech with four tackles …  had a tackle for loss on a key fourth down stop at Boston College … had 1.5 tackles for loss, including a sack, in overtime win against NC State … returned to action in bowl season, with two tackles against both Ohio State and Alabama … added a tackle for loss in the shutout win over the Buckeyes in the Fiesta Bowl.

2015: Had 51 tackles, two tackles for loss and two quarterback pressures in 352 snaps over 15 games (nine starts) … made the most of his first career start against Wofford, tallying seven tackles (one for loss) in 31 snaps … had four tackles in 37 snaps at Louisville … started and tallied four tackles in 29 snaps against Notre Dame … made most of his 26 snaps in win over Georgia Tech with an astounding 12 total tackles … notched half of a tackle for loss in ACC Championship Game win over North Carolina.

2014: Had 10 tackles and one quarterback pressure in 54 snaps over four games … had four tackles in 19 snaps against SC State on Sept. 6, his first career game … had four tackles in 14 snaps against NC State on Oct. 4 … had one tackle in 11 snaps against Georgia State on Nov. 22 … had one tackle in 10 snaps against No. 24 Oklahoma in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Dec. 29.

2013: Redshirted.

Before Clemson: Rated as the No. 104 player in the nation by Rivals.com … Lombardi Award winner from Rivals.com as the top defensive lineman in the Western region of the United States … No. 6 defensive tackle in the nation by Rivals.com … played in U.S. Army All-American game … No. 1 player in Hawaii by Rivals.com … No. 2 player in Hawaii by ESPN … No. 28 defensive tackle in the nation and No. 3 player in Hawaii by 247Sports.com … No. 23 defensive tackle in the nation by ESPN … top-300 player in the nation by ESPN … No. 145 player in the nation by PrepStar … member of the top-150 Dream Team by PrepStar … had 56 tackles, a school-record 32 tackles for loss and 18.5 sacks, six blocked kicks, six caused fumbles and three recovered fumbles as a senior … had 72 tackles, 30 tackles for loss and five sacks, three caused fumbles and four recovered fumbles as a junior … two-time team captain … named “Hardest Working Player” on the team as a junior and senior … first-team all-state and all-conference as a junior and senior … chosen for the Hawaii State Senior Bowl … first Tiger signee from the state of Hawaii since 1986 (Allen Smith) … coached by Arnold Martinez at Moanalua High School … recruited by Dan Brooks and Brent Venables.

Personal: Has many relatives who live in Easley, S.C. … earned undergraduate degree in sociology in December 2016 … born Feb. 4, 1995.