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#39  Aidan Swanson

Position:
P/PK
Height:
6-3
Weight:
180
Class:
*So.
Hometown:
Tampa, Fla.
High School:
IMG Academy

Entered his extra year of eligibility in 2024 having previously averaged 42.7 yards on 131 career punts with 48 punts downed inside the 20 ... also averaged 63.5 yards on 13 career kickoffs and added a 2-for-2 mark on PATs over 35 career games (27 starts) from 2019-23 ... averaged 40.0 yards or better on punts in 17 consecutive games from 2022-23, breaking Dale Hatcher's school record mark of 12 from 1983-84 ... had a career year in 2023, matching long-time NFL punter Bradley Pinion's school record for punts downed inside the 20 and producing the fifth-longest single-season punting average in school history ... entered 2024 ranked third in school history in career punting average.

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Entered his extra year of eligibility in 2024 having previously averaged 42.7 yards on 131 career punts with 48 punts downed inside the 20 … also averaged 63.5 yards on 13 career kickoffs and added a 2-for-2 mark on PATs over 35 career games (27 starts) from 2019-23 … averaged 40.0 yards or better on punts in 17 consecutive games from 2022-23, breaking Dale Hatcher’s school record mark of 12 from 1983-84 … had a career year in 2023, matching long-time NFL punter Bradley Pinion’s school record for punts downed inside the 20 and producing the fifth-longest single-season punting average in school history … entered 2024 ranked third in school history in career punting average.

2024: Averaged 43.1 yards on seven punts, including two downed inside the 20, against No. 1 Georgia … punted only once for 54 yards vs. Appalachian State … averaged 39.0 yards on three punts vs. NC State … averaged 43.2 yards on five punts vs. Stanford.

2023: Punted 61 times for an average of 43.67 yards with 28 punts downed inside the 20, five touchbacks and 14 punts of 50-plus yards … his 28 punts downed inside the 20 tied Bradley Pinion’s school record for punts inside the 20 in a single season (28 in 2014) … his punting average of 43.67 yards ranked fifth in a season in Clemson history and was only the second average of 43+ yards since the turn of the century … recorded a 41.98-yard net punting average per the NCAA formula, the second-best mark in school history behind Dale Hatcher’s 42.4 in 1984 … third-team All-ACC pick by College Football Network … All-ACC Academic Team selection … averaged 44.5 yards per punt on four punts at Duke … punted once for 52 yards vs. Charleston Southern … averaged 43.0 yards on three punts vs. Florida Atlantic … averaged a career-high 53.2-yard average on four punts vs. No. 4 Florida State, the third-best single-game average in school history … his four punts against the Seminoles included a 60-yarder in the first quarter and a 62-yarder in the fourth quarter, making him the first Clemson player in Dabo Swinney’s head coaching tenure to record multiple 60-yard punts in a single game and placing him among Pittsburgh’s Daniel Sparks (2022), Wake Forest’s Dom Maggio (2019) and Miami’s Pat O’Donnell (2013) as the only ACC players since 2008 with multiple 60-yard punts in a single game, according to Stats Perform … placed three of his six punts at Syracuse inside the 20, averaging 41.7 yards per punt and sharing team special teams player of the game honors … averaged 43.0 yards on five punts vs. Wake Forest, including two punts of 50-plus yards and two downed inside the 20 … averaged 43.2 yards on four punts at Miami (Fla.) … placed three of his seven punts at NC State inside the 20 for an average of 39.4 yards per punt … averaged 44.2 yards on six punts vs. No. 12 Notre Dame with a career-high five punts downed inside the 20, collecting ACC Specialist of the Week and Ray Guy Award “Ray’s 8” honors; his lone punt against Notre Dame not to be downed inside the 20 resulted in a muff that was recovered by Clemson … his five punts inside the 20 against the Irish were the most punts placed inside the 20 by a Clemson punter since Will Spiers in the National Championship Game to end the 2019 season (five vs. LSU) … placed one of three punts vs. Georgia Tech inside the 20 … averaged 47.5 yards on six punts vs. No. 20 North Carolina including a career-high-tying three punts of 50-plus yards … tied his career high with five punts downed inside the 20 among his six punts at South Carolina … averaged 43.8 yards on six punts with four downed inside the 20 in the Gator Bowl against Kentucky, helping Clemson to a 19-yard advantage in starting field position as Clemson’s drives originated on average from the CU 41 while Kentucky’s drives originated from the UK 22.

2022: Punted 62 times for 2,620 yards (42.3-yard average) over 14 games (all starts) in his first season as a starter … placed 16 punts inside the 20 and recorded 13 punts of 50 yards or more … impressed in his first career start, sharing special teams player of the game honors after averaging 44.0 yards on six punts with three downed inside the 20 and two covering 50 yards or more … averaged 35.5 yards on four punts vs. Furman … averaged 42.4 yards on five punts vs. Louisiana Tech … averaged 32.8 yards on four punts at No. 21 Wake Forest … averaged 40.0 yards on three punts vs. No. 10 NC State … averaged 41.6 yards on seven punts with one downed inside the 20 at Boston College … shared special teams player of the game honors after averaging 45.8 yards on four punts at Florida State including two punts of 50 or more yards and one downed inside the 20 … averaged 52.5 yards on two punts vs. No. 14 Syracuse, as both punts exceeded 50 yards and were downed inside the Syracuse 20-yard line, including one that bounced out of bounds at the Syracuse four-yard line amid Clemson shutting out the Orange in the second half of a 14-point comeback victory … averaged 45.0 yards on five credited punts at Notre Dame including a career-long 67-yard boot … punted five times vs. Louisville, averaging 41.0 yards per punt with a long of 54 … averaged 41.7 yards on three punts vs. Miami (Fla.) … recorded three punts of 50-plus yards and four downed inside the 20, both single-game career highs, vs. South Carolina … averaged 44.7 yards on three punts vs. No. 24 North Carolina … averaged 40.7 yards on three punts in the Orange Bowl vs. No. 6 Tennessee.

2021: Appeared in two games, averaging 38.7 yards on three punts and 64.3 yards on three kickoffs … averaged 42.0 yards on two punts vs. SC State … had one kickoff and one punt vs. UConn.

2020: Averaged 43.7 yards on three credited punts, averaged 62.2 yards on four kickoffs and went 2-for-2 on PATs in three games … produced a 44-yard punt and a 62-yard kickoff at Wake Forest … punted once for 37 yards and went 2-for-2 on PATs at Georgia Tech … had a 50-yard punt and had another blocked vs. Pitt.

2019: Punted twice and kicked off four times with two touchbacks over three games while redshirting … made collegiate debut vs. Charlotte, recording two touchbacks on two kickoffs and a 30-yard punt … dropped a 28-yard punt inside the 20-yard line vs. Florida State … ACC Honor Roll selection.

Before Clemson: Left-footed punter who ranked as the third-best punter in the nation by PrepStar and Rivals.com … ranked as the fourth-best punter by 247Sports and 16th-best punter by ESPN.com … handled kickoffs for IMG Academy in 2018 and had 29 touchbacks on 46 kickoffs (63 percent) … opponents averaged just 19.6 yards per kickoff return … averaged 42.3 yards per punt in 2018 and 46.0 in 2017 … had a 49-yard touchdown pass out of punt formation for IMG in 2017 … opponents averaged just 2.5 yards per punt return in 2018 … played two years at IMG Academy and two years at Jesuit High School in Tampa … punted for a 13-1 team that reached the state semifinals at Jesuit in 2015 … Jesuit was 12-1 in 2016 … was 54-80 on touchbacks at Jesuit in 2016 … had eight touchbacks in a game twice … As a sophomore, was a first-team All-Tampa Bay and All-Hillsborough County selection and a second-team 5A all-state honoree by the Associated Press … was also competed in track and field … was the Hillsborough County district champion for high jump and a State Championship finalist … head coach at Jesuit Tampa was Matt Thompson and Special Teams Coach was Tom Feely … played at IMG Academy for Kevin Wright … primary Clemson recruiters were Tony Elliott and Danny Pearman … committed to Clemson on March 5, 2018 … enrolled at Clemson in January 2019.

Personal: Born July 20, 2000 … his mother, Gena, is a Clemson graduate … earned degree in marketing in December 2022 … four-time ACC Honor Roll selection (2019 and 2021-23) … completed microinternships with Synnex in Greenville in spring 2022 and TD Synnex in Tampa in spring 2023.

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