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#12  Tyler Venables

Position:
S
Height:
5-10
Weight:
200
Class:
So.
Hometown:
Clemson, S.C.
High School:
D.W. Daniel HS

Entered 2024 credited with 98 tackles (5.5 for loss), a sack, an interception and seven pass breakups in 716 defensive snaps over 36 games (two starts) ... fought injury for much of 2023 but served in a student coach capacity, a role befitting the son of former Clemson coordinator (and current Oklahoma head coach) Brent Venables.

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Entered 2024 credited with 98 tackles (5.5 for loss), a sack, an interception and seven pass breakups in 716 defensive snaps over 36 games (two starts) … fought injury for much of 2023 but served in a student coach capacity, a role befitting the son of former Clemson coordinator (and current Oklahoma head coach) Brent Venables.

2024: Made one tackle vs. No. 1 Georgia … added two tackles vs. Appalachian State … posted three tackles and a pass breakup vs. NC State.

2023: Spent the majority of the season in a de facto student coaching role while medically redshirting and rehabbing from a hip injury before appearing in the final two games of the regular season … made his season debut on special teams vs. No. 20 North Carolina … contributed on special teams a week later at South Carolina as well … ACC Honor Roll selection.

2022: Credited with 37 tackles (one for loss), a pass breakup and a team-high seven special teams tackles while playing 240 defensive snaps over 10 games … had a de-cleating special teams tackle among his four stops at Georgia Tech … added six tackles vs. Furman … contributed eight tackles (one for loss) vs. Louisiana Tech … made three tackles at No. 21 Wake Forest … credited with a team-high seven tackles and added a pass breakup vs. No. 10 NC State, earning team special teams player of the game … collected four tackles both vs. No. 14 Syracuse and at Notre Dame … returned from late-season injury to make one tackle in the Orange Bowl vs. No. 6 Tennessee.

2021: Credited with 33 tackles (1.5 for loss), three pass breakups, one sack and one interception over 262 snaps in 12 games (two starts) … made three tackles vs. SC State … credited with three tackles including a special teams stop vs. Georgia Tech … contributed two tackles at NC State … posted five tackles (0.5 for loss) and a pass breakup vs. Boston College … recorded five tackles and added both his first career sack and first career interception at Syracuse … added four tackles and a pass breakup at No. 23 Pitt … notched three tackles vs. Florida State … made two tackles vs. UConn … contributed three tackles and a pass breakup vs. No. 13 Wake Forest … recorded two tackles at South Carolina … made one tackle vs. Iowa State.

2020: Credited with 28 tackles (3.0 for loss) and three pass breakups in 214 snaps over 12 games … made collegiate debut at Wake Forest … posted a tackle for loss and a pass breakup vs. The Citadel … broke up a pass vs. Virginia … recorded a tackle and a pass breakup vs. No. 7 Miami … added two tackles at Georgia Tech … credited with a team-high eight tackles vs. Syracuse … registered one tackle vs. Boston College … added two tackles at No. 4 Notre Dame … made three tackles vs. Pitt … recorded one tackle at Virginia Tech and in Sugar Bowl vs. No. 3 Ohio State.

Before Clemson: Played for Jeff Fruster at Daniel High School in Central, S.C. … ranked as the school’s career passing yardage leader with 6,927 yards … totaled 73 touchdown passes and 38 rushing touchdowns in three years as a quarterback … helped Daniel to an 11-1 record and the third round of the state playoffs as starting quarterback in 2019 … set school record for passing yards in a season with 3,281 as a senior, completing 253-of-374 passes … posted four straight 300-yard passing games at three straight five-touchdown games at various points … recorded 48 combined touchdowns rushing and passing … was also starter on defense, contributing 75 tackles, seven tackles for loss and four interceptions in 2019 … named all-state as a defensive back in 2019 … named Offensive Player of the Year for the region and was a first-team all-region honoree … Mr. Football nominee in the state of South Carolina … first-team all-region and was Player of the Year for the area in 2018 as a junior … second-team USA Today All-State selection that year … threw for 3,006 yards and rushed for 890 as a junior when he helped Daniel to an 11-2 record … completed 243-for-364 passes that year with 26 touchdown passes and just four interceptions … added 163 rushes for 890 yards and 28 rushing touchdowns to finish with 54 combined touchdowns rushing and passing … Shrine Bowl selection … committed to Clemson on June 2, 2019 … recruited to Clemson by Brent Venables and Mickey Conn.

Personal: Born Feb. 22, 2002 … earned degree in political science in December 2023 … completed a microinternship with LyonJay in Greenville in spring 2022 … enrolled at Clemson in January 2020 … son of former Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables and brother of former Clemson linebacker Jake Venables … his father played college football at Kansas State … signed with Clemson on Dec. 18, his father’s birthday … played at the same high school that produced Clemson All-Americans DeAndre Hopkins, Shaq Lawson and Kyle Young.

Note: Tackle stats in the written bio above reflect statistics from coaches film review. Tackle stats in the automated Stats tab of this page reflect those as awarded by gameday stat crews.

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