#7  Justin Mascoll

Credited with 111 tackles (13.0 for loss), 3.0 sacks, six pass breakups, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble in 1,450 career snaps over 64 games (24 starts) from 2018-23 … edge presence whose steady development over six years led him to become the sixth player in Clemson history — and third defensive player — to appear in 60 career games.

2023: Voted by his teammates as a permanent team captain … credited with 25 tackles (4.0 for loss), one sack, two pass breakups, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in 339 snaps over 11 games (all starts) … recorded six tackles at Duke … made four tackles (one for loss) vs. Charleston Southern … added a tackle for loss vs. Florida Atlantic … posted two tackles vs. No. 4 Florida State … contributed three tackles at Syracuse and planted quarterback Garrett Shrader for the first forced fumble of his career on the game’s opening drive … collected three tackles and a pass breakup vs. Wake Forest … added a tackle for loss at Miami (Fla.), a game in which he became the sixth player in Clemson history to appear in 60 career games … posted a sack among his two tackles (one for loss) vs. Georgia Tech … recorded two tackles and a pass breakup vs. No. 20 North Carolina … notched one tackle and his second career fumble recovery in the Gator Bowl vs. Kentucky.

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— Clemson Football (@ClemsonFB) September 30, 2023

2022: Credited with 22 tackles (3.5 for loss) and a pass breakup in 298 defensive snaps over 14 games (two starts) … ACC Honor Roll selection … recorded three tackles (one for loss) vs. Furman … made three tackles (0.5 for loss) vs. Louisiana Tech … contributed six tackles at No. 21 Wake Forest … credited with two tackles and a pass breakup vs. No. 10 NC State … contributed a tackle for loss at Boston College … added one tackle at Florida State … added two tackles (one for loss) vs. No. 14 Syracuse … registered one tackle vs. Louisville and vs. Miami (Fla.) … made one tackle vs. No. 24 North Carolina and in the Orange Bowl vs. No. 6 Tennessee.

2021: Credited with 19 tackles and three pass breakups in 204 snaps over 11 games (two starts) … contributed two tackles vs. No. 5 Georgia … added a tackle vs. SC State … credited with three tackles vs. Georgia Tech and at NC State … recorded a tackle and a pass breakup at Syracuse … made four tackles at No. 23 Pitt … contributed two tackles vs. Florida State … made one tackle at Louisville … added two tackles and a pass breakup vs. UConn … batted a pass that was intercepted by Mario Goodrich for a pick-six against Iowa State … made three tackles (one for loss) vs. Furman.

2020: Credited with 29 tackles (4.5 for loss), 2.0 sacks and a fumble recovery in 377 snaps over 12 games (nine starts) … made first career start at Wake Forest, contributing four tackles … added two tackles vs. The Citadel … recorded his first career sack and finished with five tackles vs. Virginia … registered three tackles including a sack vs. No. 7 Miami … recorded first career fumble recovery at Georgia Tech … made three tackles (1.5 for loss) vs. Syracuse … credited with four tackles, including one for loss, vs. Boston College … registered two tackles at No. 4 Notre Dame and at Virginia Tech … made one tackle in ACC Championship Game vs. No. 2 Notre Dame … added three tackles in Sugar Bowl vs. No. 3 Ohio State.

2019: Credited with 16 tackles (1.0 for loss) in 252 snaps over 15 games … registered a tackle vs. Georgia Tech and vs. No. 12 Texas A&M … posted three tackles at Syracuse … added a tackle vs. Charlotte and at North Carolina … contributed two tackles at Louisville and vs. Wofford … credited with a half tackle for loss at NC State … posted two tackles vs. Wake Forest … registered two tackles vs. No. 22 Virginia in ACC Championship Game.

2018: Made Clemson debut vs. No. 16 NC State, playing eight snaps in his lone appearance of his redshirt season.

Before Clemson: No. 92 player in the nation by PrepStars, No. 102 player by ESPN and No. 142 player by 247Sports … No. 12 defensive end in the nation by ESPN … No. 16 player in Georgia by ESPN … U.S. Army All-American Game participant … played linebacker and defensive end at South Gwinnett High School … had 59 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss and seven sacks as a senior … first-team all-region as a senior … had 68 tackles, nine tackles for loss, eight sacks and 14 quarterback pressures as a junior … coached by Steve Davenport at South Gwinnett High School … recruited by Todd Bates, Mickey Conn and Tony Elliott.

Personal: Born Jan. 14, 2000 … earned degree in criminal justice in December 2022 … added a certificate in athletic leadership in December 2023.

Note: Tackle stats in the bio above reflect statistics from coaches film review. Tackle stats in the table below reflect those as awarded by gameday stat crews.