CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott has received a raise and will earn $1.6 million a year after the school approved a new contract for several Tigers...
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson's “Swiss Army Knife” linebacker Isaiah Simmons is going pro.
Simmons is a 6-foot-4, 230-pound defender from Olathe, Kansas. He announced his decision Saturday...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — No. 1 LSU has been unstoppable this season but the top-ranked team in the nation hasn't faced Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables this season.
Top-ranked LSU and Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow head into the national championship game peaking, matching their record-setting offense with a healthy and improving defense.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney hasn’t stopped thinking about Virginia quarterback Bryce Perkins since the 22nd-ranked Cavaliers clinched their spot in the Atlantic Coast...
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables just can’t forget what happened against South Carolina a year ago.
The Tigers had one of their worst defensive performances...
Wake Forest (7-2, 3-2 ACC) at No. 3 Clemson (10-0, 7-0, No. 3 CFP), Saturday at 3:30 p.m. EST (ABC).
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Tyler Davis didn't plan on starting this soon for Clemson, given the depth the Tigers had stockpiled at defensive tackle the past few seasons.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — The crowd rose and so did the noise level in Death Valley. No. 1 Clemson faced fourth-and-goal from the 2 with 10 seconds left in regulation against Texas A&M.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Clemson's offensive coordinators Tony Elliott and Jeff Scott are now in the million-dollar club.
They received raises that increased their yearly salary to $1 million, giving the national champion Tigers three assistants making at least that much. The school's board of trustees approved salary increases for several Clemson assistants and staffers Friday.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Amid the plans and preparations, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney caught himself daydreaming of the special moment he and sons Will and Drew could share Monday night.
DALLAS (AP) — Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables began his coaching career at Kansas State in the mid-1990s, trying to come up with ways to stop Nebraska's power option. The Cornhuskers were predictable, but often darn near unstoppable.
DALLAS (AP) — No. 2 Clemson is preparing to be without star defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, who failed an NCAA test for performance-enhancing drugs, when it plays No. 3 Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl on Saturday.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables swears he wasn't really concerned about the preseason hype around his defensive line.
"Maybe a little," Venables said when asked about any fears he had about their mindset entering the season.
The accolades and magazine covers piled up this summer for the Tigers' talented defensive front: Defensive ends Clelin Ferrell and Austin Bryant; tackles Christian Wilkins and Dexter Lawrence.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Refreshed, rested and ready for more success is the mindset for both No. 3 Clemson and 16th-ranked North Carolina State with both coming off bye weeks heading into their undefeated showdown in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Clemson has made a second major statement this year about how much it wants to hold onto defensive coordinator Brent Venables.
After upping his salary to $2 million a year in February, the school extended the deal to five seasons through 2022 and added retention bonuses that make the package worth $11.6 million.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney makes sure his assistants get everything they need to succeed. And they're well paid for their services, a nice incentive to stick around.
That's especially true of the Tigers' trio coordinators, who have guided Clemson to one national championship and are in position to capture another.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Clemson co-offensive coordinator Tony Elliott on Tuesday was named winner of the Broyles Award, given annually to the top assistant coach in college football.
The Tigers averaged 458 yards and 35 points per game, finished atop the final regular-season Associated Press poll and hold the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff. Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables won the Broyles Award last year.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson saw it all last year from Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson.
The Cardinals' quarterback came into Clemson a year ago with gaudy stats and plenty to prove against one of the country's best defenses.
Jackson did not quite live up to the hype in the first half; the Tigers' defense managed to bottle him up as Clemson took a 28-10 lead. Then Jackson dazzled Death Valley to lead five straight scoring drives and give Louisville a 36-28 advantage with seven minutes to play.
Every defensive meeting at Clemson this week might as well have started with coordinator Brent Venables passing around a photo of Alabama's O.J. Howard with the caption "Know where 88 is at all times."
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Alabama's defensive line often gets credited with being the best in college football. The way the Crimson Tide's big guys have overpowered opponents the past few years, it would be tough to argue against.
After manhandling Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl, it seems Clemson may have a defensive front just as good as the Crimson Tide's. The two face off in a rematch of last season's national title game on Jan. 9 in Tampa, Florida.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Clemson fans are used to the sight: defensive coordinator Brent Venables charging onto the field in an emotional outburst, being pulled back to the sideline by the assistant strength coach in charge of keeping the intense coach out of trouble.
Intense might be an understatement.
"I love what I do. I'm very passionate about it," Venables said Tuesday. "I make no apologies for that. Not everybody is built the same but be who you are, and this is who I'm comfortable being."
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Coaches often talk about how the best teams have players who take ownership and convey their messages as well as they do.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — When Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables learned the Tigers were facing Virginia Tech for the Atlantic Coast Conference title, he had a strong message for his players.
No. 3 Clemson (11-1; No. 3 College Football Playoff) tries to penetrate the defense of No. 19 Virginia Tech (9-3; No. 23 CFP) on Saturday night in the ACC championship game.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Christian Wilkins' secret is out — the Clemson defensive end loves the Power Rangers.
So much, in fact, he convinced a squad of linemen for the third-ranked Tigers (No. 2 CFP) to join him on Halloween decked out as the campy, crime fighters. They stopped at several homes, including head coach Dabo Swinney, defensive tackles coach Dan Brooks and defensive coordinator Brent Venables.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson's rebuilt, young defense has passed its earliest tests to keep the fifth-ranked Tigers undefeated. Now, they face perhaps the biggest challenge of the season in slowing the remarkable roll of No. 3 Louisville and quarterback Lamar Jackson.
"You can do everything right and still be wrong" when it comes to Jackson, Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables said.
SUNSET, S.C. (AP) — Clemson defensive ends coach Marion Hobby joked he'll sometimes wake up in the middle of the night pining for the Tigers former All-American lineman Shaq Lawson, shouting, "Shaq, get in there."
It's like that across the board for Clemson, which lost seven starters from a team that won the Atlantic Coast Conference title and played for a national championship.
"We've got a lot of work to do," Tigers defensive coordinator Brent Venables said....