Brandon Rink

Santa Catarina

Covering all things Clemson for @ClemsonTigerNet. @AUTrojansFB unpaid advocate. If it's not college football, I'm probably watching soccer.

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Articles

Goodwin talks reuniting with Venables, lessons learned from Clemson tenure

1 week ago | tigernet.com | Brandon Rink

Wes Goodwin might have had his first news conference in Norman, Oklahoma, much sooner had Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney let him leave with Brent Venables in December 2021. Instead, he got his first major coaching opportunity from Swinney as Clemson's defensive coordinator for some up-and-down seasons from 2022-24, seeing the tenure end weeks after a Playoff loss at Texas.
Clemson walk-on DB Caleb Nix enters transfer portal

1 week ago | tigernet.com | Brandon Rink

Redshirt junior walk-on safety Caleb Nix has entered the transfer portal. Nix saw action in 10 games over three seasons and got in on one assisted tackle in 2023 versus Florida Atlantic. The brother of Denver Broncos QB Bo Nix, he earned all-state honors and All-Area Player of the Year in helping the Central (Al.) Red Devils to a 13-1 record and Class 7A state title game berth as a senior quarterback. He accounted for 5,415 total yds and 67 TDs during his prep career.
Clemson pro Spencer Strider makes MLB history

1 week ago | tigernet.com | Brandon Rink

In his 2025 debut start, Spencer Strider made some more history. Coming off of elbow surgery that ended his 2024 season early, Strider showed off some of his usual dominating stuff in Toronto on Wednesday. With his fifth strikeout in 4+ innings, Strider became the fastest Major League Baseball primary starter to 500 career strikeouts (in 334 career innings).
Clemson classic selected in best games of last 25 years in college football

1 week ago | tigernet.com | Brandon Rink

CBS Sports went back and celebrated the top game from each regular-season campaign in this century, where a Clemson win garnered an honor. That distinction goes to the 2016 Top 5 battle between Deshaun Watson and Lamar Jackson, a 42-36 Tigers triumph over Louisville in Death Valley. The game had five ties or lead changes en route to a would-be national champ Watson besting the eventual Heisman winner Jackson.
ESPN three-round NFL draft projection has Clemson's Barrett Carter picked

1 week ago | tigernet.com | Brandon Rink

ESPN's latest NFL draft mock ($) has a Clemson defender going as early as Day 2. It might just be an excruciating wait. Mel Kiper and Field Yates released a three-round NFL draft projection on Tuesday that has Barrett Carter going with the last pick of the day, No. 102 to the Detroit Lions. "After using their first-round pick on Mykel Williams, the Lions might opt to touch up the linebacker room with Carter.
ESPN ranks Clemson defender TJ Parker as top pass rusher in college football

1 week ago | tigernet.com | Brandon Rink

ESPN's college football analysts were polled on the top pass rushers in college football, and Clemson had one right up at the top. T.J. Parker garnered the second-most votes overall in the exercise. "The 2024 season was a disappointing one for the Clemson pass rush, which had become a staple at the top of the sack standings each year.
National outlet identifies Clemson transfer portal need

1 week ago | tigernet.com | Brandon Rink

The spring transfer portal window opens Wednesday and CBS Sports identified the top position need for each projected Top 10 team, Clemson included. Last December featured a first-ever Clemson group of traditional portal additions, at linebacker (Jeremiah Alexander), wide receiver (Tristan Smith) and defensive end (Will Heldt). So far this spring, Clemson has one upcoming exit with cornerback Tavoy Feagin.
Clemson football shows off elite returners in top players ranking

1 week ago | tigernet.com | Brandon Rink

CBS Sports ranked the Top 150 players in college football this season, and there are three Tigers very high in the list. Three Clemson players made the Top 15, led by No. 2 overall Cade Klubnik, who only trails standout Ohio State target Jeremiah Smith. "Formerly-maligned top recruit performed at a high level in 2024 but flew under the radar. Protected the football better and was boosted by improved skill play.
Clemson moves up to as high as No. 2 in updated rankings

1 week ago | tigernet.com | Brandon Rink

Clemson is up to as high as No. 2 nationally in the updated college baseball rankings. That is with Perfect Game, which slotted Erik Bakich's group (33-6, 11-4 ACC) up one place after going 3-1 last week with yet another ACC series win. D1Baseball also moved Clemson up a place to No. 3. Two Top 5-ranked teams lost multiple games last week, including LSU going 1-3. Texas leads all three polls released Monday morning with a 29-5 record on the season.
Clemson lands transfer guard

1 week ago | tigernet.com | Brandon Rink

Clemson men's basketball picked up its first guard transfer from the portal on Sunday with UAB's Efrem "Butta" Johnson. The rising senior scored 8.8 points per game last season with 1.8 assists and a 32% rate on 3-pointers. He scored as much as 24 points (at Rice). Johnson joins Clemson big man transfers in RJ Godfrey, Nick Davidson and Carter Welling. UAB bioSophomore Season (2023-24)Appeared in 34 games while making 25 starts and playing 31 minutes per game.