The Clemson football team reported back to campus and held its annual BIG Weigh-In event on Thursday afternoon prior to the start of Fall Camp.
Clemson will begin preseason practice on Friday afternoon and the Tigers will host a couple of scrimmages along the way as they begin to prepare for the upcoming season and their opener against Georgia.
There were a ton of intriguing questions surrounding what some of these Tigers would look like and seeing their weights is at least a small glimpse into the work they put in this summer.
Biggest takeaways for Clemson football from the 2021 ‘BIG Weigh-In’
Here’s a look at some of the most notable weigh-ins for Clemson football with their previous weights listed in parenthesis:
- QB D.J. Uiagalelei: 247 (250)
- S Joseph Charleston 204 (190)
- WR Dacari Collins 216 (200)
- OT Walker Parks 306 (295)
- WR Justyn Ross 202 (205)
- RB Will Shipley 203 (200)
- LB Trenton Simpson 235 (225)
- WR Troy Stellato 198 (175)
- DE Xavier Thomas 264 (270)
- LB Jeremiah Trotter 226 (210)
- S Lannden Zanders 217 (200)
- DE K.J. Henry 265 (255)
- OT Tristan Leigh 315 (290)
When you look at the transformation that some of these players made, you can see that they definitely got in the weight room.
Several Clemson football players put on over 10 pounds this offseason and we saw some put on even more. WR Troy Stellato is now close to 200 pounds after coming in at 175 pounds. Jeremiah Trotter put on 16 pounds. K.J. Henry bulked up to 265. Freshman OT Tristan Leigh is now weighing at 315 pounds. Both safeties Lannden Zanders and Joseph Charleston made significant strides in putting on weight.
D.J. Uiagalelei got under 250 pounds– which was his goal– and Xavier Thomas continues to lose weight, now down to 264 pounds. Thomas was weighing closer to 290 pounds back in 2020 and he has worked to lose it and get back down to the weight we saw him play at as a freshman.
The list of weights for the entire roster can be found here on the official Clemson Tigers website.