Good morning Tiger Nation! Here is Saturday’s Clemson Tigers News
Today’s Games
Clemson Volleyball at Georgia, 1:00 PM
Clemson Men’s Soccer at Georgia State (Exhibition) 7:00 PM
Clemson Football could have ten players drafted in 2024
ESPN’s Jordan Reid has reviewed potential draft picks for next season and concluded the Tigers could have as many as ten players selected in the 2024 NFL Draft.
Reid considers linebacker Barrett Carter to be a fist-round selection. He also mentions Jeremiah Trotter, Ruke Orhorhoro, Will Shipley, Tyler Davis and Nate Wiggins by name.
If you are an ESPN Insider, click here or otherwise read this write-up by TigerNet.
Clemson Football among most viewed brands on OTA television
Tony Altimore shared this graphic on X (Twitter) showing the football programs who have been featured the most on broadcast television since 2016. This would include channels like ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. He notes the source as sports media watch.
TV NETWORK FAVORITES:
— Tony Altimore (@TJAltimore) August 17, 2023
Most Games on Major Networks
2016-22
Who have networks wanted to air the most?
In all the talk on which teams are the biggest brands with the biggest viewership, folks often forget how much bigger TV audiences naturally are on major networks than on cable… pic.twitter.com/K27BzY9t5A
Clemson Football is tied for sixth on the list with the Penn State Nittany Lions. Notre Dame, who has all home games broadcast by NBC, leads the list with 73 appearances, twelve ahead of second-place Oklahoma, which is followed by Ohio State, Michigan and Alabama.
Clemson Football is ahead of programs like USC, Texas, and Georgia.
The only other ACC program in the Top 25 is Florida State, which is tied for 18th with Nebraska. ACC candidate Stanford comes in at 25th.
Clemson Football 2024 recruits are showing out
Clemson Football Class of 2024 commit Hevin Brown-Shuler (known as Hevy Duty) posted this video of him weightlifting.
Hevin…520lbs
— Hevin Brown-Shuler (Hevy Duty) 🙏🏽 (@HevyDutyBS) August 18, 2023
Progression pic.twitter.com/bGTNh4Pvkc
Another 2024 commit, David Eziomume, has taken the field with his high school team and is already finding the end zone.
After a few read-option takes by the QB, four-star North Cobb RB David Eziomume, a #Clemson commit goes back-to-back with big carries, finishing with a TD run.
— Russell Johnson (@RivalsJohnson) August 18, 2023
North Cobb 8
Westlake 0 pic.twitter.com/pzP5867tp9
Safety commit Ricardo Jones has been recognized by On3 as one of the top ten committed safeties in the nation.
Top committed safeties in the 2024 class‼️https://t.co/9YjcvGYhXb pic.twitter.com/Wc0qlflyrF
— On3 Recruits (@On3Recruits) August 16, 2023
Clemson Men’s Tennis just added a big name recruit. Canadian Kaetan Mehta, who attends Weil Tennis Academy in Ojai, California, has committed to the Tigers.
Four-star recruit Kaetan Mehta (UTR 11.89 / #74 in class of 2024 / #21 in California @TennisRecNet) has verbally committed to @ClemsonMTennis. The 18-yo has an ITF Jr. career-high ranking of #321, winning 1 singles & 2 doubles titles. Also is ranked #17 in Canada's U18 rankings. pic.twitter.com/TtdVeQCBlJ
— Parsa Bombs 💣 (@ParsaBombs) August 17, 2023