{"id":1375,"date":"2015-05-26T09:38:19","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T13:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/2015\/05\/26\/the-inside-word-defensive-end\/"},"modified":"2015-05-26T09:38:19","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T13:38:19","slug":"the-inside-word-defensive-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/2015\/05\/26\/the-inside-word-defensive-end\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inside Word: Defensive End"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the loss of Ebenezer Ogundeko<\/a><\/strong> and multiple personnel losses off of last season’s No. 1-ranked defense, defensive end is a position to keep an eye on at Clemson in 2015.<\/p>\n

Kevin Dodd is expected to start at strongside defensive end for Clemson in 2015. (Photo: Cory Fravel, 247Sports)<\/span><\/p>\n

According to contacts within the Tigers program, here’s how it’s expected to shake out from a depth chart standpoint and a few inside tidbits on the position.<\/p>\n

Depth Chart<\/strong><\/p>\n

Strongside DE<\/p>\n

Kevin Dodd<\/a><\/strong>, Jr.
Martin Aiken<\/a><\/strong>, Jr.
Austin Bryant, Fr.<\/p>\n

Weakside DE<\/p>\n

Shaq Lawson<\/a><\/strong>, Soph.
Richard Yeargin, RFr.
Chris Register<\/a><\/strong>, RFr.
Clelin Ferrell, Fr.
LaSamuel Davis, Fr.<\/p>\n

-With Ogundeko leaving, the Clemson staff feels it is going to have to play young guys early – that means possibly Christian Wilkins (as a defensive tackle), Ferrell, Bryant and Yeargin (not Register) behind solid two starters – Lawson and Dodd – and Aiken.<\/p>\n

Incoming<\/strong><\/p>\n

-On the recruiting front, Clemson’s staff is planning on getting four-star defensive end Xavier Kelly<\/a><\/strong> on campus this summer. Kelly is from Kansas, but has family lives in Savannah.<\/p>\n

– Clemson is also in the game for Brian Burns<\/a><\/strong> from south Florida and three from Georgia: Jordan Smith, Antonneous Clayton<\/a><\/strong> and Malik Walker<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

-Clayton is more of an Auburn, Florida, Miss State & Ole Miss deal at this point.<\/p>\n

-In 2016, the Clemson staff is planning on taking one DE and one DT (very likely Nyles Pinckney<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

-As an oversign- the staff feels No. 1 prospect in the country Rashan Gary<\/a><\/strong> could play defensive end for the Tigers given his freaky athletic skills.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Inside Word: Defensive End<\/a>
\nSource: Clemson 24\/7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the loss of Ebenezer Ogundeko and multiple personnel losses off of last season’s No. 1-ranked defense, defensive end is a position to keep an eye on at Clemson in 2015. Kevin Dodd is expected to start at strongside defensive end for Clemson in 2015. (Photo: Cory Fravel, 247Sports) According to contacts within the Tigers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}