Beloved Clemson basketball star for four seasons from 2021-25 who completed his eligibility in basketball before opting to use the final year of his five-year collegiate clock to pursue football
2025: Joined Clemson’s football program as a tight end following spring practice.
2021-25 (Basketball): Key figure in some of Clemson’s most successful basketball teams … helped the Tigers to NCAA Tournament appearances in each of his final two seasons, including a program-record-tying Elite Eight appearance as a junior in 2023-24 and a program-record 27 wins as a senior in 2024-25 … played 134 career games with 99 starts, including starting all 70 of the program’s games across his final two seasons … went 157-for-317 (49.5 percent) from the field and 201-of-277 (72.6 percent) from the free throw line for 1,067 career points … also added 884 career rebounds, 262 assists, 66 steals and 58 blocks … became the 47th 1,000-point scorer in program history and finished his career ranked seventh in program annals in career rebounds … finished with 262 career assists in 134 games, the most in Clemson history among players 6-8 or taller … collected second-team All-ACC honors as senior when started all 34 games for Clemson’s 27-win squad, posting career highs in minutes per game (33.4), points per game (12.4), rebounds per game (9.4) and assists per game (2.7) … was one of only 13 players nationally and one of only five players in a major conference that season to post per-game averages of at least 12 points, nine rebounds and multiple assists … appeared in all 36 games in 2023-24 and started every contest for Clemson’s first Elite Eight squad since 1980 while averaging per-game figures of 27.5 minutes, 10.1 points, 9.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists … earned ACC Most Improved Player honors that year … posted a double-double in his first career NCAA Tournament game against New Mexico State with 16 points and 12 rebounds … played 74 games with 29 starts across his first two seasons from 2021-23.
Before Clemson: Focused on basketball at Georgia’s Grayson High School … averaged 12.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game in his final season at one of the state’s top-ranked programs … led Grayson to a 25-4 record and a Region 8-AAAAAAA championship as a sophomore … was a three-star prospect per 247Sports and Rivals before signing with Clemson over Virginia Tech and Dayton.
Personal: Management major … joins a group of multi-sport…