{"id":335317,"date":"2025-12-08T17:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/335317\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T17:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:11:08","slug":"clemson-tigers-star-cb-declares-for-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/335317\/","title":{"rendered":"Clemson Tigers Star CB Declares for NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5z\">Clemson cornerback <a href=\"https:\/\/clemsontigers.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/avieon-terrell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avieon Terrell <\/a>is the second Tiger to declare for the 2026 NFL Draft, announcing it on his Instagram on Monday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Clemson junior CB Avieon Terrell announces on Instagram he is leaving school early for the 2026 NFL Draft <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f7yX0BHvm6\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/f7yX0BHvm6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chapel Fowler (@chapelfowler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chapelfowler\/status\/1998068498157736137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"65\">Terrell announces his decision after a memorable three-year career with Clemson as the top corner on the team. The Atlanta native is a current Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist, awarded for the top defensive back in college football, and his numbers reflect that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">The junior recorded nine forced fumbles across 12 games this season, being a physical ball hawk that guarded the top receiver on the opposing team. He also recorded 48 total tackles, 4.5 tackles for a loss and a fumble recovery for Clemson this season. He also recorded a sack from the secondary against Troy this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\">\u201cPlaying here at Clemson has been an incredible blessing, and I\u2019m grateful for every memory, every challenge, and every opportunity this program has given me,\u201d Terrell said in his post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6e\">Terrell is coming off of a First Team All-ACC honor this season, recording a Second Team All-ACC honor in 2024 in Clemson\u2019s ACC Championship-winning season that saw a College Football Playoff appearance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6h\">In his career as a whole, Terrell finished with three interceptions, 28 pass deflections, 25 pass breakups, eight forced fumbles and three recoveries, and 125 total tackles across 39 games played over his Clemson career. The brother of former national champion A.J. Terrell, Avieon will look to follow in his brother\u2019s footsteps in the league.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6k\">The decision comes after Clemson\u2019s announcement that it will be playing the Pinstripe Bowl against Penn State on Dec. 27, meaning that the cornerback will not play in the game and will get ready to workout early Terrell was also injured in the Tigers\u2019 last regular season game of the season against South Carolina and did not return to the game after leaving in the first half.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6n\">Terrell\u2019s choice is not surprising, to say the least, with a shot of being a first round pick as well as being one of the first defensive backs that could be taken off the board in April. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\/news\/2026-nfl-mock-draft-updated-first-round\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBS Sports\u2019 most recent mock draft,<\/a> Terrell would be chosen towards the end of the first round, going to the Dallas Cowboys.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6q\">The cornerback is the second Tiger who has decided to leave the program a year early, joining <a href=\"https:\/\/clemsontigers.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/antonio-williams\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Antonio Williams<\/a> this offseason, but will certainly not be the last to leave college for an opportunity to play on Sundays in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clemson cornerback Avieon Terrell is the second Tiger to declare for the 2026 NFL Draft, announcing it on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-335317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}