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Why Dabo Swinney's 2025 Clemson football recruiting class is among lowest rated in coach's career
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Dabo Swinney 's 2025 recruiting class is one of his lowest-rated cycles in his tenure as Clemson football 's coach.
The class ranks 27th, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings, with 15 signees. It is Swinney's lowest-rated cycle since his second full season as Clemson 's coach in 2010 and his smallest class since 2017. The Tigers are not expected to land any recruits on February's National Signing Day .
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Here's the breakdown of where Clemson's 2025 recruiting class ranks ahead of February's signing day on Feb. 5.
Where Clemson football 2025 recruiting class ranks
Clemson's 2025 recruiting class is the fourth highest in the ACC. Miami (No. 14), Florida State (18) and Georgia Tech (19) all sit above the Tigers with at least 21 players committed.
Clemson's class is also the eighth highest for teams that made the CFP in 2024. Texas , which beat Clemson in the first round, sits at No. 1, Georgia is second and national champion Ohio State is third. Oregon (No. 5), Tennessee (11), Notre Dame (12) and Penn State (15) all sit ahead of the Tigers.
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Here are the top 30 teams in the 2025 team rankings, per the 247Sports Composite rankings:
ACC teams are italicized. *Denotes team made CFP in 2024.
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Texas*
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Georgia*
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Ohio State*
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Oregon*
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Auburn
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Texas A&M
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Florida
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Tennessee*
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Notre Dame*
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Southern California
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Miami
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Penn State*
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Florida State
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Georgia Tech
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TCU
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Mississippi State
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Clemson *
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Clemson football 2025 recruiting class
The Tigers signed 15 high school players on December's signing day. Each player was committed prior to signing day 2024 except for three-star safety Jakarrion Kenan , who signed on Dec. 4.
Swinney expected his 2025 class to be small because Clemson didn't have the flexibility to add many recruits in this cycle because its roster can't exceed 85 scholarship players since roster and scholarship limits are going to 105 on July 1, thanks to the settlement of the House v. NCAA federal antitrust cases . Clemson also retained every scholarship player who had eligibility remaining except five , which didn't leave room to add a 20-player-plus class.
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Clemson had seven decommitments throughout the 2025 cycle but retained some of its top recruits, including defensive lineman Amare Adams , running back Gideon Davidson and offensive lineman Brayden Jacobs — all four stars.
Here every signee from Clemson's 2025 recruiting class:
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Chris Denson , QB
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Gideon Davidson , RB
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Marquise Henderson , ATH
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Juju Preston , WR
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Logan Brooking , TE
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Brayden Jacobs, OL
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Tucker Kattus , OL
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Rowan Byrne , OL
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Easton Ware , OL
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Gavin Blanchard , OL
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Amare Adams, DL
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Ari Watford , DL
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Makhi Williams-Lee , DL
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Logan Anderson , LB
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Jakarrion Kenan, DB
Derrian Carter covers Clemson athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email him at dcarter@gannett.com and follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DerrianCarter00
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: Dabo Swinney recruiting: Clemson 2025 class among coach's lowest rated
