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Clemson football starting safety Ricardo Jones enters transfer portal
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CLEMSON — Clemson football starting safety Ricardo Jones announced Jan. 3 that he is entering the transfer portal .
Jones became a starter in his second season with the Tigers , recording 39 tackles, a conference-high six interceptions and nine pass deflections in 13 games (12 starts) this season to earn third-team All-ACC honors. In his two-year Clemson career, he had 59 tackles, seven interceptions and 10 pass deflections in 25 games.
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He has two years of eligibility remaining.
Jones, a highly regarded player for Clemson coach Dabo Swinney, is the third Tigers safety to enter the portal, joining Khalil Barnes (starter) and Rob Billings .
These losses are on top of Clemson suffering two safety decommitments in its 2026 recruiting class and safeties coach Mickey Conn getting fired on Dec. 29 .
Now, safety becomes a higher transfer portal need for Clemson. The portal closes Jan. 15.
Clemson has seven scholarship safeties: Ronan Hanafin , Kylon Griffin, Kylen Webb, Noah Dixon, Joe Wilkinson , Jakarrion Kenan and freshman Polo Anderson.
Derrian Carter covers Clemson athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email him at DCarter@usatodayco.com and follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DerrianCarter00
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