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Where Dabo Swinney's Clemson football recruiting class for 2025 is ranked after signing day
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It was a quiet National Signing Day for Clemson football .
Coach Dabo Swinney 's team didn't sign any players on Wednesday, extending its streak to three years of not landing a player in February. Clemson's 2025 recruiting class finished with 15 signees, ranking 26th nationally according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.
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Here's where Clemson 's 2025 class ranks compared to other ACC schools and previous Tiger classes under Swinney.
Where Clemson football 2025 recruiting class ranks after signing day
Clemson's 2025 recruiting class sits at No. 26. It is the fourth-highest in the ACC behind Miami (No. 13), Florida State (19) and Georgia Tech (21).
Clemson's class is 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 fourth. Oregon (No. 5), Tennessee (11), Notre Dame (12) and Penn State (15) all sit ahead of the Tigers.
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Here's 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
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Where Clemson football 2025 recruiting compares to previous classes
Clemson's 2025 recruiting class is Swinney's lowest-rated cycle since his second full season as Clemson's coach in 2010. It is also his smallest class since 2017.
Here's every recruiting class signed under Swinney:
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2024: 20 recruits (11th in 247Sports composite rankings)
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2023: 26 (11th)
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2022: 21 (10th)
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2021: 18 (fifth)
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2020: 23 (third)
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2019: 29 (10th)
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2018: 17 (seventh)
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2017: 14 (16th)
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2016: 21 (11th)
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2015: 24 (ninth)
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2014: 19 (16th)
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2013: 22 (15th)
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2012: 16 (20th)
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2011: 28 (10th)
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2010: 20 (27th)
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2009: 12 (36th)
When does spring transfer portal open?
The spring transfer portal opens on April 16 and closes on April 25.
Clemson has lost at least one player in the spring transfer window over the past two seasons. It has never added a player during the period.
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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: Clemson football: Dabo Swinney's 2025 recruiting class ranking
