Disruptive pass rusher ranked on Signing Day as 247Sports’ No. 44 overall prospect in the country

Rankings: A national top-50 overall player … ranked by 247Sports as the nation’s No. 44 overall player, the fifth-best in Georgia and sixth-best defensive end nationally … rated as Clemson’s second-best signee by 247Sports … ranked No. 110 overall and as a four-star prospect by PrepStar … rated No. 133 overall in the nation by ESPN.com, who listed him as 13th-best in Georgia and 20th-best among defensive ends … ranked No. 148 in the nation by On3, which also ranked him as the 12th-best player in Alabama and 20th-best defensive end in the nation … Rivals rated him as the nation’s No. 175 overall player, No. 18 in Alabama and No. 16 among defensive ends.

In High School: Wore No. 3 for coach Patrick Nix at Central … helped team to a 10-3 mark in 2022 and 13-1 record in 2021 … posted 63 tackles as a senior, including 16.5 tackles for loss with 12 sacks … also had an 86-yard reception for a touchdown … posted 13 tackles, including 3.5 tackles for loss, against Opelika … had at least one tackle for loss in all but one game … had 13 tackles with two sacks in his final game against Auburn High … had 75 tackles, 23 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks as a junior … recorded at least one tackle for loss in 11 of the 14 games … returned two fumbles for scores … helped team rank third in Alabama according to MaxPreps … had nine tackles, three for loss, against Eufaula … posted five sacks in season opener against Hewitt-Trussville … selected to the Alabama vs. Mississippi All-Star game … also selected to the All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas.

Personal: Committed to Clemson on Nov. 21, 2022 … originally committed to Penn State … born Sept. 19, 2004 … joined Justyn Ross (2018), Ray Thornton III (2019) and E.J. Williams (2020) one of four Clemson signees from Central High School in Phenix City in a six-class span from 2018-23 … reunites with high school teammate Caleb Nix, a safety who walked on at Clemson in 2022 … expected to enroll at Clemson in January 2023 … name pronounced “tuh-MARR-ee-ahn.”