Tigers Today: Tré Williams ruled out for remainder of season

Good morning, Clemson fans, and welcome to Tigers Today. Football will always be our focus, but every day we’ll cover news, notes and analysis from across Tigers sports. Join us each morning to get caught up on everything you missed in the world of Clemson football, recruiting, basketball and more in Tigers Today.

Tré Williams ruled out for remainder of season

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney announced in his Sunday night press conference that defensive tackle Tré Williams has been ruled out for the remainder of the season. A redshirt freshman, the former On3 consensus four-star recruit has been key this season on a defensive line that has dealt with plenty of injuries.

Williams has been playing with a banged up shoulder and foot injury throughout the year, and he will have surgery on both.

“He will be done now for the season,” Swinney said. “It’s been a miracle that he has been able to play all year. … He’s had a couple of surgeries scheduled, but he really wanted to try to play as long as he could. He’s definitely done now with his foot.” 

With a sack and 10 tackles, Williams helped keep together a line that lost Bryan Bresee in the opening weeks of the season. Tyler Davis missed a large chunk of the season, too. Williams will continue to be a part of one of the nation’s deepest defensive lines when he comes back.

But for now, he will be on the sidelines as Clemson continues to fight for its seventh-consecutive ACC title game appearance.

“What a great player he is going to be,” Swinney said. “I’m thankful he was able to get 11 games of experience in this year because he didn’t get any hardly last year.”

Clemson opens as double digit favorite over South Carolina

The opening betting line for the Palmetto Bowl matchup between South Carolina and Clemson has been released.

The Tigers are favored by 12.5 points against the Gamecocks after pounding Wake Forest 48-27 on Saturday.

USC is also coming off of a win as South Carolina beat Auburn 21-17 over the weekend. Clemson enters the matchup 8-3 and 6-2 in ACC play. The Tigers have won four consecutive games and six of their past seven after starting the season 2-2.

Top-60 overall junior Luke Montgomery recaps visit to Clemson

Well over a dozen prospects journeyed to Clemson’s campus on Saturday.

Whether it was Georiga-based recruits Caleb Downs or Justice Haynes, 2024 five-star QB Jadyn Davis, or even new offers Antonio Williams and Christopher Vizzina, the Tigers had their hands full yesterday.

A lot of high-profile names were in town this weekend, with one of those being Luke Montgomery. Hailing from Findlay (Ohio), the top-60 overall junior traveled nearly 700 miles for his second trip to Clemson of the year.

The huge Clemson target broke down his visit with ClemsonSports.com senior recruiting writer Joseph Hastings.

READ: Top-60 overall junior Luke Montgomery recaps visit to Clemson

What we learned as Tigers made statement against Wake Forest

Clemson is still in the hunt for an ACC title.

But looking ahead to next year and beyond — it also showed that this is still Clemson’s conference. The Tigers still destroyed what had been the top team in the ACC all year despite having a roster littered with injuries.

ClemsonSports.com senior writer Matt Connolly broke down what the win means for the Tigers.

Counting down

• Clemson at South Carolina: Five days