Clemson pursuing NCAA eligibility waiver for defensive starter. Here’s what we know
Clemson defensive tackle DeMonte Capehart hasn’t announced his future plans. That’s because the Tigers have submitted an NCAA waiver for Capehart to get a sixth and final year of eligibility this fall, coach Dabo Swinney said Wednesday. Speaking at an introductory news conference for new defensive coordinator Tom Allen, Swinney said that Clemson is waiting to hear back on a waiver for Capehart, the last prominent Tigers player who hasn’t made his stay-or-go decision for 2025.
Tim Tebow announces big personal news
Tim Tebow and his wife Demi-Leigh Tebow on Tuesday announced some big news via social media.
The Tebows shared a video to announce that Demi-Leigh is pregnant with what will be the couple’s first child. Demi-Liegh was wearing a white dress in the video and holding her belly, which is protruding due to the baby.
The two are also seen holding up photos of their baby that were taken during an ultrasound scan.
Tebow, 37, and Demi-Leigh, 29, got married in January 2020 after getting engaged a year prior.
Tebow works as a college football analyst for ESPN. The former Heisman Trophy winner won two national championships as a quarterback at Florida. He later had a brief NFL career, and then tried to become a professional baseball player. He played in the minors from 2016-2019 and made it as high as the Triple-A level.
Tebow is one of five children.
Clemson’s Hauser named Freshman Special Teams Player of the Year
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (FWAA) – Two freshman players who helped take their teams into the College Football Playoff and another who took his team to the cusp of the 12-team mix are the trio who make up the 2024 Freshman Offense, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Year presented by Chris Doering Mortgage and awarded by the Football Writers Association of America.
Notre Dame cornerback Leonard Moore, who will face Ohio State’s dynamic offense in Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game, is the Freshman Defensive Player of the Year. Nolan Hauser, Clemson’s kicker and leading scorer whose walk-off field goal in the ACC Championship Game sent the Tigers into the CFP, is the Freshman Special Teams Player of the Year. LaNorris Sellers, a dual-threat quarterback who led South Carolina to its first top-15 ranking in 10 years, is the Freshman Offensive Player of the Year.
All three are a part of the FWAA Freshman All-America Team presented by Chris Doering Mortgage announced yesterday. The three awards are based on regular-season performances. Hauser, Moore and Sellers will be honored during a ceremony Feb. 24 at Spurrier’s Gridiron Grille in Gainesville, Fla., along with Syracuse head coach Fran Brown, who earned the FWAA’s First-Year Coach Award in a separate announcement today.
Moore, a 6-2, 190-pound true freshman cornerback from Round Rock, Texas, helped the Irish make up for the loss of injured star cornerback Benjamin Morrison in the early season. Moore has nine starts this season, including all three Irish playoff wins, and leads Notre Dame with 10 passes defended, the fifth-best total among FBS freshmen. He also has two forced fumbles, two interceptions, two tackles for loss and is seventh on the team with 43 tackles.
