Caden Story

Entered 2025 credited with four tackles in 119 defensive snaps over 19 career games. 2025: Made season debut vs. Syracuse … posted one tackle vs. Furman. 2024: Credited with two tackles in 56 defensive snaps over eight games … made season debut vs. Appalachian State … contributed one tackle vs. NC State … added one tackle at Wake Forest. 2023: Credited with two tackles in 59 defensive snaps over 10 games … recorded one tackle vs. Charleston Southern … added one tackle vs. Florida Atlantic. 2022: Played four defensive snaps in his lone appearance of his redshirt season … made collegiate debut vs. Furman. Before Clemson: Multi-time state champion and all-state selection who played for his father, Clifford Story, at Lanett High School … was one of the state’s most decorated defensive linemen in 2020 and 2021, as he earned first-team all-area from the Opelika-Auburn News and first-team all-state honors while earning both Valley-Times Defensive Player of the Year and AHSAA 2A Defensive Lineman of the Year in both seasons … named an All-American by recruiting analyst Tom Lemming … began playing varsity football in eighth grade … part of teams that went 59-8 over five seasons, never winning fewer than 10 games in a season … contributed to state title teams in 2017 and 2019 … credited with 184 tackles, 54 quarterback pressures, 37 sacks and two interceptions over his final three seasons … as a senior in 2021, credited with 73 tackles, 20 quarterback pressures and 17 sacks … as a junior in 2020, posted 64 tackles, 26 quarterback pressures, 14 sacks and two interceptions … recorded a four-sack game against rival Lafayette that year … added 47 tackles, eight quarterback pressures and six sacks in 2019 … consensus four-star prospect … 247Sports ranked him 23rd among the nation’s defensive tackles and 10th among all players in Alabama … Rivals.com placed him among the nation’s 30-best defensive tackles and No. 16 overall in the state of Alabama … member of the ESPN300 who ESPN.com ranked as the nation’s No. 23 defensive tackle and No. 11 player in Alabama … ranked by On3 Sports as the No. 16 player in Alabama and No. 38 defensive tackle in the class … PrepStar placed him as No. 221 among its national Top 300 … participated in the All-American Bowl in San Antonio … also played basketball, helping his team to back-to-back state championship game berths … National Beta Club honor society member. Personal: Earned degree in sports communication in December 2025 … son of two former collegiate athletes … his father, Clifford, played football and baseball at Jacksonville State … nephew of 14-year NFL tight end Marcus Pollard … committed to Clemson on National Signing Day, Feb. 2, 2022 … enrolled at Clemson in the summer of 2022 … brother of former Alabama and Kentucky defensive back Kristian Story … born April 6, 2004. Note: Tackle stats in the written bio above reflect statistics from coaches film review. Tackle stats in the automated Stats tab of this page reflect those as awarded by gameday stat crews.