Jeremiah Alexander

Former five-star recruit and high school teammate of Peter Woods who transferred to Clemson from Alabama in early 2025 … noted hard-worker about whom Dabo Swinney said, “If everybody worked like Jeremiah Alexander, this would be the easiest job in America.” 2025: Made Clemson debut on special teams vs. No. 9 LSU … recorded one tackle vs. Troy … posted two tackles at Georgia Tech … made one tackle vs. Syracuse … collected three tackles and a pass breakup at North Carolina … added a tackle at Boston College … made two tackles vs. SMU … contributed a tackle vs. Duke … collected five tackles (one for loss), his first career sack and first career fumble recovery vs. Florida State … posted a career-high seven tackles (0.5 for loss) at No. 19 Louisville … added two tackles and a pass breakup vs. Furman. Before Clemson: Played his first three collegiate seasons at Alabama from 2022-24, appearing in 27 games for the Crimson Tide … appeared in three games and made one tackle while redshirting in 2022 … played in 24 of the Crimson Tide’s 27 games across the 2023-24 seasons and was credited with eight tackles in those contests (three in 2023 and five in 2024) … played his prep career at Thompson HS in Alabaster, Ala., where he played alongside current Clemson defensive lineman Peter Woods and helped the Warriors to state titles in 2019, 2020 and 2021 … was a consensus five-star recruit, garnering five-star recognition from Rivals, ESPN, PrepStar and the 247Composite … was the sixth-ranked player on the Rivals250 and Rivals’ No. 1-ranked weakside defensive end in the class … ranked No. 18 overall on the ESPN300 … tabbed as a five-star and the No. 32 player overall on the On300 list according to On3 … listed No. 13 overall by the On3 Consensus … earned a four-star grade from 247Sports, which listed him as the No. 5 edge rusher and 49th-rated recruit in the country … earned MaxPreps Alabama Football Player of the Year honors in 2021 after he totaled 93 tackles, including 29 for loss, with 10 sacks and 27 quarterback hurries as a senior at Thompson …selected to the Under Armour All-America Game following his senior campaign. Personal: Born Nov. 1, 2003 … earned his undergraduate degree from Alabama in 2025 and is pursuing a master’s degree at Clemson in athletic leadership. 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