Kobe Mccloud

Entered 2025 credited with 17 career tackles (3.5 for loss) and a forced fumble in 113 career snaps over 15 games (two starts) … part of a football family, as his brothers Ray-Ray and Jordan have enjoyed success of their own, with Ray-Ray parlaying his standout Clemson tenure into an NFL career and Jordan recording superlative performances as a quarterback at multiple FBS programs. 2025: Made one tackle vs. No. 9 LSU … recorded one tackle vs. Troy … made two tackles vs. Syracuse … posted four tackles (one for loss) at North Carolina … collected two tackles and a pass breakup at Boston College … recorded a pass breakup vs. SMU … tallied three tackles (0.5 for loss) vs. Duke … recorded three tackles and a pass breakup vs. Florida State and angled the quarterback out of bounds for his first career sack … made three tackles at No. 19 Louisville … credited with two tackles and a pass breakup vs. Furman. 2024: Contributed one tackle vs. No. 1 Georgia … suffered a season-ending injury in Clemson’s second game of the season … finished the year with one tackle on 20 defensive snaps in two games. 2023: Credited with 16 tackles (3.5 for loss) and a forced fumble in 90 snaps over 11 games (two starts) … recorded two tackles (one for loss) vs. Charleston Southern … posted six tackles (1.5 for loss) and his first career forced fumble vs. Florida Atlantic … added two tackles at Syracuse … made one tackle vs. Notre Dame … posted two tackles (one for loss) vs. Georgia Tech … recorded three tackles in the Gator Bowl vs. Kentucky. 2022: Made two game appearances while redshirting, playing three defensive snaps … made collegiate debut vs. Louisiana Tech … also saw action vs. No. 24 North Carolina. Before Clemson: Four-year starter who finished his prep career as the all-time winningest player in Gaither High School history (36-12) … posted school records in career tackles (234) and interceptions (13) … two-time all-conference and all-county selection … credited with 70 tackles and three interceptions as a senior in 2021 while also contributing 158 rushing yards on 25 carries on offense … selected to the Hillsborough County All-Star Game … as a junior in 2020, contributed at linebacker and quarterback on an 11-1 Gaither squad … academic standout who was an honor student and team captain … coached by Kirk Karsen at Gaither High School … committed to Clemson on Jan. 26, 2022 … enrolled in the summer of 2022. Personal: Earned degree in communication in December 2025 … brother of former Clemson wide receiver Ray-Ray McCloud, a current NFL wide receiver who was a PFF All-America punt returner … Ray-Ray played 40 career games at Clemson from 2015-17 prior to being selected in the 2018 NFL Draft … also brother of quarterback Jordan McCloud, whose collegiate career included stops at USF, Arizona, James Madison and Texas State … born May 7, 2003. 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. Video Player