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2025 DeMonte Capehart DL Clemson NFL Draft Report CFBALL

  • Position Defensive tackle
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 315
  • Hometown Hartsville, SC.
  • Highschool Hartsville HS

2024: Contributed five tackles vs. No. 1 Georgia … made one tackle each in games vs. Appalachian State and vs. NC State … added three tackles vs. Stanford … posted three tackles and a pass breakup at Florida State.

2023: Credited with 16 tackles (5.0 for loss), a sack, a pass breakup and a forced fumble in 179 snaps over 12 games … also credited by the coaching staff with nine quarterback pressures, the second-most among Clemson’s interior linemen … All-ACC Academic Team selection … recorded two tackles vs. Charleston Southern … added two tackles (0.5 for loss) vs. Florida Atlantic … posted one tackle and a forced fumble at Syracuse … recorded one tackle vs. Wake Forest … made one tackle at Miami (Fla.) … posted a tackle for loss amid his two tackles at NC State … recorded two tackles, including 1.5 for loss, vs. No. 12 Notre Dame … added two tackles (one for loss) with one sack vs. Georgia Tech, earning team defensive player of the game … credited with one tackle and a pass breakup vs. No. 20 North Carolina … made one tackle at South Carolina and in the Gator Bowl vs. Kentucky.

2022: Credited with 13 tackles (2.0 for loss) in 83 defensive snaps over 13 games … All-ACC Academic Team selection … made two tackles at Georgia Tech … had another two tackles (including a shared tackle for loss) vs. Furman … recorded 1.5 tackles for loss among his two tackles vs. Louisiana Tech … made a tackle at Notre Dame … added one tackle vs. South Carolina … recorded two tackles vs. No. 24 North Carolina … made three tackles in the Orange Bowl vs. No. 6 Tennessee.

2021: Played 20 snaps over five games … made season debut vs. SC State … also saw action vs. UConn and at South Carolina.

2020: Played 20 snaps as a true freshman, being credited with three tackles (2.0 for loss) and a sack over four games … made collegiate debut vs. The Citadel, tying for the team lead with 2.0 tackles for loss and producing one sack among his three tackles.

Before Clemson: Played three years at Hartsville High School in South Carolina before going to IMG Academy for the 2019 season … played for Kevin Wright at IMG in 2019, starting all 10 games and recording 44 total tackles, including 35 first hits … led the team with 16 tackles for loss and tied for the team lead in sacks with 5.5 … helped IMG to a 9-1 record and No. 9 national ranking from USA Today … named first-team postseason All-American by Sports Illustrated … as a junior at Hartsville, he helped coach Jeff Calabrese’s team to a 12-1 record, posting 40 tackles, 19 of which were tackles for loss, and seven sacks … also played 22 basketball games over two years for Hartsville … at the time of his signing, ranked as the No. 27 overall player in the nation by ESPN.com, which also listed him as the second-best defensive tackle and second-best player from the state of South Carolina … listed as No. 35 overall player in the nation by 247Sports, the second-best defensive tackle and the sixth-best player in the state… ranked as No. 35 overall player in the nation by Rivals.com, the third-best defensive tackle and the fifth-best player in the state… ranked as No. 52 player in the nation overall, the second-best defensive tackle and second-best player of South Carolina origin by PrepStar … was listed as the second-best player from South Carolina by the Charlotte Observer … selected to Under Armour All-America Game … committed to Clemson on June 5, 2018 … recruited to Clemson by Todd Bates and Robbie Caldwell.

Personal: Born July 19, 2002 … name pronounced “duh-MON-tay” … earned degree in sports communication in May 2024 … enrolled at Clemson in January 2020 … four-time ACC Honor Roll selection (2020-23) … two-time All-ACC Academic Team honoree (2022-23).

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