Avieon Terrell

Former cornerback at Clemson. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

CB · Clemson · Jr. · #8

5′11″ · 180 lb · Atlanta, GA

CFB Index 76 · #57 of 364 cornersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDrafted by Atlanta — Rd 2, Pick 16, #48 overall

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 239 nationally · Signed with Clemson

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at Clemson. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Clemson in 2023.
Drafted round 2 by the Atlanta in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Gets targeted often and tackles in space.

The full scouting read

How it ended

Three seasons at Clemson, 116 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #48 overall by Atlanta.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20237 games

Signed with Clemson4-star out of Westlake

202413 games

All-ACCsecond

202512 games

All-ACCfirst

2026

Drafted by Atlantaround 2, pick 48

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#239 national

CFB

College

Clemson

2023–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #48

Atlanta · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach

2023–2025

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Atlanta2026 NFL rookie season

#48Rd 2 · Pick 16

Atlanta2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 26-14 over that span.

2023Clemson9-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2024Clemson10-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2025Clemson7-6HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

76All-Conference level #57 of 364?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (98th percentile). Strength: sacks (89th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#45 / 2975 · 98th pct

Sacks#291 / 2975 · 89th pct

3.0

Solo tackles#515 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Tackles#649 / 2975 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#648 / 2975 · 77th pct

4.5

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.3	0.5	0.4	1.1
Road5g	3.6	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	0.4	0.2	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	0.3	0.3	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

76 · #57 of 364 corners

Former four-star. Now #57 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Clemson	48	30	4.5	3.0	8	--	--
2024	Clemson	49	36	4.5	1.0	11	2	--
2023	Clemson	19	15	0.0	0.0	4	1	--
Career		116	81	9.0	4.0	23	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 20–19

at Louisville

3 SOLO · 7 TOT · 1 REC

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.

With J. Smith — -13 rush yds (1 car) · C. Klubnik — 187 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 32.6 · -6 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 10-17vs LSU	6	4	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 27-16vs Troy	3	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 21-24@ Georgia Tech	7	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 21-34vs Syracuse	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	4
Wk 6	W 38-10@ North Carolina	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 41-10@ Boston College	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 24-35vs SMU	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 45-46vs Duke	8	4	0.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 11	W 24-10vs Florida State	3	3	2.0	2.0	—	1	2 sacks
Wk 12	W 20-19@ Louisville	7	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 45-10vs Furman	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 28-14@ South Carolina	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		48	30	4.5	3.0	—	8

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology