Aidan Swanson

HISTORY — From College Profile

Enters 2023 having previously averaged 41.8 yards on 70 career punts and 63.3 yards on 11 career kickoffs plus a 2-for-2 mark on PATs over 22 career games (14 starts) from 2019-22.

2022: Punted 62 times for 2,620 yards (42.3-yard average) over 14 games (all starts) in his first season as a starter … placed 16 punts inside the 20 and recorded 13 punts of 50 yards or more … impressed in his first career start, sharing special teams player of the game honors after averaging 44.0 yards on six punts with three downed inside the 20 and two covering 50 yards or more … averaged 35.5 yards on four punts vs. Furman … averaged 42.4 yards on five punts vs. Louisiana Tech … averaged 32.8 yards on four punts at No. 21 Wake Forest … averaged 40.0 yards on three punts vs. No. 10 NC State … averaged 41.6 yards on seven punts with one downed inside the 20 at Boston College … shared special teams player of the game honors after averaging 45.8 yards on four punts at Florida State including two punts of 50 or more yards and one downed inside the 20 … averaged 52.5 yards on two punts vs. No. 14 Syracuse, as both punts exceeded 50 yards and were downed inside the Syracuse 20-yard line, including one that bounced out of bounds at the Syracuse four-yard line amid Clemson shutting out the Orange in the second half of a 14-point comeback victory … averaged 45.0 yards on five credited punts at Notre Dame including a career-long 67-yard boot … punted five times vs. Louisville, averaging 41.0 yards per punt with a long of 54 … averaged 41.7 yards on three punts vs. Miami (Fla.) … recorded three punts of 50-plus yards and four downed inside the 20, both single-game career highs, vs. South Carolina … averaged 44.7 yards on three punts vs. No. 24 North Carolina … averaged 40.7 yards on three punts in the Orange Bowl vs. No. 6 Tennessee.

2021: Appeared in two games, averaging 38.7 yards on three punts and 64.3 yards on three kickoffs … averaged 42.0 yards on two punts vs. SC State … had one kickoff and one punt vs. UConn.

2020: Averaged 43.7 yards on three credited punts, averaged 62.2 yards on four kickoffs and went 2-for-2 on PATs in three games … produced a 44-yard punt and a 62-yard kickoff at Wake Forest … punted once for 37 yards and went 2-for-2 on PATs at Georgia Tech … had a 50-yard punt and had another blocked vs. Pitt.

2019: Punted twice and kicked off four times with two touchbacks over three games while redshirting … made collegiate debut vs. Charlotte, recording two touchbacks on two kickoffs and a 30-yard punt … dropped a 28-yard punt inside the 20-yard line vs. Florida State … ACC Honor Roll selection.

Before Clemson: Left-footed punter who ranked as the third-best punter in the nation by PrepStar and Rivals.com … ranked as the fourth-best punter by 247Sports and 16th-best punter by ESPN.com … handled kickoffs for IMG Academy in 2018 and had 29 touchbacks on 46 kickoffs (63 percent) … opponents averaged just 19.6 yards per kickoff return … averaged 42.3 yards per punt in 2018 and 46.0 in 2017 … had a 49-yard touchdown pass out of punt formation for IMG in 2017 … opponents averaged just 2.5 yards per punt return in 2018 … played two years at IMG Academy and two years at Jesuit High School in Tampa … punted for a 13-1 team that reached the state semifinals at Jesuit in 2015 … Jesuit was 12-1 in 2016 … was 54-80 on touchbacks at Jesuit in 2016 … had eight touchbacks in a game twice … As a sophomore, was a first-team All-Tampa Bay and All-Hillsborough County selection and a second-team 5A all-state honoree by the Associated Press … was also competed in track and field … was the Hillsborough County district champion for high jump and a State Championship finalist … Head Coach at Jesuit Tampa was Matt Thompson and Special Teams Coach was Tom Feely … played at IMG Academy for Kevin Wright … primary Clemson recruiters were Tony Elliott and Danny Pearman … committed to Clemson on March 5, 2018 … enrolled at Clemson in January 2019.

 

Personal: Born July 20, 2000 … his mother, Gena, is a Clemson graduate … earned degree in marketing in December 2022 … two-time ACC Honor Roll selection (2019 and 2021) … completed microinternships with Synnex in Greenville in spring 2022 and TD Synnex in Tampa in spring 2023.

-- 6/22/23

2022

punting
In 20	LONG	NO	TB	YDS	YPP
17.0	67.0	62.0	2.0	2620.0	42.3

2021

punting
In 20	LONG	NO	TB	YDS	YPP
1.0	42.0	3.0	0.0	116.0	38.7

2020

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

kicking
FGM	PTS	LONG	PCT	FGA	XPM	XPA
0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0

punting
In 20	LONG	NO	TB	YDS	YPP
0.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	8.0

2019

punting
In 20	LONG	NO	TB	YDS	YPP
0.0	30.0	2.0	0.0	58.0	29.0