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New Clemson D-end has ‘a motor you can’t coach’

Cade Denhoff, who signed with Clemson in December, checked off all the boxes the Tigers look for when evaluating a defensive end during the recruiting process.

But what head coach Dabo Swinney and his staff really appreciate about Denhoff – a four-star prospect and national top-100 player – is his non-stop motor and how hard he plays all the time.

As Swinney put it, there is no off-switch when it comes to Denhoff’s relentless effort off the edge of the defensive line.

“The thing that we love about Cade – he’s got the length and the get-off and all that stuff that you look for in a D-end, he’s tough – but he’s got a motor you can’t coach,” Swinney said during Clemson’s National Signing Day show in December.