BECOME A TIGERILLUSTRATED.com SUBSCRIBER!<\/a><\/p>\n Starr (5-11, 182) checks in as the No. 187 transfer in the On3 rankings, and the No. 16 corner in the portal.<\/p>\n ALSO SEE:\u00a0Tuesday P.M. Update: A significant portal name to know, more visits scheduled, Swinney playing portal host<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0What we are hearing on Olsen Patt-Henry, Tyler Brown, David Eziomume + More TJ Moore & Wesco Intel<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0TUESDAY UPDATE: Major portal target in Clemson today, additional visit intel + our latest on an SEC portal defender<\/a><\/p>\n Just one year ago, he was the No. 150 prospect nationally as a four-star out of Brentwood (Tenn.) Ravenwood \u2014 the school that produced former Clemson tight end Jake Briningstool<\/a>. He is a native of Bloomington, Ill.<\/p>\n Starr appeared in nine games as a freshman.<\/p>\n Clemson offered Starr out of high school and even played host to an official visit in June.<\/p>\n Rivals national reporter Chad Simmons broke the news earlier this week that Starr would be visiting Clemson, and the Tigers should be construed as the favorites.<\/p>\n DISCUSSION: Join Tigerillustrated.com subscribers on The West Zone Forum<\/a><\/p>\n We shared that the visit was postponed till later this week, as Starr\u2019s mother tried to get off of work but couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n Based on our intel, we underlined that Starr had no other visits arranged.<\/p>\n A potential coup, we wrote, who offers as much long-range upside as immediate depth help.<\/p>\n DISCUSSION: Join Tigerillustrated.com subscribers on our off-topics forum<\/a><\/p>\n Starr became Clemson\u2019s third defensive back pledge of the portal window, joining Old Dominion rising junior safety Jerome Carter II<\/a> and Penn State<\/a> rising senior corner\/nickel Elliot Washington II<\/a>.<\/p>\n Clemson\u2019s Portal Commitments<\/p>\n (DB) Elliot Washington II<\/a> (Penn State)<\/p>\n (LB) Luke Ferrelli<\/a> (Cal)<\/p>\n (DB) Jerome Carter II<\/a> (Old Dominion)<\/p>\n (DB) Donovan Starr<\/a> (Auburn)<\/p>\n Not a Tiger Illustrated member, Clemson fans? Join Today!<\/p>\n Tigerillustrated.com, established in 1999, is the No. 1 Authority On Clemson Football & Recruiting. A subscription, just\u00a0$1\u00a0for our\u00a07-day trial, is a must-have for hardcore Clemson Football fans. You won\u2019t find more exclusive, detailed, info on Clemson football and recruiting anywhere else. We guarantee it!\u00a0CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT OUR $1 SUBSCRIPTION PROMO!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clemson made it a crowd of defensive back acquisitions late Tuesday night. Auburn rising sophomore cornerback Donovan Starr…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[77724,7],"class_list":{"0":"post-662522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-donovan-starr-25-ravenwood","9":"tag-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115856817412831251","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Auburn](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/donovan-starr-1024x538.png\")
Former Auburn defensive back and new Clemson portal commit Donovan Starr. \u2013 Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images<\/p>\n