Defensive lineman Kourtney Kelly<\/a> (6-2, 280) has suffered a torn ACL, Clemson announced Monday. Kelly underwent surgery last Thursday.<\/p>\n Earlier this month Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney<\/a> told reporters Kelly had suffered an injury, but did not disclose any further details.<\/p>\n Tigerillustrated.com first-reported last week<\/a> that Kelly suffered a knee injury and our intel pointed toward a long-term situation. <\/p>\n BECOME A TIGERILLUSTRATED.com SUBSCRIBER!<\/a><\/p>\n The redshirt sophomore lineman, a native of Columbus (Ga.) where he played at high profile Carver High, arrived in Clemson in January after transferring in from West Georgia.<\/p>\n Clemson lost its primary rotation pieces at defensive tackle this winter with the departure of Peter Woods<\/a>, DeMonte Capehart<\/a> and Stephilyan Green<\/a> (LSU<\/a>), but retains talent and numbers at the position, notably Amare Adams<\/a>, Vic Burley<\/a>, Markus Strong<\/a>, Hevin Brown-Shuler<\/a> and freshmen Kam Cody<\/a> and Makhi Williams-Lee<\/a>.<\/p>\n DISCUSSION: Join Tigerillustrated.com subscribers on The West Zone Forum<\/a><\/p>\n Kelly was one of four defensive line acquisitions from the transfer market this winter, joining defensive tackle Markus Strong<\/a> from Oklahoma, (DE) London Merritt<\/a> from Colorado<\/a>, (DE) C.J. Wesley<\/a> from Howard and (DT) Andy Burburija<\/a> from Iowa Western Community College. Burburija, who arrives later this summer, became the Tigers\u2019 first junior college acquisition in 20 years.<\/p>\n DISCUSSION: Join Tigerillustrated.com subscribers on our off-topics forum<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Clemson is holding its second practice of the week today after resuming workouts on Sunday following spring break. The Tigers will again practice on Wednesday and Thursday before Saturday\u2019s annual spring game in Death Valley. The team will practice for a final time on Monday. <\/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 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 SPECIAL SUBSCRIPTION PROMO!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEMSON \u2014 One of Clemson\u2019s transfer players will be on the shelf for an extended period of time.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,94371,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-829909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-kourtney-kelly-24-carver","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116280688654290382","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829909","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=829909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/11-3-1024x537.jpg\")
Transfer defensive lineman Kourtney Kelly. \u2013 Tigerillustrated.com<\/p>\n