Ari Watford holds the RDE · Depth spot in Clemson Tigers’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Ari Watford is a 6'5", 240-pound right defensive end from Norfolk, Virginia, who attended Maury High School. A four-star recruit ranked No. 209 nationally in the 2025 class, Watford committed to Clemson on January 24, 2024. He recorded one tackle across seven defensive snaps in his lone game appearance against Furman while redshirting in 2025. Watford is a returning redshirt freshman for the Tigers.

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