Chris Denson holds the QB · Backup spot in Clemson Tigers’s quarterback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Chris Denson logged a 6.4% overall usage rate in 2025.

Chris Denson is a dual-threat quarterback from Plant City, Florida who enrolled at Clemson in January 2025. A three-star recruit ranked 617th nationally, Denson completed 63.6 percent of his career high school passes for 4,813 yards and 55 touchdowns while adding 1,940 rushing yards on 207 carries. As a senior in 2024, he led Plant City to a 9-3 record, completing 142-of-217 passes for 2,334 yards with 28 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, plus 1,159 rushing yards on 113 carries. In 2025, Denson appeared in two games while redshirting, completing 4-of-4 passes for 22 yards and a touchdown while rushing seven times for 108 yards and another score across 11 offensive snaps.

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