Clemson defensive close Xavier Thomas out for 6 months with foot harm

Clemson starting up defensive end Xavier Thomas will pass up up to 6 months with a foot injury suffered more than the weekend.

Defensive coordinator Wes Goodwin claimed Monday that Thomas, a 6-foot-5, 265-pound fifth-yr lineman, will require surgery.

Thomas hurt himself all through a scrimmage Saturday and tweeted afterward: "Modest point to a Giant. The do the job does not cease! Unwell be proper back again."

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A Clemson spokesman claimed in a textual content to The G3 Box News that he did not know if Thomas hurt his proper or remaining foot.

Clemson defensive stop Xavier Thomas, over, all through the once-a-year Clemson Orange and White Spring soccer video game on April 9, 2022, at Clemson Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina. (John Byrum/Icon Sportswire by means of Getty Pictures)

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Thomas experienced 27 tackles, such as 3 1/2 sacks and two compelled fumbles in 12 game titles final year, 10 of them starts off. Thomas, who is from Florence, South Carolina, has begun 19 games in his Clemson vocation, with 112 tackles and 12 1/2 sacks.

Goodwin is hopeful that Thomas could return in time for No. 4 Clemson's recreation at 22nd-ranked Wake Forest, the defending ACC Atlantic champion, on Sept. 24.

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"Unlucky setback, but he’s obtained the suitable frame of mind and he’ll respond, (we will) get him back again early in the yr," Goodwin explained.