Clemson’s Dominic Staten is a downhill, under-the-radar depth piece with special-teams value
In the 2025 season, Dominic Staten appeared in one game for Clemson, making his collegiate debut on special teams against Furman, and he enters 2026 as a 5-foot-9, 215-pound sophomore linebacker with no published stat line yet[1][2]. His appeal is less about box-score fireworks and more about useful traits: he’s already on the field in a support role, he’s built like a compact run-stopper, and Clemson has kept him in the conversation as depth behind a crowded linebacker group[1][3][4]. If a team wants a physical, developmental linebacker who can contribute on special teams and grow into more snaps, Staten is the kind of low-drama, high-effort bet worth monitoring[1][13].
