{"id":155591,"date":"2025-08-18T11:29:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/155591\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:29:12","slug":"clemson-college-football-star-arrested-days-before-new-season-as-coach-dabo-swinney-admits-we-are-very-disappointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/155591\/","title":{"rendered":"Clemson college football star arrested days before new season as coach Dabo Swinney admits &#8216;we are very disappointed&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A CLEMSON college football player was arrested this weekend just days before the new season.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Dabo Swinney released a statement saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/clemson-tigers-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the school<\/a> was &#8220;very disappointed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ian Schieffelin, Clemson Tigers basketball player, at a press conference.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4-clemson-tigers-addresses-media-1017020387.jpg\" data-caption=\"Ian Schieffelin was arrested on suspicion of DUI\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4-clemson-tigers-addresses-media-1017020387.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Ian Schieffelin was arrested on suspicion of DUICredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney on the sidelines.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"AP\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clemson-head-coach-dabo-swinney-1015742404.jpg\" data-caption=\"Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney released a statement saying 'we are very disappointed'\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clemson-head-coach-dabo-swinney-1015742404.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney released a statement saying &#8216;we are very disappointed&#8217;Credit: AP<\/p>\n<p>Tight end Ian Schieffelin, 22, was arrested on suspicion of DUI.<\/p>\n<p>The Clemson City Police Department released a statement via social media Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>It read, &#8220;Following a traffic violation on Tiger Boulevard, the Clemson Police Department made the arrest of Clemson University football player Ian Schieffelin for DUI at 1:47 AM last night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was released on bond at 9:10 AM this morning. The investigation is still ongoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The incident came less than two weeks before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/clemson-tigers-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clemson <\/a>kicks off it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/college-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">college football<\/a> season.<\/p>\n<p>They face No. 9 ranked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/lsu-tigers-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LSU <\/a>in their Week 1 game on August 30.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/college-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Head coach Swinney<\/a> announced that the tight end would not be available for that game.<\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;We are aware of Ian Schieffelin\u2019s arrest on suspicion of DUI.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Clemson Athletics has a clear policy by which we will abide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ian will miss some competition to start this season as a consequence.<\/p>\n<p>Emotional college football star breaks down in floods of tears and apologizes after difficult press conference question<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re obviously very disappointed by the situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But we are very thankful no others were involved and no one was hurt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Schieffelin played college basketball for Clemson from 2021 to 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He entered the transfer portal, hoping to receive a fifth year of eligibility and continue his basketball career.<\/p>\n<p>Under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/ncaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA <\/a>rules, students can only compete in a particular sport for four seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Swinney called Schieffelin this spring with an offer to play for the football team in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>And the 22-year-old told ESPN in May, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been just training for basketball, getting ready for the next level.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dabo just walked me through the opportunity he was willing to give me, and it all sounded great, something I wanted to jump on. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It really just sparked my interest in wanting to try, and being able to put on a Clemson jersey again was very enticing to me. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To be able to be coached by Dabo is just a huge opportunity I couldn&#8217;t pass up.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A CLEMSON college football player was arrested this weekend just days before the new season. 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