Christian Wilkins

Christian Wilkins
Clemson Tigers – No. 42
Position	Defensive Tackle
Class	Senior
Major	Communications Studies (Graduated, December 2017)
Personal information
Born:	December 20, 1995 (age 28); Springfield, Massachusetts
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	300 lb (136 kg)
Career history
College	Clemson (2015–present);
Bowl games	2015 Orange Bowl; 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship; 2016 Fiesta Bowl; 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship;
High school	Suffield (CT) Academy
Career highlights and awards
	Bill Willis Trophy (2017); CFP national champion (2016); First team All-American (2016, 2017); First team All-ACC (2016, 2017);
	Stats at ESPN.com;

Christian Wilkins (born December 20, 1995) is an American football defensive tackle for the Clemson Tigers.

Early years

Wilkins originally attended Framingham High School in his native town of Framingham, Massachusetts, before transferring to Suffield Academy in Suffield, Connecticut after his freshman year.^[1] In 35 games in high school he had 253 tackles and 28.5 sacks.^[2] Wilkins was rated as a five-star recruit and was ranked among the top players in his class.^[3] He committed to play college football at Clemson University.^[4]

As a freshman at Clemson in 2015, Wilkins played in 15 games with one start and had 33 tackles and two sacks.^[5]^[6] As a sophomore in 2016, he was named an All-American by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and was a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy.^[7] Wilkins was part of the Clemson team that defeated top-ranked Alabama in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship by a score of 35–31.^[8]