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11 overall pick played in the 1994 Pro Bowl had 33 interceptions in the decade of the 1990s, ninth-best in the NFL named to Clemsons Centennial team in 1996 Clemsons No. Young was also a Rimington Award finalist in both 2000 and 2001, an honor awarded to the best Center in the country. A three-time All-American (two first-team honors), Watkins was one of the most exciting players in college football. He was selected with the first overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft. . C.J. CARLOS WATKINSDefensive Tackle 2016First-team All-American in 2016 by CBS Sports second-team All-American in 2016 by Associated Press established Clemson record for sacks by a defensive interior lineman in 2016 with 10.5 named to 2016 All-Bowl Team by ESPN selected for the Senior Bowl fourth-round draft choice of Houston Texans first-team All-ACC graduated from Clemson in December 2016 finished career with 53 games, 30 as a starter had 191 tackles, 26 tackles for loss, including 14 sacks, one interception and seven passes broken up had at least one sack in nine games in 2016. TYLER DAVISDefensive Tackle 2022Earned second-team All-America honors from the FWAA and Phil Steele as a team captain in 2022 earned a Bednarik Award semifinalist selection that year first-team All-ACC selection who also garnered first-team All-ACC honors from the AP and Phil Steele in 2022 and was a second-team All-ACC selection by Pro Football Focus started 11 of the 12 games in which he appeared that year, finishing credited with 27 tackles (9.5 for loss), 5.5 sacks, a pass breakup and a fumble recovery. Check out the top 10 all-time NFL players from Clemson. PERRY TUTTLEWide Receiver 1981First-team All American among the all-time Clemson leaders in career receptions, receiving yards, single-season yardage and most yards receiving by a junior career all-time Clemson leader in career receptions at the end of his career had five receptions for 56 yards, including a 13-yard touchdown in Clemsons Orange Bowl win over Nebraska; that was the final catch of his Tiger career; he made the Sports Illustrated cover with a touchdown celebration in that game, the first Tiger athlete on its cover while still a Clemson athlete caught at least one pass in each of his last 32 games first-round draft pick (No. Clemson lands in the top choices for a highly touted offensive line recruit. He had 206 receptions for 3,020 yards and 27 touchdowns, 12 punt returns for 82 yards, and two kickoff returns for 32 yards in 2,059 snaps over 39 games (32 starts) in his career. The Tigers set an offensive record in 2019, with 7,931 yards, their fourth year eclipsing the 7,000-yard mark, overtaking 2018 's 7,908 yards. https://clemsonwire.usatoday.com/lists/clemsons-all-time-record-vs-each-sec-team/, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. The guard earned All-ACC honors in 1992 as well as 1993. The Tigers were ranked No. Clemson represented well on ESPN's All-time ACC Team 6 Tennessee in a Peach Bowl win, and 148 return yards in an overtime win over No. 3 Florida State, seven tackles and a three pass breakups against No. JEREMIAH TROTTER JR.Linebacker 2022Earned second-team All-America honors from the Associated Press was well as third-team All-America and second-team All-ACC honors by Pro Football Focus in 2022 earned All-America status after playing only 59 snaps the year before, passing the 176 snaps by Keith Adams in 1998 for the fewest by a Clemson player (excluding freshmen) the year before making an All-America team led Clemson in tackles (92) and tackles for loss (13.5), tied for the team lead in sacks (6.5) and added six pass breakups, a forced fumble and an interception (returned 35 yards for a touchdown) while starting every game in 2022 was one of only three Power Five players in 2022 to reach at least 13 tackles for loss, six sacks and return an interception for a touchdown, joining two-time Nagurski Award winner Will Anderson Jr. of Alabama and national championship participant Dee Winters of TCU; Trotter was the only member of that trio to also produce a forced fumble. A four-time All-ACC selection (three of which were first-team selections) and two-time All-American, Hyatt played a school-record 3,754 snaps over 58 games. Tied with Watkins and Hopkins for the most receiving touchdowns in Clemson history, Higgins is likely one of the most underrated players to play for the Tigers. Top 10 Games - Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site 11 in 1958 and 1959, respectively played in two 1959 bowl games (Sugar Bowl, Bluebonnet Bowl) right-fielder in the College World Series for the Tigers in 1959 first-round draft pick in both the NFL and AFL; he was chosen by the Giants in the NFL and Bills in the AFL No. THOMAS AUSTINOffensive Guard 2009Third-team All-American by Sporting News in 2009 Second-Team All-ACC in 2009; he was the Second-Team All-ACC center in 2008 had 316 career knockdown blocks, including a team-best 112 as a senior in 2009 when he helped the Tigers to the ACC Atlantic Division title and a No. Spiller (2009) as the third running back in school history to be named consensus All-Americans joined Clemsons Christian Wilkins (2016-18), Houstons Ed Oliver (2016-18) and Georgias Herschel Walker (1980-82) to become only the fourth three-time AFCA All-Americans in the first 76 years of the team 2018 and 2020 Doak Walker Award finalist two-time ACC Player of the Year, collecting the honor in 2018 and 2019 to become the first running back to win the award in consecutive years since Mike Voight in 1975-76 set FBS record for most career games scoring a touchdown (46 of his 55 career games), breaking the mark held by San Diego States Donnel Pumphrey exited as ACC career record-holder for rushing yards (4,952), total touchdowns (78), rushing touchdowns (70) and points (468) became the ACCs all-time leading rusher in 2020, surpassing a mark held by NC States Ted Brown since 1978 become the 12th player in FBS history with 4,000 career rushing yards and 1,000 career receiving yards, and his 4,952 rushing yards finished as the second-most by any 1,000-yard career receiver in FBS history was the first player in school history with multiple 1,500-yard rushing seasons and was only the 16th Power Five player since 2000 to reach the 1,500-yard mark in multiple seasons produced a school-record 1,658 yards on 204 carries with a school-record 24 rushing touchdowns along with 12 catches for 78 yards and two receiving touchdowns in 2018 tied the single-season ACC record for total touchdowns, as his 26 in 2018 tied the previous record held by Pittsburghs James Conner. The reality is that the ACC produces far less revenue and doesnt provide the competitiveness or allure that the SEC or the Big Ten does. TRAVIS ETIENNERunning Back 2018-20First-team All-American by Sporting News in 2018 collected second-team honors by AP, AFCA, FWAA and Walter Camp that year earned second-team status from all five presenting organizations in 2019 consensus All-American as an all-purpose/athlete selection in 2020 after earning first-team honors from the AP, FWAA, Sporting News and ESPN.com joined Terrence Flagler (1986) and C.J. LEVON KIRKLANDLinebacker 1990,91Semifinalist for the 1991 Lombardi Award first-team All-American by Kodak/AFCA, Sporting News, Scripps Howard and Walter Camp, and he was a second-team All-American by UPI and Football News AP and UPI Second-Team All-American as a junior only underclassman to be a finalist for the 1990 Butkus Award had 19 sacks, 40 tackles for loss and seven recovered fumbles in his career third on Clemsons No. Who are the best kickers in Clemson history? A dangerous combination of speed and size, Cunningham is one of the best tight ends in ACC history. Spiller for four years and had a lot to do with his success played in the East-West Shrine Game in Orlando, Fla. played his final year as a graduate student veteran of 48 games and 39 starts as a Tiger starter at guard and center over his career named ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week five times in his career, tied for fourth in total player-of-the-week selections in Clemson history regardless of position and tied for the most among offensive linemen 2009 co-captain played 2,592 career snaps, more than any other active Tiger, 12th-most in Clemson history and seventh-most among offensive linemen three-time ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week in 2008, the first Tiger offensive lineman to win it three times in a year since 1990 (Stacy Long). The Clemson Tigers college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing Clemson University in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). By: Staff Reports, Clemson defensive end K.J. 9 Florida State and Wake Forest key to the win over Florida State when he had 2.5 sacks and seven tackles finished his career with a two-sack performance against Kentucky in the Music City Bowl started each of the last 25 games of his career played 48 games overall and made 26 career starts had 56 tackles as a junior and 63 tackles as a senior Clemsons career leader in quarterback pressures (68); he had 29 as a junior and 27 as a senior caused five fumbles in the last two years came to Clemson after playing one year at Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy, where he had 22 sacks and two interceptions in 10 games in 2001 played his high school football for former South Carolina quarterback Steve Tanneyhill played at Cambridge Academy in Greenwood, S.C., a program that only had eight-man football played wide receiver and defensive end in high school; he had 158 career receptions for 4,394 yards and 65 touchdowns. RAY-RAY McCLOUDPunt Returner 2017Second-team All-American as a punt returner by Pro Football Focus in 2017 Honorable Mention All-ACC as a specialist and all-purpose player in 2017 10th in the nation in punt return average (12.1) had game-changing 77-yard punt return for a touchdown at NC State first Tiger with a punt return for a touchdown on the road since 2000 had 49 receptions for 503 yards drafted in the sixth round by the Bills. The teams have combined to win 24 ACC football titles since 1991. He was a first-team All-American in 1977 and 1978 and an All-ACC selection both seasons. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. TigerNet All-Time Clemson Football Teams: #10: by John Greene - Correspondent - 2000-07-25 12:38:05.0: 1979 (8-4 . DeANDRE McDANIELSafety 2009,10First-team All-America safety according to the Football Writers Association in 2009 third-team All-American by Rivals.com and Phil Steele in 2010 first Tiger defensive back to earn first-team All-America honors since Tye Hill in 2005 second-team All-American by SportsLine.com and Scout.com; he was third-team by Sporting News and Rivals.com First-Team All-ACC by the ACC Sportswriters Association, Sporting News and Rivals.com in 2009 MVP of the defense by the coaching staff tied for third in the nation and first in the ACC in interceptions per game in 2009 third in the ACC in interception return yards (128) in 2009 had 15 career interceptions only player in college football with at least eight interceptions and 100 tackles in 2009 named national defensive player-of-the-week by the Bronko Nagurski Award Committee for his performance at No. 13 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft as Clemson become the first school in history to have three players selected as defensive linemen in the first round of a single draft. 10 Virginia Tech on Oct. 1 in his home state; all four sacks came in the second half and he was a big reason Clemson held the Hokies without a touchdown at home for the first time since 1995; named national defensive performer-of-the-week and national defensive lineman-of-the-week by College Football Performance Awards; named ACC Defensive Lineman-of-the-Week. A program with a long, rich history,Clemsonhas seen a lot of great teams with a lot of incredible talent over the years as the program has developed into a marquee name in college football. https://clemsonwire.usatoday.com/lists/clemson-football-all-time-roster-offensive-starters-and-backups/. March 31, 2023 KYLE YOUNGCenter 2000,01Among the most decorated players in Clemson history in any sport All-American on the field and off in both 2000 and 2001, joining PGA Tour professional Jonathan Byrd as the only athletes in Clemson history to be named All-American on the field and in the classroom in the same year in two different seasons third-team All-American in 2001 by Sporting News and Football News first-team Academic All-American three times; he became just the second offensive lineman in college football history to do that and just second ACC player winner of the National Football Foundation Scholarship, the first Tiger to do that since 1978 (Steve Fuller); he was honored in New York as one of just 18 Division I players winner of the Jim Tatum Award as the outstanding scholar athlete football player in the ACC winner of a Weaver-James-Corrigan Scholarship from the ACC for excellence on and off the field had 168 knockdown blocks in 2001 had 18 knockdown blocks in the bowl win over Louisiana Tech named to Sports Illustrateds All-Bowl team in 2001 had an average grade of 90.5 percent in 2001, best on the team one of top 24 candidates for the Outland Trophy at midseason finalist for the Dave Rimington Award, one of five for that honor prime reason Clemson averaged 432 yards a game of total offense started every game at center his final three years and 40 in a row over four years tied the school record for starts by a center in a career with 36; he started four games at guard as a freshman big reason Woodrow Dantzler broke 53 Clemson records in his career three-time first-team All-ACC pick by Football News played over 3,000 snaps in his career had a record-tying 21 knockdown blocks against NC State in 100 snaps had just six missed assignments in 845 snaps by the coaches grading system big reason Clemson averaged a school-record 446 yards per game and set school records for touchdowns and points in 2000 earned his degree in secondary education with a minor in economics in May of 2001; he was a graduate student during the 2001 season had a 3.98 GPA in his undergraduate career; he made just one B and the rest were As named assistant athletic director at Clemson in 2007. TREVOR LAWRENCEQuarterback 2020First-team selection by the FWAA in 2020, a year in which he tied for the highest Heisman Trophy voting finish in school history (second) led Clemson to a national championship as a true freshman in 2018 and served as the face and voice of the sport in the two seasons that followed concluded his career 34-2 (.944) as a starter, the third-best winning percentage by a starting quarterback with at least 30 career starts since Division I split in 1978, trailing only Miamis Ken Dorsey (.950) and USCs Matt Leinart (.949) exited as the winningest starting quarterback in Clemson history, surpassing the 32 career wins held by Rodney Williams, Tajh Boyd and Deshaun Watson completed 758-of-1138 career passes (66.6 percent) for 10,098 yards with 90 touchdowns and 17 interceptions for a pass efficiency rating for 164.26 in 2,237 snaps over 40 career games (36 starts) also rushed 231 times for 943 career rushing yards and 18 rushing touchdowns finished career undefeated as a starter in regular season play and did not lose a regular season game at either the high school or collegiate levels made five career College Football Playoff starts, tying Jalen Hurts for the most by a quarterback and setting the record for the most at a single program as of the time of his departure exited with Clemson career records in career winning percentage (.944), pass efficiency rating (164.3), yards per passing attempt (8.87) and tying for the most wins against Top 25 opponents (nine) started the final 11 games in 2018 as a true freshman in helping Clemson become the first major college football team in the modern era to go 15-0 became the first true freshman quarterback to lead his team to a national title since 1985 his 164.26 career pass efficiency rating broke Jameis Winstons ACC career record (163.28 from 2013-14) first quarterback ever to win three ACC Championship Games was only the sixth quarterback in ACC history to record 10,000 career passing yards and finished tied for third in conference history in career passing touchdowns became the first No. OBED ARIRIPlacekicker 1980Set or tied nine NCAA records for field-goal kicking and scoring NCAA all-time leader in career field goals with 63 at the time of his graduation and led the country with 23 as a senior tied the national record with the most consecutive games with at least one field goal (14) had seven in a season and 17 career multiple field-goal games to tie NCAA records set seven other ACC and eight Clemson records all-time leader in kick-scoring points (288) for both Clemson and the ACC until 1994 played three seasons of soccer once kicked three field goals to beat Notre Dame 16-10 in football and scored the only goal in an NCAA soccer win over South Carolina in an eight-day span seventh-round draft pick of the Baltimore Colts in 1981 played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1984 and for the Washington Redskins in 1987, earning a Super Bowl ring as one of the replacement players during the 1987 NFLPA strike inducted into the Clemson Hall of Fame in 1998. He is the first and only Clemson tight end to win the John Mackey Award in 2011, which is awarded to the best tight end in college football. With the honorable mentions out of the way, here are the top five Clemson football players of all time. He is one of three Tigers tied for the most receiving touchdowns in program history. Championships: 22 National Championships: 1981, 2016 and 2018 Bowl Record: 49 Bowls, 26-23, .531 W-L% ( Major Bowls ) Ranked in AP Poll: 32 Times (Preseason), 36 Times (Final), 493 Weeks (Total) LB Trenton Simpson becomes latest Clemson football pick in NFL - Yahoo 60) Alabama S Jordan Battle (No. MITCH HYATTOffensive Tackle 2017,18Two-time All-American who played a school-record 3,754 snaps over 58 career games, including a then-record 57 starts in his career fifth consensus All-America offensive lineman in school history in 2018 when he earned first-team nods by AP, AFCA, FWAA and Walter Camp four-time All-ACC selection winner of the 2017 Jacobs Blocking Trophy, becoming the first Tiger to win the award in 30 years repeated as the 2018 Jacobs Blocking Trophy winner, becoming Clemsons first back-to-back recipient in school history seven-time ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week in his career. Dabo Swinney and Clemson will close out their 2022-23 college football season in the Orange Bowl. While the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft was unique in the fact that the first and only quarterback wasn't taken until the 20th overall pick, three quarterbacks heard their names called on the 2023 NFL Draft's opening evening one that was filled with surprises.. Over at PFF's Live Draft Tracker, we analyzed every single pick in real time and gave a grade for each selection. Clemson, Florida State expected to top ACC. Clemson legend Steve Fuller allowed Watson to wear his then retired #4 jersey, which told you what you need to know about Watson. Find out more. He caught 64 passes for 1,044 yards and ten touchdowns in his career in the 70s when the college football landscape didnt throw the ball much. He made 63 for his career and scored 288 points. TYRONE CROWDEROffensive Guard 2017Third-team All-American by AP in 2017 First-Team All-ACC in 2016 and 2017 and a Third-Team All-ACC selection in 2015 starter in three ACC Championship Game wins (2015-17) on the offensive line honorable mention All-American by College Football News permanent co-captain of the 2017 team had 63 knockdowns in 48 games (41 starts) in his career. DORIAN ODANIELLinebacker 2017First-team All-American by Sports Illustrated and Bleacher Report in 2017 second-team All-American by AP and AFCA Butkus Award finalist Bowden Award finalist ACC Linebacker-of-the-Week against Auburn and Virginia Tech permanent team co-captain leading tackler the 2017 team national defensive player-of-the-week against at Tech had a team-high 14 tackles, one sack and a 22-yard interception return for a touchdown played in 50 victories in his career. Since Clemson has many more ties with the SEC, including its geographical location, that conference seems like a more natural fit than the Big Ten. He became the first player in the history of the Walter Camp All-America team to be first or second-team All-American at two positions in the same year.

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