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GAME 11 THE CITADEL SENIOR DAY, MILITARY APPRECIATION DAY, PURPLE OUT NOV. 18, 2017 12:20 P.M. MEMORIAL STADIUM CLEMSON, S.C.

WHATS INSIDE
2 TODAYS GAME
News and notes from todays game between Clemson and The Citadel.

4 STATISTICAL MATCHUP
Team stats, individual stats and schedules for Clemson and The Citadel.

7 SENIOR RESERVES - SENIOR SPOTLIGHT

Get to know the six walk-ons who are playing their final game at Death Valley.

11 BILL FUNCHESS - THE UNBREAKABLE TIGER

The Clemson graduate survived 1,038 days in captivity during the Korean War.

15 Q&A WITH KENDALL JOSEPH

Get to know the junior linebacker and some of his favorites.

7 113 TIGER BAND

Read what The Band That Shakes The Southland has in store today.

115 SETH BEER - BASEBALL SPOTLIGHT

The third-year Tiger is looking to become the most complete player he can be.

117 ELISE SUM - ROWING SPOTLIGHT

The former soccer player decided to take a different path at Clemson.

119 WHY I WEAR #__

Theres often more to a story of a players jersey number than meets the eye.

11 15 121 DR. LARRY BOWMAN

Bowman has had a distinguished career as Clemsons lead orthopedic surgeon.

122 CLEMSON NUTRITION - FUELING THE TIGERS

The Tiger football teams nutrition program is setting a new standard.

125 GREATEST MEMORIAL STADIUM GAMES

In our year-long series, we look back at the 2015 Notre Dame game.

128 THE LAST WORD - 2017 SENIOR CLASS

The 2017 seniors have 47 victories and four bowl wins the last four years.

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CO-EDITORS PHOTOGRAPHERS COACHES & PLAYERS MISCELLANEOUS
Tim Bourret, Brian Hennessy Carl Ackerman, Mark Crammer, SOCIAL MEDIA Dabo Swinney, Head Coach 22 Board of Trustees 16
Isabelle Davis, Phil Ellsworth, Daniel @ClemsonFB
Clemson Assistant Coaches 27 Jim Clements, President 17
LAYOUT & DESIGN Green, Mark Hoyle, Ashley Jones,
Clemson Football Support Staff 31 Dan Radakovich, Director of Athletics 19
Brian Hennessy Jessica Jones, Craig Mahaffey, TICKETS Clemson Football Staff Families 34 Student Video Assistants 37
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Kim Montuoro, Bradley Moore, Meet the Tigers 49 Student Equipment Managers 39
Jeff Kallin Roy Philpott, David Platt, Justin ClemsonTigers.com
Clemson Alphabetical Roster 55 Student Athletic Trainers 39
Pondexter, Dawson Powers, Josh
The Citadel Alphabetical Roster & Profile 57 Cheerleaders 41
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WRITERS TIGER TRADITIONS Stadium Information 47
Tim Bourret, Elaine Day, Colby PRINTING First-Team All-Americans 65 Opponent Results & Schedules 63
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ON THE COVER Super Bowl Champions 69 Student-Athlete Enrichment Center 95
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Clemsons 12 seniors, who will Pro Bowl Players 71 NCAA Compliance 97
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play their final contest in Memorial Football Complex 74 Athletic Department Staff 100
Stadium on Military Appreciation Clemson, SC 29633
Indoor Practice Facility 79 IPTAY 105
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Running Down the Hill & Howards Rock 88 Photo-of-the-Week 127

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 TODAYS GAME
FIRST MEETING SINCE 2013
Clemson holds a 31-5-1 advantage in the series with
The Citadel that dates to 1909. Clemson won that first
meeting in Charleston by a score of 17-0. In fact, Clem-
son won the firstsix games of the series by a combined
score of 130-17. Four of the six wins were by shutout.
The Bulldogs had their most successful era in the se-
ries from 1924-31, when they won four of eight meet-
ings. Their biggest win during that stretch took place in
1928, when The Citadel upset a Clemson team (that
finished 8-2) on December 8, the latest regular-season
game in Tiger history.
The Citadel also registered a 6-0 win over the Tigers
in 1931, and that is the last time the Bulldogs beat
Clemson. That contest was played in Florence, S.C. Af-
ter the game, Clemson head coach Jess Neely met with
some school administrators and told them he needed
$10,000 to enhance the programs infrastructure. That
meeting led to the formation of IPTAY, the athletic de-
partments athletic scholarship organization.
Clemson has won the last 16 games in the series
since that 1931 setback. The Citadel has scored in
double figures just three times in those 16 games,
when Clemson outscored The Citadel 442-64.
The two teams have played just four times since
1978, a 24-0 Clemson win in 1986, a 38-0 Tiger vic-
tory in 2000, a 45-17 Clemson win in 2008 and a 52-6
Tiger victory in 2013. That was the final home game for
a Clemson senior class that included Tajh Boyd.
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CLEMSON LEADS THE ALL-TIME
SERIES VERSUS THE CITADEL 31-5-1.
THE CITADEL VS. CLEMSON
BY TIM BOURRET
THE CITADEL UPDATE
The Citadel enters this afternons game with a 5-5
record. Four of the Bulldogs five losses have been
against FCS top-25 teams. That includes last weeks
loss at Furman.
This actually wont be The Citadels first trip this
year to the Clemson campus. In September, a hur-
ricane forced The Citadel to evacuate the campus in
Charleston, so they came to the Upstate. One of the
days, they came to Clemson and practiced in the indoor
practice facility courtesy of head coach Dabo Swinney.
That might have been a first for a team that was on the
schedule later in the season.
The Citadel had a 10-2 record last year, one of its
best seasons in school history. The Bulldogs used a
sound option attack, and that has been the case this
year. The Citadel is averaging 309 rushing yards per
game and has just 13.1 passing attempts per game.
Quarterback Dominique Allen is the leading rusher.
He has 571 rushing yards and eight touchdowns along
with three passing touchdowns. The Citadel has four
players with at least 479 rushing yards. Grant Drakeford
is second on the team with 556 rushing yards and 9.9
yards per carry.
TODAYS HONOREES
HONORARY CAPTAINS
Bob Fant was a football manager at Clemson
from 1956-59 and was a POW in the Vietnam War
for several years.
Sean Mac Lain was a walk-on wide receiver at
Clemson from 2013-16. The brother of Tiger offen-
sive lineman Eric Mac Lain, he played 11 games
in his career. Mac Lain also served as a member of
Clemsons Air Force ROTC program.
PROFESSOR-OF-THE-GAME
Dr. Sarah White is an associate professor in hor-
ticulture in Clemsons College of Agriculture, For-
estry & Life Sciences. In addition to teaching top-
ics like water conservation, nursery tree production
and wetland plant communities, White conducts
research on how to use plant-based technologies to
purify production water runoff and also serves as
the faculty advisor for the Horticulture Club.
She has volunteered extensively in her field, es-
pecially by working with the Southern Nursery Inte-
On defense, The Citadel is led by Myles Pierce with
83 tackles and 12 tackles for loss. Aron Spann III has
five interceptions to lead all players in todays game and
has 51 tackles.
TIGERS ONE WIN FROM 10-WIN SEASON
Clemson enters todays game with a 9-1 record. A
victory would give the Tigers a seventh straight 10-win
season. The Tigers are seeking their 14th 10-win sea-
son, so a win would mean Clemson has half of its 10-
win seasons in history over the last seven years. Clem-
son and Alabama would be the only programs in the
country with a streak of at least seven straight 10-win
seasons.
A victory today over The Citadel would also give
Clemson an 80-14 record over the last seven years.
Only Alabama has a better mark during that period.
With this weeks top-10 ranking in the AP poll, the Ti-
gers have now been ranked for 48 straight polls, just
two short of the school record. The streak includes 39
consecutive top-10 rankings, most in Clemson history
by far (14 is the second-best top-10 streak). The Tigers
and Alabama are tied for the longest current top-10
streak in the nation.
grated Pest Management group and is co-principal
investigator on an $8.7 million USDA, multi-state
research project designed to help ensure sufficient
water for the nations billion-dollar nursery and flo-
riculture industry.
STAFF MEMBER-OF-THE-GAME
Paula Beecher is the director of the W.B.
Bookhart Student Services Center for Clemsons
College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences.
She develops, cultivates and maintains employer
relationships for CAFLS and directs all placement
activities for CAFLS undergraduate students, grad-
uate students and alumni.
She is also involved in the South Carolina As-
sociation of Colleges & Employers and the National
Agriculture Alumni & Development Association,
serving on the NAADA national board of directors.
#CLEMSONFAMILY
 ACC TIDBITS
ATLANTIC DIVISION STANDINGS

TODAYS GAME
Team ACC Overall Home Away Neutral
1. Clemson* 7-1 9-1 6-0 3-1 0-0
2. NC State 5-1 7-3 4-1 3-1 0-1
3. Wake Forest 3-3 6-4 3-1 3-3 0-0
4. Boston College 3-4 5-5 2-4 3-1 0-0
Louisville 3-4 6-4 3-2 2-2 1-0
6. Florida State 3-5 3-6 1-3 2-2 0-1
7. Syracuse 2-4 4-6 4-2 0-4 0-0

COASTAL DIVISION STANDINGS

Team ACC Overall Home Away Neutral
1. Miami (Fla.)* 6-0 9-0 6-0 3-0 0-0
2. Georgia Tech 4-3 5-4 5-0 0-3 0-1
3. Virginia Tech 3-3 7-3 4-1 2-2 1-0
Virginia 3-3 6-4 4-2 2-2 0-0
5. Pittsburgh 2-4 4-6 3-3 1-3 0-0
6. Duke 1-5 4-6 3-3 1-3 0-0
7. North Carolina 1-6 2-8 0-6 2-2 0-0

* - clinched a berth in the ACC Championship Game; Note:

Standings and stats are through games of Nov. 11.

LAST WEEKS RESULTS

NC State 17 at Boston College 14
DABO SWINNEY HAS LED CLEMSON TO 98 WINS Florida State 14 at Clemson 31
IN LESS THAN 10 SEASONS AS HEAD COACH. Duke 16 at Army 21
Virginia Tech 22 at Georgia Tech 28
Virginia 21 at Louisville 38
Notre Dame 8 at Miami (Fla.) 41
TIGERS HEADED TO CHARLOTTE Not many if you look at the NCAA recordbook. With
North Carolina 34 at Pittsburgh 31
Clemson defeated Florida State last Saturday to two more wins, Swinney would be just the fourth coach
Wake Forest 64 at Syracuse 43
win the ACC Atlantic Division. It marked the sixth time in FBS history to do it. We must acknowledge that
in the nine full seasons Dabo Swinney has been head teams play more games today than they did 30 years THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE
coach that Clemson has won or shared the ACC Atlan- ago. But still, it is quite an accomplishment. Delaware State at Florida State RSN Noon
tic Division title. The December 2 meeting with Miami So far, the only coaches to reach 100 wins in their Virginia at Miami (Fla.) ABC Noon
first 10 years are Bob Stoops (Oklahoma, 109-24), The Citadel at Clemson ACCN 12:20 p.m.
(Fla.) will be the fifth time Clemson has played for the
Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech ACCN 12:20 p.m.
title since 2009. The Tigers are 3-1 in the previous four Chris Peterson (Boise State, Washington, 107-24) and
Western Carolina at North Carolina ACCN Extra 3 p.m.
appearances. Urban Meyer (Bowling Green, Utah, Florida, 104-23). Georgia Tech at Duke RSN 3:30 p.m.
The Tigers finished with a 7-1 record in the ACC, Swinney is 98-29 entering todays game. Syracuse at Louisville ESPNU 3:30 p.m.
with the only loss coming at Syracuse. Clemson is 48-8 Boston College vs. Connecticut (Boston, Mass.) CBSSN 7 p.m.
in ACC regular-season games the last seven years and BRYANT LOOKING TO TIE RECORD NC State at Wake Forest ESPNU 7:30 p.m.
Kelly Bryant will be looking for a Clemson quarter- Note: All times are EST.
has ACC Atlantic Division trophies for 2011, 2012,
2015, 2016 and 2017. The Tigers will be looking for a back record today. The junior is 9-1 in his first year as a
TEAM STATS
third straight ACC title when they play the Hurricanes. starter. The Clemson record for wins by a first-year start- Yards Points
Clemson has won three straight titles twice, from 1965- ing quarterback is 10, set by Chris Morocco in 1989 Team Off. Def. Off. Def.
67 and from 1986-88. (10-2) and Tajh Boyd in 2011 (10-4). Boyd also took Boston College 367.8 394.8 23.3 24.0
the Tigers to an ACC title that year. Clemson 436.4 297.6 32.7 15.0
Duke 359.4 333.0 23.5 20.6
SWINNEY CHASING 100 IN 10 Bryant completed 20-30 passes for 151 yards and
Florida State 324.6 363.6 18.1 25.0
Head coach Dabo Swinney is in his ninth full season added 60 rushing yards and a touchdown against
Georgia Tech 413.7 325.1 31.3 23.4
and 10th season if you include his interim service in Florida State. He is 12th in the nation in completion Louisville 543.7 396.8 36.8 29.8
2008. In the eyes of the NCAA statistical service, it is percentage (65.3) and has a team-high 10 rushing Miami (Fla.) 451.3 355.8 32.6 16.6
his 10th year. touchdowns. He is averaging 253 total yards per game North Carolina 346.4 443.3 22.6 33.2
Swinney has 98 wins as Clemsons head coach. How in 2017. The Tiger record for rushing touchdowns in a NC State 439.3 383.2 31.0 24.6
season by a quarterback is 13 by Woodrow Dantzler in Pittsburgh 368.3 415.2 24.9 28.5
many coaches have reached 100 wins in 10 years?
Syracuse 472.4 402.0 30.5 28.8
2000.
Virginia 364.4 359.1 25.8 26.6
Virginia Tech 412.9 310.6 31.5 14.8
ETIENNE LEADS TIGER RUSHERS Wake Forest 473.9 438.6 35.1 26.1
Travis Etienne had 97 yards and two touchdowns on
14 carries in Clemsons 31-14 win over Florida State RUSHING LEADERS
last weekend. That is 6.9 yards per carry, just below his Rk Player Team Car. Yards TD Y/G
1. Lamar Jackson LOU 178 1176 15 117.6
7.7-yard average for the season.
2. AJ Dillon BOC 221 1039 8 103.9
The freshman from Louisiana has a team-high 617
3. TaQuon Marshall GAT 210 934 16 103.8
yards on just 80 carries. He already has four runs of 4. KirVonte Benson GAT 172 930 6 103.3
THE CITADEL VS. CLEMSON
50+ yards, among the top-10 totals in the nation. 5. Travis Homer MIA 113 753 6 83.7
Etiennes 617 rushing yards are the most by a Clem- 6. Cam Akers FSU 139 735 3 81.7
son freshman since Wayne Gallman had 769 rushing 7. Nyheim Hines NCS 145 798 7 79.8
yards in 2014. But it took Gallman 161 carries to get
PASSING LEADERS
that number, more than twice the carries Etienne has
Rk Player Team Cm. Att. Yards TD Y/G
had so far this year. 1. Lamar Jackson LOU 212 352 3003 21 300.3
The school record for rushing yards in a season by a 2. Eric Dungey SYR 225 377 2495 14 277.2
first-year freshman is 941 by Ronald Williams in 1991. 3. Malik Rosier MIA 168 297 2401 20 266.8
The record for a red-shirt freshman is 973 by Terry Al- 4. Ryan Finley NCS 233 367 2665 15 266.5
len in 1987. 5. John Wolford WFU 172 264 2354 20 261.6
TRAVIS ETIENNE 6. Kurt Benkert UVA 237 402 2492 21 249.2
Etienne is currently ahead of C.J. Spillers school re-
LEADS THE TIGERS 7. Josh Jackson VAT 183 297 2382 17 238.2
cord for yards per carry by a freshman. Spiller averaged 8. Kelly Bryant CU 181 277 1924 7 192.4
IN RUSHING AS
7.3 yards per carry as a first-year freshman in 2006.
A FIRST-YEAR
FRESHMAN. That year, he had 938 yards on 129 carries. Spiller RECEIVING LEADERS
had a Tiger-freshman- Rk Player Team Rec. Yards TD Y/G
record 10 rushing 1. Steve Ishmael SYR 92 1131 6 113.1
touchdowns that year, ON THIS DATE 2.
3.
Greg Dortch
Kelvin Harmon
WFU
NCS
53
56
722
867
9
4
90.2
86.7
and Etienne has nine Clemson is 10-6 (.625) all-time
4. Ervin Philips SYR 79 826 3 82.6
in 2017. on Nov. 18. The last game on
5. Cam Phillips VAT 60 801 6 80.1
this date was the Tigers 16-14
6. Olamide Zaccheaus UVA 70 727 4 72.7
victory over South Carolina at
7. T.J. Rahming DUK 50 619 1 61.9
Memorial Stadium in 2000. 3
 STATISTICAL MATCHUP
CLEMSON POLLS THE CITADEL
Category Clemson Opp. ASSOCIATED PRESS COACHES Category The Citadel Opp.
Total Offense 4364 2976 (Nov. 12, 2017) (Nov. 12, 2017) Total Offense 4067 3239
Plays 753 667 Rk Team Rk Team Plays 728 576
Yards/Play 5.8 4.5 1. Alabama (57) 1. Alabama (63) Yards/Play 5.6 5.6
Yards/Game 436.4 297.6 2. Miami (Fla.) (4) 2. Miami (Fla.) Yards/Game 406.7 323.9
Rushing Yards/Game 220.9 112.7 3. Oklahoma 3. CLEMSON Rushing Yards/Game 308.6 139.1
Passing Yards/Game 215.5 184.9 4. CLEMSON 4. Wisconsin Passing Yards/Game 98.1 184.8
Passing Efficiency 128.4 112.2 5. Wisconsin 5. Oklahoma Passing Efficiency 115.3 129.0
First Downs/Game 22.3 16.1 6. Auburn 6. Auburn First Downs/Game 20.2 16.0
Points/Game 32.7 15.0 7. Georgia 7. Georgia Points/Game 23.4 22.9
Touchdowns 44 18 8. Ohio State 8. Ohio State Touchdowns 31 31
Field Goals 7-14 8-13 9. Notre Dame 9. Notre Dame Field Goals 5-13 4-6
Punting Average 41.7 44.2 10. Oklahoma State 10. Southern California Punting Average 38.0 38.1
Punt Returns 23-300 17-179 11. TCU 11. Penn State Punt Returns 19-171 8-55
Kickoff Returns 19-325 39-745 12. Southern California 12. Central Florida Kickoff Returns 28-602 24-646
Penalties 57-511 54-474 13. Penn State 13. Oklahoma State Penalties 48-397 30-300
Turnovers 11 12 14. Central Florida 14. TCU Turnovers 13 17
Third-Down Conversion % 45.8 28.0 15. Washington State 15. Washington Third-Down Conversion % 44.2 33.3
Time of Possession/Game 30:51 29:09 16. Washington 16. Washington State Time of Possession/Game 34:07 28:53
Interceptions By Defense 8-159 5-37 17. Mississippi State 17. Memphis Interceptions By Defense 11-56 6-70
Sacks 38-209 20-141 18. Memphis 18. Michigan Sacks 15-85 10-64
19. Michigan 19. Mississippi State
SCORING BY QUARTERS 20. Stanford 20. South Florida SCORING BY QUARTERS
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 21. Louisiana State 21. Louisiana State Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot
Clemson 87 74 83 83 -- 327 22. Michigan State 22. NC State The Citadel 49 59 62 64 -- 234
Opponents 41 19 21 69 -- 150 23. South Florida 23. Stanford Opponents 80 73 38 38 -- 229
24. West Virginia 24. Michigan State
RUSHING LEADERS 25. NC State 25. West Virginia RUSHING LEADERS
# Player Car. Yards Avg. TD LG # Player Car. Yards Avg. TD LG
9 Travis Etienne 80 617 7.7 9 81 19 Dominique Allen 124 571 4.6 8 54
2 Kelly Bryant 152 608 4.0 10 47 29 Grant Drakeford 56 556 9.9 2 71
28 Tavien Feaster 89 550 6.2 4 89 LAST 10 GAMES IN THE SERIES 16 Brandon Rainey 119 495 4.2 2 28
26 Adam Choice 46 242 5.3 5 39 CLEMSON LEADS 31-5-1 OVERALL 18 Cam Jackson 77 479 6.2 1 74
27 C.J. Fuller 38 182 4.8 3 26 Year CU CIT Rank Site W-L CU CIT 10 Jordan Black 77 306 4.0 2 30
Clemson 433 2209 5.1 31 89 1954 4-5 2-6 H W 59 0 The Citadel 597 3086 5.2 22 74
Opponents 361 1127 3.1 5 65 1970 0-0 0-0 H W 24 0 Opponents 321 1391 4.3 19 81
1972 0-0 0-0 H W 13 0
1973 0-0 0-0 H W 14 12
PASSING LEADERS 1976 0-0 0-0 H W 10 7 PASSING LEADERS
# Player Cm. Att. Yards Int. TD LG 1978 0-0 1-0 H W 58 3 # Player Cm. Att. Yards Int. TD LG
2 Kelly Bryant 181 277 1924 5 7 79 1986 2-1 2-2 H W 24 0 10 Jordan Black 22 46 523 0 6 72
6 Zerrick Cooper 17 28 145 0 1 14 2000 0-0 0-0 17/- H W 38 0 19 Dominique Allen 29 82 458 6 3 50
2008 0-1 1-0 H W 45 17
Clemson 210 320 2155 5 9 79 The Citadel 51 131 981 6 9 72
2013 9-1 5-6 7/- H W 52 6
Opponents 161 306 1849 8 13 78 Totals 751 151 Opponents 156 255 1848 11 12 70
Note: Rankings are by AP; Clemsons ranking is listed first, followed by
RECEIVING LEADERS The Citadels ranking; Clemson home games in bold. RECEIVING LEADERS
# Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD LG # Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD LG
13 Hunter Renfrow 43 425 9.9 0 40 80 Josh LeBlanc 16 297 18.6 2 51
8 Deon Cain 41 457 11.1 4 61 22 Raleigh Webb 12 270 22.5 3 57
21 Ray-Ray McCloud 35 358 10.2 1 79 18 Cam Jackson 12 254 21.2 1 61
80 Milan Richard 14 204 14.6 1 44 21 Curt Nixon 4 25 6.3 0 13
3 Amari Rodgers 12 73 6.1 0 13 17 Logan Bailey 2 81 40.5 0 72
Clemson 210 2155 10.3 9 79 The Citadel 51 981 19.2 9 72
Opponents 161 1849 11.5 13 78 Opponents 156 1848 11.8 12 70

TACKLE LEADERS TACKLE LEADERS

# Player Tac. TFL Sacks Int. # Player Tac. TFL Sacks Int.
6 Dorian ODaniel 85 9.5-40 5-35 2-66 5 Myles Pierce 83 12-27 2-9
34 Kendall Joseph 69 3.5-7 0.5-2 38 Noah Dawkins 56 10.5-49 3.5-22
19 Tanner Muse 53 2-6 24 Aron Spann III 51 3-3 5-18
57 Tre Lamar 52 5-35 4-31 7 Kailik Williams 49 3.5-12 0.5-3 2-44
99 Clelin Ferrell 48 14-63 7.5-50 96 JaLon Williams 36 8.5-32 2.5-12
7 Austin Bryant 46 14.5-46 7.5-32 1-0 11 Ben Roberts 35 1-0
23 Van Smith 45 1.5-2 1-38 33 Quinlan Washington 28 3-14
68 Ken Allen 26 5-9 1-5
RESULTS & SCHEDULE 9 Khafari Buffalo 26
Date Opponent W-L Score 23 Tyus Carter 23 1-5 1-(-8)
9-2 Kent State W 56-3 55 Russell Hubbs 18 4-14 1.5-9
9-9 Auburn W 14-6
9-16 * at Louisville W 47-21 RESULTS & SCHEDULE
9-23 * Boston College W 34-7 Date Opponent W-L Score
9-30 * at Virginia Tech W 31-17 9-2 Newberry W 31-14
10-7 * Wake Forest W 28-14 9-9 at Presbyterian College W 48-7
10-13 * at Syracuse L 24-27 9-16 * at East Tennessee State W 31-25
10-28 * Georgia Tech W 24-10 9-30 * at Samford L 14-35
11-4 * at NC State W 38-31 10-7 * Mercer L 14-24
11-11 * Florida State W 31-14 10-14 * Wofford L 16-20
10-21 * at Chattanooga W 20-14
Date Opponent TV Time 10-28 * Virginia Military W 21-3
11-18 The Citadel ACCN 12:20 p.m. 11-4 * Western Carolina L 19-31
11-25 at South Carolina 11-11 * at Furman L 20-56
12-2 # Miami (Fla.)
DESPITE ONLY
STARTING TWO Date Opponent TV Time
* - ACC regular-season game; # - ACC Championship Game GAMES, J.D. DAVIS IS 11-18 at Clemson ACCN 12:20 p.m.
(Charlotte, N.C.); Note: All times are EST; home games EIGHTH ON THE TEAM
in bold. IN TACKLES (43). * - SoCon game; Note: All times are EST; home games in bold.

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KALEB BEVELLE
DE 6-4 265 *Sr. SQ
Apopka, Fla. Apopka HS
Sports Communication
For Kaleb Bevelle, going to a Division
I school was the ultimate goal. Though
he had to choose between Clemson and
schools in his home state of Florida, he
credited his visit and the knowledge of
his father playing football at Alabama
with head coach Dabo Swinney as some
of the reasons he chose the Tigers.
I knew I wanted to go D-I. It was ei-
ther staying home and trying to go walk
on to another school in Florida, or go
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KELBY BEVELLE
OT 6-2 270 *Sr. SQ most during his time as a Tiger.
Apopka, Fla. Apopka HS
Sports Communication
Like his identical twin brother, Ka-
leb, Kelby Bevelle credited his visits to
Clemson and his father being a former
teammate of head coach Dabo Swinney
as major reasons he chose the Tigers.
We came to Clemson during our
sophomore and junior years of high
school for camps, and we loved the at-
mosphere. Our dad went to Alabama
with coach Swinney, so theres a lot of
coaches who he played with.
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to Clemson. I already knew that coach
Swinney played with my dad, and I came
up here for a visit for the high school
camps for years out of high school. I
knew I wanted to come here.
Bevelles connections with Clemson
BEVELLE
extend beyond his father being Swin-
neys former teammate. He also plays on
the team with his identical twin brother,
Kelby, an experience that Kaleb enjoys.
Not many people get to say they can
play with their brother, especially at the
collegiate level, so I thought that was al-
ways cool. Everyone asks us, Is it cool?
Do you like your brother? Are you guys
best friends?
Hes been my roommate and we
played the same position all through-
out high school, except in high school,
I actually played offense and he played
defense. Its reversed now.
He also noted that theres a little sib-
ling rivalry between them, but it helps
make the experience more fun.
I hate going against Kelby, because
he knows my moves. Its good because I
can go home and talk crap to him when
I win, and then when he gets me, Ill get
mad about it. It makes it better.
Bevelle stated that he is a people
person, and that he likes talking to
people and networking. The sports com-
munication major would like to pursue a
career in broadcasting or entrepreneur-
ship, and he added that coaching was a
potential option.
Its always been our dream. Weve
always wanted to do something big to-
gether because you dont really see twin
brothers going to the same school, doing
the same thing, accomplishing the same
dream.
BEVELLE
Though arguing with one another at
times, they are best friends, speaking
highly of their relationship.
We are best friends. We argue a lot,
but in the end, everyone can tell were
always together. Were never apart. Were
inseparable.
He also echoed his brothers notion of
a sibling rivalry existing between them.
Were very competitive, especially
with me being on offense and him de-
fense. So we give each other a lot of
trash talk.
He explained that Robbie Caldwell is
the coach who has influenced him the
Id say coach Caldwell, definitely.
As my position coach, hes a hard, old-
school kind of guy. He loves you in the
end and hes a cool guy.
After graduation, he wants to assess
all his options.
I plan on attending pro day, so well
probably stay up here and train and try
out pro day and see if something comes
out of that.
After that, Bevelle echoed his broth-
ers sentiments of going down either the
broadcasting or entrepreneurial career
paths.
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DREW COSTA
PK 5-9 170 *Sr. HS I was focused so much on that, almost
Folly Beach, S.C. Bishop England HS
Bioengineering
Placekicker Drew Costa is new to the
team, joining the roster in October, but
he is not new to the school. He is a fifth-
year senior, and he noted that attending
Clemson was an easy choice for him to
make.
Its a family school. My granddad
and my uncle always had us as Clemson
fans. My uncle studied civil engineering
here. I was always a fan, and I wanted to
study engineering.
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CHRISTIAN GROOMES
PK 5-11 200 Sr. SQ time. The first time I swung a club was at
Central, S.C. Daniel HS
Marketing
Christian Groomes always knew he
wanted to attend Clemson.
I grew up in and around Clemson
(in nearby Central) and always loved the
small-town feel. I went to home games
and knew I wanted to go here one day.
His younger brother, Carter, is also on
the team as a wide receiver, and he en-
joys being on the team with his brother.
It is really awesome. We play differ-
ent positions, so it is always cool to see
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Costa knew he was always going to
attend Clemson, regardless of whether
he played football. However, he did try
out during his freshman and sophomore
years.
I did decently well, but I got hurt,
and so that actually caused me to not
be able to come onto the team. I got re-
hab taken care of, including surgery, and
COSTA
then came back out for one more tryout
and did well. But all the kickers on the
team were younger than me, so I knew
there wasnt really a spot.
Costa was available in case of an in-
jury, and he got the call from head coach
Dabo Swinney to join the team after
placekicker Greg Huegel tore his ACL.
His experience of joining the team was
unexpected and fast-paced.
It was a little weird. I had some proj-
ects and tests due within two days, so
to a hysterical point. And then after all
those tests were done, during my last
class of the day, I got a call when I was
walking out of the classroom.
Hey, how rusty are you? Can you
come in tomorrow and talk to us? A cou-
ple of days later, were already working
on eligibility.
The transition from a student and fan
to a player has been fun, but its also
been a big adjustment, especially bal-
ancing his class schedule. His reception
to the team was welcoming, and overall,
the process has been fun.
him competing and working hard each
day.
However, they have a competitive
streak despite the different positions.
Our relationship is a competitive
GROOMES
relationship. We grew up playing sports
together and have always been compet-
ing to be better than each other.
We battle in the weight room to be
the strongest. He has me on squat and
power clean, but I have him on bench.
Groomes has fond memories of his
time at Clemson, one of which being his
first appearance in a Tiger football game,
which came during the 2015 season
opener against Wofford. It was a dream
come true.
He is also a long-time golfer outside
of football, playing since he was as
young as two years old.
I played golf competitively for a long
two. I won the region my freshman year
of high school and qualified for the state
amateur as a freshman and sophomore.
The placekickers love for golf contin-
ues, as it is still a favorite hobby of his
outside of football.
I also enjoy the tee-time group we
have at the football facility. We also play
putt-putt almost every day before meet-
ings or practice.
He is currently looking for a job in
marketing or sales, and he wants to
qualify for the World Long Drive Champi-
onship this coming spring and summer.
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CONNOR SEKAS
LB 6-1 225 Sr. SQ
Vienna, Va. James Madison HS
Construction Science & Management
Connor Sekas, a linebacker from Vi-
enna, Va., had multiple reasons to at-
tend Clemson. The biggest, however,
were his brother and the construction
science & management program.
Thats kind of a long story. My dad
has been in construction and a home-
builder for 30 years, so weve grown up
in a construction family. The first thing
that my brother, whos three years older
than me, and I were looking into were
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JACK SWINNEY
WR 5-9 160 *Sr. SQ ney, its not an easy path. You earn every
Lawrenceville, Ga. Brookwood HS
History
For most Clemson students, the term
Clemson family is figurative. However,
for wide receiver Jack Swinney, nephew
of head coach Dabo Swinney, it is literal
and a major reason he chose to attend
the school.
It was family. I actually, believe it
or not, was gonna go to Alabama. But
I came here because I have a bunch of
family whos a part of the program and
live up here.
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SENIOR RESERVES
schools that had good construction sci-
ence & management programs. Clemson
was one of those. We came and visited a
bunch of schools on the East coast. We
both fell in love with Clemson.
Sekas visited his brother some while
his brother attended, and he fell in love
with the school even more. He spent a
year with his brother at Clemson, which
SEKAS
he also noted as a fun experience.
Football was a secondary factor for
Sekas, as he didnt think about playing
at first, but having a good team helped.
At the time, I wasnt really thinking
about playing football because I had to
walk on my sophomore year. It was also
good to have a school with a really good
football team, too. It was a benefit.
Walking on to the team was actually
a big adjustment, but ultimately it was a
beneficial change.
It was honestly a really big adjust-
ment. I walked on my sophomore year,
fall semester, but I didnt get added to
the team until the spring semester. So
being a college student for three semes-
ters and then becoming a student-ath-
lete was a major change in my life.
It was probably the most beneficial
thing thats ever happened to me, get-
ting to stand on my own two feet. It re-
ally allowed me to get my life in order.
After graduation, Sekas would like
to go back home to Virginia and join his
brother, working with his fathers con-
struction company.
Swinneys uncle has been his most
influential coach during his time at
Clemson.
Hes the main reason why Im here,
including the advice hes been giving
me. Hes basically like a second father
SWINNEY
to me. He hasnt quit on me. Hes been
helping me. Hes given me chances, and
all the lessons Ive learned from him are
incredible lessons.
Playing for his uncle is a dream, but
its not as easy as one might think it to
be.
It really was a dream come true. The
best part is most people think when you
play for a family member, its going to
be easy...hes going to help you out here
and there.
Not in the slightest. I dont know
how other programs do it with having
family on the team, but with coach Swin-
way. And if anything, when I make a mis-
take, I hear more of it.
The expectations are higher under his
uncle because hes family, and theres
more pressure. But its all worth it in the
end because it is what Swinney wanted,
and the lessons hes learning are worth-
while.
After graduation, he plans to stay at
Clemson and earn his masters degree in
either history or athletic leadership, and
then go to law school for sports law to
become an agent. He also would like to
pursue coaching on the side.
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UNBREAKABLE
Tiger THE STORY OF BILL FUNCHESS, A CLEMSON GRADUATE WHO
SURVIVED OVER 1,000 DAYS IN CAPTIVITY DURING THE KOREAN WAR.
BY KEN SCAR
U
nited States Army 1st Lt. Wil-
liam Funchess watched from
the other bank as Chinese sol-
diers approached the river, un-
dressed and swam across na-
ked, holding weapons and clothes over
their heads. Once they hit his side of the
river, they shook the freezing water off
their skin, dressed and ran into the for-
est, one after the other after the other...
thousands of them.
It was Nov. 4, 1950. When Funchess
radioed the brass back at headquarters
to tell them what he had seen, they told
him he was mistaken. There were no Chi-
nese soldiers in North Korea.
The final instructions from battalion
headquarters was, if Chinese soldiers are
in Korea, theyre protecting hydroelectric
plants, explained Funchess. Under no
conditions will you fire on a Chinese na-
tional. Before the day ended, I had been
struck by machine gun fire, and I was a
POW of the Chinese army.
Funchess remained a prisoner for
nearly three years...34 months to be ex-
act...and endured unimaginable torment
at their hands. They tried to break his
1981 2016 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
body, reprogram his mind and crush his
spirit.
They found out that Funchess is a
survivor.
EARNING HIS STRIPES
William H. Bill Funchess was born
in 1927 in Orangeburg County in South
Carolina, the son of William Sr., and Dai-
sy Funchess. They farmed peanuts, cot-
ton, corn and other truck crops, which
they hauled 55 miles to the market in
Columbia.
In 1920, William Sr., took a one-year
agricultural course at what was then
Clemson College that had a lasting im-
pact on his life that he passed on to his
children. Inevitably, the Funchess family
developed an everlasting love for Clem-
son football. By the time he was eight,
Bill had his sights set on becoming a
Tiger, too.
There was never any question, said
Funchess, now 90, from his home less
than a mile from the Clemson campus.
It was destined that I associate my-
self with Clemson. It was ingrained in
me, and I could not have had a better
choice.
He became an Army Reserve Officers
Training Corps cadet at Clemson, which
was then an all-male military college, in
1944, when he was just 16. America
was still deep in the throes of fighting
World War II.
I had 25 or 30 different room-
mates, he recalled. They were con-
stantly being drafted and replaced with
another roommate.
He graduated in 1948 as a newly-
commissioned second lieutenant and
was in Korea less than two years later
with the 24th Infantry Division at the
beginning of the next great war.
Funchess found himself ill-equipped
and unprepared for Koreas extremely
rough and mountainous terrain, with a
South Korean army in disarray and flee-
ing a much better-trained and equipped
North Korean army. His unit was sent
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into the fray with World War II equip-
ment and weapons.
He was promoted to first lieutenant
after the Battle of Pusan Perimeter, a
pivotal victory that stopped the commu-
nist invasion in its tracks. He was put in
charge of 1st Platoon, Company C, 19th
Infantry Regiment, and ordered to take
his 50 men and move north across the
border into North Korea.
His unit made better progress than
anticipated, pushing through forests and
small towns until they found themselves
only 25 or 30 miles from the Chinese
border. Funchess had 12 South Korean
soldiers in his unit, and through them,
he was able to get scattered information
from people in the villages they passed
through. Reports of armed Chinese sol-
diers became more and more common
the further north they went.
He suddenly received orders to stop
his advance and begin an immediate
withdrawal. His unit retreated to the
town of Anju, where they joined Compa-
nies A and B and prepared to engage.
Funchess Company C had the rearmost
position.
My commander said, Funchess,
youve been in Korea longer than anyone
here. Were going to put you in the rear.
I said, Dont do me any favors!
I had been there long enough to
have learned they didnt hit you head-
on. I dug all my foxholes pointing south.
The other officers started laughing at
me...said old Funchess there doesnt
know which way the front is. But I was
very concerned.
Rightfully so, it turned out. The Chi-
nese army swarmed across the river and
leveled a fierce attack on the Americans
from the south. Funchess and his men
dug in and fought with everything they
had to halt the Chinese advance.
A bullet tore through his right foot as
he and his surviving soldiers finally at-
tempted to fall back and join the rest of
the battalion. The machine gunner who
shot him was so close that he heard the
bolt go back. Soldiers behind him were
all killed by the spray of bullets.
Two soldiers grabbed him under his
arms and tried to carry him, but one was
shot and fell away. Funchess and his
remaining companion limped through
the snow until they reached the edge
of a canyon. They could go no further.
Dozens of Chinese soldiers surrounded
them.
Funchess and his men had held their
position just long enough for the rest
12
BILL FUNCHESS
of the battalion,
about 700 men, to
escape. They would
pay a very high price
for their stand.
His voice is
steady, but his eyes
focus somewhere
else as he recounts
the events of that
day.
The rest of the
battalion never had
a shot fired at them,
but I lost my en-
tire platoon, either
killed or captured.
Funchess was one of hundreds of
prisoners taken. They were forced on a
17-night death march, north through the
mountains, in the bitter cold. Those who
fell out were executed.
Walking on one foot with a hole blast-
ed through it, Funchess was the last in
line. Time and again, his Chinese guards
encouraged him to quit, but he knew
what that meant. He pretended not to
understand them and kept walking.
I tore up my knees and my elbows
and the palms of my hands from falling.
It was absolutely horrible. But I knew I
had to keep going because I did not want
to suffer the alternative. I hadnt been
married very long and I was determined
to get back to my wife, Sybil.
The prisoners were offered no water
and very little food. They survived by eat-
ing snow.
After a few days, his unit was merged
with prisoners from the 8th Cavalry Regi-
ment, who had been fighting about 25
miles to the east. They were marched en
masse to a cluster of mud huts and dirt
paths on the frozen banks of the Yalu
River, near the city of Pyoktong.
This would be their home for longer
than any of them dared imagine.
CARING FOR A SAINT
Funchess survived the first weeks in
the camp by eating ice, snow and millet.
Three months into his captivity, he got
his first real drink of water.
I was hobbling around on my bad
foot, looking for anything I could find to
eat or drink or use in any way. I saw an
old man huddled over a small fire. He
had a piece of tin with the edges turned
up and he was melting snow. This man
called out to me, Would you care for a
drink of hot water? He gave me about a
half cup of warm water.
Even today, his
eyes close gently as
he remembers that
drink.
It tasted so
good.
His eyes open.
That man was
Father Emil Ka-
paun.
Kapaun, an
Army chaplain,
was already revered
among the other
prisoners when
Funchess met him.
During the thick
of the fighting, Kapaun had repeatedly
walked into direct lines of fire to comfort
and retrieve wounded soldiers.
When an evacuation was ordered, he
stayed behind to tend to the wounded
and comfort the dying even after the en-
emy broke through the lines and hand-
to-hand combat broke out all around
him.
As he was being led away, he saw
a Chinese soldier about to execute a
wounded American. Kapaun pushed
the enemy soldier aside, picked up the
wounded man and carried and supported
him until they reached the camp.
Kapaun continued to care for and
comfort soldiers in the Pyoktong camp
any way he could, like he did for Funch-
ess that day. Temperatures dropped to
-28 degrees, but Kapaun would sneak
out at night to steal food and firewood
to feed and warm his fellow prisoners.
He dressed wounds, offered words of
encouragement and said prayers with
any soldier who needed it despite brutal
retaliations from his captors, who had
open contempt for Kapauns galvanizing
effect on the prisoners.
When Kapaun himself became death-
ly ill, he was thrown into the same mud
hut as Funchess and 14 other officers.
Funchess cleared a space on the floor
next to him and cared for Kapaun as the
chaplains health declined.
There were no Catholics in my room,
and I think thats the reason they put
him in with us, said Funchess. They
thought we would not take care of him. I
took it upon myself to take care of him,
and it was just about like taking care of
a baby. I had to spoon-feed him.
When hed mess up his clothes, Id
take off his pants and put them out-
side for five or 10 minutes and it would
freeze. Id either beat it up against a wall
and shake the dried fecal matter off or
take a stick and scrape it off.
There was no water to wash things
with, and even if there had been, it
would have been frozen. The human
mind cannot comprehend how primitive
it was.
Funchess cared for Kapaun for six
weeks, day and night.
He was from a farm in Pilson, Kan.,
so we had a lot in common. When he
got cold and shivering, Id wrap my arms
around him. Sometimes hed wrap his
arms around me and wed talk about our
boyhood days on the farm. We became
very, very close friends.
The communists were not happy to
see Funchess caring for Kapaun. One
day, eight Chinese soldiers burst into
the hut unannounced and declared they
were taking Kapaun to the hospital.
We knew what the hospital was,
said Funchess. It was an abandoned
Buddhist monastery on the mountain
that we called the death house. Very,
very few returned from there.
The POWs scuffled with the Chinese
soldiers, pleading with them to let Ka-
paun stay.
But of course, they prevailed be-
cause they had the guns.
Kapaun died on May 23, 1951.
Funchess eyewitness accounts of Ka-
pauns acts of gallantry and compassion
were used to qualify him for the Medal of
Honor, which was awarded in 2013.
The citation reads in part, Chaplain
Emil J. Kapaun repeatedly risked his
own life to save the lives of hundreds
of fellow Americans. His extraordinary
courage, faith and leadership inspired
thousands of prisoners to survive hellish
conditions, resist enemy indoctrination
and retain their faith in God and coun-
try.
In an unprecedented turn, Funchess
testimony was also used by the Vatican
to determine if Kapaun should be rec-
ognized as a saint. (Kapaun was named
a Servant of God in 1993, and on June
21, 2016, the six historical consultants
of the Congregation for Saints voted
to accept the official document of Ka-
pauns life that was ultimately passed to
Pope Francis.)
FINAL INJUSTICE & RELEASE
Kapauns suffering had ended, but
Funchess would remain a captive for
over two more years, enduring constant
interrogations, assaults and humilia-
tions.
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saw a U.S. Army ambulance parked with
its back doors open and two men in uni-
form standing, one on each side. They
were waiting for him.
After 1,038 days of captivity, he was
free.
HOME AGAIN
Funchess was dusted with DDT to kill
the lice, got a shower and a new uniform
and was flown by helicopter to the South
Korean port city of Inchon to catch a
ship back to America.
The minute I stepped off the heli-
copter, I heard somebody call out, Hey
Fungo! Dont you know the Clemson
football season has started? It was three
of my Clemson schoolmates.
Funchess homecoming was every-
thing one might imagine. Hundreds of
people, including his mother and his
wife, met him at the airport in Colum-
bia. Clemson was slated to play its rival,
South Carolina, on Big Thursday a few
weeks later, so Funchess wrote a letter
to head coach Frank Howard telling him
who he was, what hed been through and
asked if he could buy a couple of tickets
to the game.
It wasnt three days later a letter
came to me from coach Howard. He
enclosed two tickets and said these are
complimentary, saying You dont owe
us anything. I think Clemson won that
game, too.
It probably felt like a win to him, but
Clemson lost 14-7.
His brother had taken over the farm
after his fathers death, so Funchess
went to work at the only place that made
sense to him...Clemson University. He
became a student again to earn his mas-
ters degree in agronomy and proceeded
to work for the Clemson Extension Ser-
vice for 30 years, mentoring and educat-
ing farmers in some of South Carolinas
most rural counties, earning the titles of
district extension leader and associate
professor.
His experiences in Korea went largely
unknown during his post-military career.
Like so many veterans of that time, he
never sought accolades or attention for
what he went through for his country. His
family knew, but few others did.
Nevertheless, his ordeal as a POW
made deep marks in him that proved al-
most impossible to process, until 1997,
when he decided to do something about
it.
I got yellow pads, ballpoint pens and
spiral notebooks and started writing. The
minute I finished writing, the nightmares
stopped.
The resulting book, Korea POW: A
Thousand Days of Torment, November 4,
1950 - September 6, 1953 was pub-
lished in 2002. Sales benefit the South
Carolina Military Museum in Columbia.
His story reads like a Tom Clancy
novel, and Funchess said even he has a
hard time believing its true sometimes.
But hes grateful that hes alive to tell it.
I never felt any shame for being
captured. The circumstances were me
and one other man with one carbine and
no ammo, surrounded by 40 or 50 Chi-
nese soldiers. There was no alternative. I
dont consider myself a hero.
Im a survivor.

He was beaten, starved, fed grain
sorghum, forced to stand at attention for
extended periods of time and any other
number of abuses. He soon weighed less
than 100 pounds, but he remained resil-
ient.
Prisoners were subjected to daily
propaganda sessions in an attempt to
brainwash and intimidate them into
renouncing their countries and faiths.
Funchess actively resisted, at one point
standing up and calling the speakers li-
ars for claiming Americans had commit-
ted genocide in a town called Anok. It
just so happened that he had been on a
patrol through Anok before his capture.
Funchess and his men heard gunshots
and observed people burying bodies in a
mass grave, but withdrew without engag-
ing anyone.
They had photographs of that mass
grave. The Chinese officers said this is
proof positive of the atrocities commit-
ted by the United States Army in Anok.
I took it as long as I could, but then
I stood and said, Its a damn lie! The
atrocities were committed by North Ko-
reans against North Koreans! The Chi-
nese officer snapped back at me...How
do you know? I said I was there and I
saw what happened.
Funchess was dragged away, stripped
and ordered to stand at attention for sev-
eral hours outside a building while high-
ranking Chinese and North Korean of-
ficers met inside. Unbeknownst to him,
this was a trial and he, standing naked in
the snow, was the defendant.
Back home, life pressed on without
him. His father passed away, his wife
moved back in with her parents uncer-
tain if he was alive or dead and his be-
loved Tigers went undefeated and won
the 1951 Orange Bowl.
The Korean Armistice Agreement
was made in July 1953, but the POW
exchange did not end until Sept. 5. In
a final excruciating twist, Funchess
watched every other POW taken away
to freedom until only he remained. He
asked his captors why he was being kept
behind.
They said, You are not a POW. That
was shocking! Im not a POW? What am
I? They said, Youre a war criminal.
He still shakes his head in disbelief
as he recounts their explanation.
I had been found guilty of war
crimes in Anok when we never even fired
a shot there.
Funchess spent one day longer in
captivity, alone in the camp. It was the
longest day of his life.
The next day, Sept. 6, he was driven
alone to a field and ordered to go down a
path that cut to the tree line.
He walked towards the forest at the
edge of the field, every step wondering if
he would be shot in the back. He walked
through the trees until the guns at his
back disappeared. He continued in eerie
silence, alone in no-mans land, until he

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BOARD of
TRUSTEES
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY IS GOVERNED BY A 13-MEMBER
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, INCLUDING SEVEN SUCCESSOR
TRUSTEES AND SIX ELECTED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE,
AS PROVIDED BY THE WILL OF THOMAS GREEN CLEMSON.
E. SMYTH McKISSICK III JOHN N. McCARTER JR.
Chair Greenville, S.C. Vice Chair Columbia, S.C.

DAVID E. DUKES RONALD D. LEE LOUIS B. LYNN PATRICIA H. McABEE

Columbia, S.C. Aiken, S.C. Columbia, S.C. Greenville, S.C.

ROBERT L. PEELER CHERI M. PHYFER MARK S. RICHARDSON WILLIAM C. SMITH JR.

Lexington, S.C. Cleveland, Ohio Charlotte, N.C. Columbia, S.C.

TRUSTEES
Emeriti
Trustee Hometown
Louis P. Batson Jr. Greenville, S.C.
J.J. Britton Sumter, S.C.
Fletcher C. Derrick Jr. Charleston, S.C.
Leon J. Hendrix Jr. Kiawah Island, S.C.
Harold D. Kingsmore Clemson, S.C.
Thomas B. McTeer Jr. Columbia, S.C.
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 President

JIM CLEMENTS
DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR, NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED VOICE IN
HIGHER EDUCATION AND PROVEN LEADER WHO UNDERSTANDS
CLEMSONS UNIQUE MISSION AS A LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITY.

J
that time, it set significant records in His Successful Project Manage-
im Clements became Clemson Uni- Big East Conference, Big 12 Conference private fundraising, enrollment and re- ment book is now in its seventh edition,
versitys 15th president on Dec. and ACC, where he is the most recent search funding. and has been published in multiple lan-
31, 2013 after serving as president past chair of the ACC Council of Presi- Clements holds a B.S. degree in com- guages and used in numerous countries.
of West Virginia University. Since dents. He currently serves on the board puter science as well as an M.S. degree Clements was born in Arlington, Va.,
his arrival, the value of the Tiger of directors of the American Council on and Ph.D. in operations analysis from but spent the majority of his life in Mary-
Paw has never been higher, driven by the Education and on the executive commit- the University of Maryland-Baltimore land before relocating to West Virginia
universitys elevated academic reputa- tee of the Association of Public & Land- County. He also holds an M.S. degree in and then Clemson. He and his wife,
tion and the exposure from Clemsons Grant Universities. computer science from Johns Hopkins Beth, have been married for 26 years
athletic success on the national stage. Before he came to Clemson, Clem- University and was awarded an honor- and have four children, Tyler, Hannah,
Under Clements leadership last year, ents served as president of West Virginia ary degree as doctor of public education Maggie and Grace, and a son-in-law,
the university successfully completed its University for nearly five years. During from his alma mater, UMBC. Tanner Coombs.
$1 billion Will To Lead capital cam-
paign, making Clemson the first public
university in the country with an alumni
base of fewer than 150,000 to achieve
that fundraising campaign milestone.
In the past four years, Clemson has
also reached new heights in admissions,
enrollment, graduation and retention
rates, research, facilities development
and athletics, and last year was named
among the top-25 public universities in
the nation by U.S. News & World Report
magazine for the ninth consecutive year,
earning its best composite score ever.
Clements is a nationally recognized
leader in higher education who has
served as president of a university in
three different athletic conferences, the

UNDER CLEMENTS LEADERSHIP

Undergraduate applications have increased 42 percent.
Freshman ACT and SAT scores are at an all-time high.
A record 29 students earned national awards in 2017.
ClemsonForward strategic plan was launched.
Research awards have increased 41 percent.
Clemson attained Carnegie R1 highest research activity
status for first time.
Clemson has raised nearly $500 million in private funds.
Value of Clemson Foundation Endowment has increased by
30 percent.
He has led commencement ceremonies for more than
20,000 graduates.

THE CLEMENTS FAMILY - JIM AND WIFE, BETH, ALONG WITH (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT)
1981 2016 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS SON-IN-LAW, TANNER, AND CHILDREN MAGGIE, HANNAH, GRACE AND TYLER. 17

DAN
RADAKOVICH
CLEMSONS 13TH DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, IN HIS SIXTH SEASON IN TIGERTOWN,
HAS OVER 29 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AT PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
N
amed the 13th director of
athletics in Clemson history
on Dec. 1, 2012, Dan Rada-
kovich has continuously led
the Tiger athletic department
to high achievements, both on the field
and in the classroom, while develop-
ing significant upgrades in finance and
facilities. Since his arrival, Radakovich
has led Clemson athletics to a period of
sustained success, considered among
the greatest stretches in school history.
During the 2016-17 academic year,
in addition to football winning the na-
tional championship, mens soccer ad-
vancing to the Elite Eight, baseball host-
ing a regional for the second consecutive
season and mens and womens golf
advancing to the NCAA National Tour-
nament, the Clemson athletic depart-
ment tied the universitys highest score
in the NCAAs Graduation Success Rate
at 91 percent. It tied for sixth nation-
ally among public institutions, while a
school-record six programs were recog-
nized by the NCAA for outstanding APR.
Student-athlete development contin-
ues to be a driving force for the athletic
department under Radakovich, and the
Nieri Family Student-Athlete Enrich-
ment Center in the newly-renovated
WestZone is a state-of-the-art facility
for student-athlete development in the
classroom and community. The develop-
ment, rebranding and expansion of foot-
balls P.A.W. Journey highlights a best-
in-class approach to preparation for life
after their Clemson football career.
The athletic district has received a
near-complete facelift in the past few
years, and last year, Littlejohn Colise-
um opened to rave reviews following a
$63 million renovation. The new Allen
N. Reeves Football Complex opened in
February and has set the standard for
football facilities around the country.
Since 2013, the athletic department
has received approvals for $162 million
1981 2016 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Nick Saban, including the year (2003)
the Tigers won the national title.
Between 1994 and 2000, he served
as chief financial officer at South Caro-
lina. During that time, he worked with
current Clemson football administrators
Woody McCorvey and Brad Scott.
He gained experience on the West
Coast from 1989-94, when he was a se-
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS nior associate athletic director at Long
Beach State. He got his start in adminis-
tration at Miami in 1983 as the athletic
business manager.
The Aliquippa, Pa., native was first
made aware of Tiger athletics through
the basketball exploits of Butch Za-
tezalo, who was from the same town.
Zatezalo was a three-time All-ACC Tiger
whose legendary 25-point scoring nights
received a lot of attention in Pennsylva-
nia in the 1960s when Radakovich was
a youth.
Radakovich is a 1980 graduate of
Indiana (Pa.), where he earned a bach-
elors degree in finance. He was also a
football letterman and student coach
with the Crimson Hawk program. He was
enshrined into the Beaver County Sports
Hall of Fame in 2008 and was recog-
nized as a distinguished alumnus from
in facility improvements and increased athletics since 1940, he replaced Terry Indiana in 2009. He earned his masters
spending on direct student-athlete de- Don Phillips, who retired after over 10 degree in business administration from
velopment programs, including nutri- years directing the program. Miami in 1982.
tion, mental health and professional Prior to his tenure at Georgia Tech, Radakovich, born June 9, 1958, and
development, by $2.4 million. His de- Radakovich worked as a senior associate his wife, Marcie, have two sons, Chris-
partment has increased overall revenue athletic director at Louisiana State from tian, a 2012 Georgia Tech graduate,
from $69 million in fiscal year 2014 to 2001-06. He had many responsibilities and Grant, a 2015 Mercer graduate who
a budgeted $108 million in fiscal year that dealt with the football program and played on the 2016 Clemson national
2018. worked closely with then head coach championship football team.
As a result of the litany
of accomplishments, he was
named 2017 SportsBusiness DAN AND MARCIE
Journal Athletic Director-of- RADAKOVICH AT
the-Year after being a finalist THE NATIONAL
in 2015. CHAMPIONSHIP
Prior to his arrival in Clem- GAME IN TAMPA.
son, Radakovich amassed a
wealth of experience serving
in significant athletic admin-
istrative roles at Miami (Fla.),
Long Beach State, South
Carolina and Louisiana State
in addition to athletic direc-
torships at American Univer-
sity and Georgia Tech. His
administrative career spans
30 years.
College football entered a
new era in 2014 with the Col-
lege Football Playoff, and he
was at the forefront. He was
one of 13 people, including
one of only five FBS directors
of athletics, to be named to
the committee.
In 2012, he was named by
NCAA president Mark Emmert
as one of 10 directors of ath-
letics to a new advisory com-
mission charged with making
recommendations for the fu-
ture of NCAA rules and poli-
cies.
Radakovich came to Clem-
son from Georgia Tech, where
he served with distinction
for six years (2006-12). Just
Clemsons fifth director of
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DABO
SWINNEY

ALL IN
THE FOUR-TIME NATIONAL COACH-OF-THE-YEAR AND HIS ALL-IN APPROACH HAVE LED THE
PROGRAM TO RECORD-SETTING HEIGHTS, INCLUDING THE 2016 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

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here is a strong coaching heri-
tage over the 121 years of Clem-
son football that dates to the
early 1900s, when John Heis-
man led the program. Jess Neely,
Frank Howard and Danny Ford continued
the winning and joined Heisman in the
College Football Hall of Fame.
Dabo Swinney has been at Clemson
for just nine years as head coach, but
he cemented himself as a coaching leg-
end when he led the Tigers to the 2016
national championship, the second in
school history (1981).
Clemson defeated the top-two teams
in the national polls in consecutive
games. The Tigers blanked Ohio State
31-0 in the Fiesta Bowl, the first shut-
out suffered by head coach Urban Meyer
in his career and the first for Ohio State
since 1993.
The Tigers then earned a rematch
with No. 1 Alabama, and for the first
time in school history took down the top-
ranked team in a second epic battle with
the Crimson Tide. Deshaun Watsons
touchdown pass to Hunter Renfrow with
one second left gave Clemson a 35-31
win in Tampa, Fla. Swinney won the Bear
Bryant Award as national coach-of-the-
year for the second consecutive season.
With a preseason No. 2 national rank-
ing, the 2016 Tigers lived up to the hype
after compiling a 14-1 record and earn-
ing a spot in the College Football Playoff
for a second straight year. Along the way,
Clemson knocked off five top-25 foes,
including No. 3 Louisville. The Tigers
exorcised several road demons, winning
at historically tough places such as Au-
burn, Georgia Tech and Florida State.
He coached Watson to two record-
setting seasons. The two-time Heisman
Trophy finalist became the first player in
FBS history to total 4,000 passing yards
and 1,000 rushing yards in a season in victories came against ACC teams. The
2015, and he followed by setting an ACC 2016 seniors finished their careers with
record with 41 passing touchdowns in a school-record 49 wins.
2016. Clemson was in the top 10 of APR
Watson was named ACC Player-of- scores and the final top 25 of the AP
the-Year in 2015 and MVP of the ACC and USA Today polls from 2011-15, the
Championship Game in both 2015 and only FBS program that could make that
2016. He won the Davey OBrien Award claim.
and Manning Award in back-to-back sea- In nine years (eight full seasons) as
sons and was named MVP of Clemsons the Tigers head coach, Swinney has
Fiesta Bowl and national championship directed Clemson to an 89-28 overall
game wins. record (.761, best by a Tiger coach) and
From 2011-16, Clemson compiled a 54-15 ACC regular-season mark (.783).
70-13 record, the most wins in a six-year He has also led the Tigers to the ACC
period in school history. Forty-four of the Championship Game four times, won
THE SWINNEY FILE
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Lettered three years at Alabama (1990-92); also a member of
the 1989 team ... member of the 1992 national championship
team ... Academic All-SEC and SEC Scholar-Athlete Honor
Roll member in 1990,92.
EDUCATION
B.S. degree in commerce & business administration from
Alabama in 1993 ... master of business administration from
Alabama in 1995.
PERSONAL DATA
Born Nov. 20, 1969 in Birmingham, Ala. ... married to the
former Kathleen Bassett ... the couple has three sons (Will
19, Drew 17, Clay 14).
THE SWINNEY FAMILY - DABO
AND WIFE, KATHLEEN, ALONG
WITH DREW, CLAY AND WILL.
three ACC titles, won or shared five ACC
Atlantic Division titles and won seven
bowl games (five against top-10 teams).
His teams have compiled 20 wins over
ranked teams in his head-coaching ca-
reer, including 12 over top-10 teams.
Swinney guided Clemson to the No.
1 national ranking in every College Foot-
ball Playoff poll in 2015 and led the Ti-
gers to their first national championship
game appearance under the new format
after his team defeated Oklahoma 37-
17 in the 2015 Orange Bowl. The Tigers
led Alabama in the fourth quarter of the
championship contest, but came up just
short (45-40) in an epic game in Glen-
dale, Ariz.
Following the teams 14-1 record and
No. 2 final ranking, he was the recipi-
ent of 10 national and two ACC coach-
of-the-year honors. The Tigers defeated
four teams that finished the season in
the top 15 of both polls.
In 2015, a Tiger-record 17 players
were named to one of three All-ACC
teams, including all five starting offen-
sive linemen for the first time in school
history. In 2016, 15 players were hon-
ored, including a school-record three
First-Team All-ACC offensive line selec-
tions.
The 2012, 2013 and 2014 seasons
were also noteworthy, with three top-
15 final rankings in the polls. Clemson
joined Alabama, Florida State, Ohio
State and Oregon as the only schools
in the nation to make that claim. Each
of Clemsons teams from 2011-16 also
registered double-digit victories, the first
time the program has done it six straight
seasons. Only Alabama has duplicated
the feat.
With the 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl
victory (40-6) over Oklahoma, Swin-
ney became the first and only coach in
history to win three bowl games in con-
secutive seasons over teams whose head
coaches had previously won the national
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 title. He has now done it five years in a
row.
Clemson capped off the 2013 season
with a thrilling 40-35 victory over No. 6
Ohio State in the Orange Bowl. Clemson
had an 11-2 record after finishing 7-1
in ACC regular-season games. It marked
Clemsons first back-to-back 11-win
seasons in school history. For the fourth
time in his first five full seasons as head
coach, Swinney was a finalist for the Lib-
erty Mutual National Coach-of-the-Year
award in 2013.
The 2012 season (11-2) was a
groundbreaking year for Swinneys Tigers
when looking at the overall consistency
of the program. The seven conference
wins in the regular season were then a
school record, while Clemson was co-
champion of the ACC Atlantic Division.
With Clemsons thrilling 25-24 win
over No. 7 Louisiana State in the 2012
Chick-fil-A Bowl, the Tigers finished the
season ranked No. 9 in the USA Today
poll. It was Clemsons first top-10 fin-
ish in one of the two major polls since
1990. Clemson also reached the 11-win
mark for the first time since its 1981 na-
tional championship season. The Tigers
finished No. 14 in the final BCS stand-
ings as well.
Swinneys 2011 squad, which ended
the season ranked No. 22 in the nation,
captured Clemsons first ACC title since
1991 when it beat No. 3 Virginia Tech
38-10 in the ACC Championship Game
in Charlotte, N.C. The Tigers second win
over the Hokies in 2011 gave Clemson
its first 10-win season since 1990.
For his efforts, Swinney was named
Bobby Dodd National Coach-of-the-Year
in 2011 to become the first Tiger head
coach to win a national coach-of-the-
year award since 1981, when Ford di-
rected Clemson to the national title.
Swinney became just the second Ti-
ger coach to lead Clemsons program to
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a bowl game in his first two full years title in 18 years. Swinney was named finish led to a Gator Bowl bid against Ne-
as head coach, joining his predeces- ACC coach-of-the-year by Sporting News braska.
sor, Tommy Bowden. The 2010 sched- and was a finalist for the Liberty Mutual On Dec. 1, 2008, the interim tag
ule was one of the most challenging in Coach-of-the-Year award. was removed from the title and he was
school history, as nine bowl teams were In October 2008, Swinney was named the programs head coach. At the
on the regular-season slate and two of named Clemsons interim head coach, time, there had been 28 interim head
the four non-conference opponents were replacing Bowden, who had been his po- coaches at the FBS level since 1970,
ranked in the top 25. sition coach as a player at Alabama and and those coaches had combined for a
In 2009, Swinneys first full year as was Clemsons head coach since 1999. record of 26-86-2. Only one of those
head coach, he led the Tigers to their He led the Tigers to a 4-2 record during 28 interim coaches posted a winning
first championship of the ACC Atlan- the remainder of the 2008 regular sea- record, and that was Swinney. When he
tic Division. The Tigers came just six son, including a win over South Carolina was hired as head coach, he became just
points short of winning their first ACC in the regular-season finale. That strong the second interim coach to be elevated
to the head coach position at the same
school during that time period.
Swinney hit the ground running in his
SWINNEYS COACHING RECORD first week as interim head coach, as he
prepared for a 5-1 Georgia Tech team.
Year School Position(s) W-L Bowl(s)
He had to reorganize his staff and re-
1993 Alabama GA 9-3-1 Gator
1994 Alabama GA 12-1 Citrus
group his team and the fanbase in just
1995 Alabama GA 8-3 five days. While the Tigers lost by four
1996 Alabama WR,TE 10-3 Outback points, he accomplished many goals in
1997 Alabama TE 4-7 that first week through his outstanding
1998 Alabama WR 7-5 Music City leadership. One of the most impressive
1999 * Alabama WR 10-3 Orange
demonstrations of unity came during the
2000 Alabama WR 3-8
2003 Clemson WR 9-4 Peach
teams Tiger Walk.
2004 Clemson WR 6-5 Swinney has demonstrated his com-
2005 Clemson WR 8-4 Champs Sports munity involvement through Dabos All
2006 Clemson WR 8-5 Music City In Team Foundation, which made the
2007 Clemson AHC,WR 9-4 Chick-fil-A first contribution to the cancer fund
2008 Clemson AHC,WR 3-3
established for former Boston College
Clemson IHC 4-2
Clemson HC 0-1 Gator
linebacker Mark Herzlich. Many schools
2009 Clemson HC 9-5 Music City followed his lead during the remainder
2010 Clemson HC 6-7 Meineke Car Care of the season.
2011 * Clemson HC 10-4 Orange The 1993 Alabama graduate joined
2012 Clemson HC 11-2 Chick-fil-A the Clemson staff prior to the 2003
2013 Clemson HC 11-2 Orange
season. In his 14 years as an assistant
2014 Clemson HC 10-3 Russell Athletic
or head coach, the Tigers have finished
2015 * Clemson HC 14-1 Orange/CFPNCG
2016 ^* Clemson HC 14-1 Fiesta/CFPNCG in the top 25 of the polls 10 times and
* - conference champion; ^ - national champion have totaled 29 wins over top-25 teams,
including victories over Florida State
Years as a full-time college coach:.................................22 (7), Virginia Tech (3), Auburn (2), Mi-
Winning seasons:.........................................................19 ami (Fla.) (2), Ohio State (2), Oklahoma
Bowl seasons:.............................................................18
(2), Alabama (1), Georgia (1), Louisiana
Record as an assistant coach:.................. 106-58-1 (.645)
Record as a head coach:...............................89-28 (.761)
Record at Clemson:.....................................132-53 (.714) NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1981 2016
State (1) and Tennessee (1) during his
tenure in Tigertown.
Swinney coached his wide receiver
position to a level of consistency that
had not been seen previously at Clem-
son. He had a wideout finish first or sec-
ond in the ACC in catches in five of his
six years as an assistant coach. In his
first year, he had three of the top-10 re-
ceivers in the ACC, a first in Tiger history.
He has coached a First or Second-Team
All-ACC wideout (Derrick Hamilton, Ai-
rese Currie, Chansi Stuckey, Aaron Kelly,
Jacoby Ford, Sammy Watkins, DeAndre
Hopkins, Artavis Scott, Mike Williams)
in 13 of his 14 seasons in Tigertown,
also unprecedented at Clemson.
The Alabama native has a reputation
as one of the top recruiters in the nation.
In 2006, he was listed as the No. 5 re-
cruiter in the nation by Rivals. He signed
38 players in his five recruiting seasons
as an assistant coach and was a major
reason Clemsons 2008 recruiting class
was rated No. 2 in the nation by ESPN
when he signed 11 players.
When Swinney accepted the interim
head coaching position at Clemson on
Oct. 13, 2008, he described his feel-
ings as bittersweet, because he was
taking over for Bowden, who had been
his first position coach at Alabama in the
1989 season. He had also brought Swin-
ney back to the coaching profession in
2003 and has had a profound effect on
his life. Both had followed similar paths
as players, as Bowden was a walk-on at
West Virginia and Swinney was a walk-on
at Alabama.
Swinney received a commerce & busi-
ness administration degree from Ala-
bama in 1993 after lettering three times
(1990-92). A walk-on who went on to
earn a scholarship, Swinney was a wide
receiver on Alabamas 1992 national
championship team. He was also named
Academic All-SEC along with being an
SEC Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll member
in 1990 and 1992.
Along with his appearance in the
1993 Sugar Bowl, his Alabama teams
played in the 1990 Sugar Bowl, 1991
Fiesta Bowl and 1991 Blockbuster
Bowl. Both Sugar Bowl appearances
came after winning the SEC title game.
After his playing career, Swin-
ney served as a graduate assistant at
Alabama from 1993-95. In December
1995, he received a masters degree in
business administration from Alabama.
He became a full-time assistant
coach at Alabama in February 1996
under head coach Gene Stallings and
coached a total of five seasons there on a
full-time basis. Swinney was assigned to
coach the Crimson Tides wide receivers
and tight ends in 1996, a season that
saw Alabama win the SEC Western Divi- Tide in the 2000 Orange Bowl after win- vision titles (1992,93,94,96,99) as a
sion title. The following year, he solely ning the SEC Championship Game. player and coach.
coached the tight ends. During his time at Alabama, Swinney Swinney married the former Kathleen
In 1998, he coached Alabamas wide was a part of six teams with double-digit Bassett in 1994. They have three sons,
receivers, a position he held for three wins, five top-10 finishes, one national Will (19), Drew (17) and Clay (14). Will
seasons. At the end of the 1999 cam- title (1992), three SEC championships is a freshman on the 2017 Tiger football
paign, Swinney coached the Crimson (1989,92,99) and five SEC Western Di- team.
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DANNY
PEARMAN
ASSISTANT HEAD COACH
SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR
TIGHT ENDS
10th Season at Clemson
27th Season Overall
Clemson 87
Born Feb. 17, 1965
Has coached in a national championship game with
three different schools, including Clemson in 2015
and 2016. He won his second national title in 2016
after winning one as an assistant at Alabama in 1992.
Coached two-time All-America tight end and two-time
Mackey Award finalist Jordan Leggett, who set school
tight end records for career receptions, yards and
touchdowns.
Coached placekicker Greg Huegel to an All-America
season in 2015.
Coached Bradley Pinion, who averaged 42.6 yards
per punt with 28 punts inside the 20 against only two
touchbacks in 2014. Pinion was picked in the fifth
round of the 2015 NFL draft by the 49ers.
Has coached the Tiger special teams since 2011,
including Chandler Catanzaro, who was a three-time
All-ACC placekicker.
Coached Dwayne Allen in 2011. He won the John
Mackey Award and was a first-team All-American.
Played tight end on Clemsons 1986 and 1987 ACC
title teams, then he served as a graduate assistant on
the Tigers 1988 ACC championship team.
In his second year at Alabama, he directed the offensive
tackles and served as special teams coordinator on its
1992 national title team.
Served on the same Alabama staff with current Clemson
head coach Dabo Swinney from 1993-97.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Lettered three times (1985-87) as a tight end at Clemson
... strength & conditioning All-American (1987).
EDUCATION
Bachelors degree in finance from Clemson in 1987 ...
master of business administration from Clemson in 1989.
PERSONAL DATA
Born Feb. 17, 1965 ... he and his wife, Kristy, have one
daughter, Taylor, and two sons, Tanner and Trent.
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DANNY PEARMAN
ASSISTANT COACHES
TONY
ELLIOTT
CO-OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR
RUNNING BACKS
7th Season at Clemson
12th Season Overall
Clemson 02
Born Nov. 26, 1979
Clemson has a 70-13 record and five top-25 final
rankings in his six years on staff. He has also coached
a 1,000-yard rusher five times. Clemson is 29-2 since
he became co-offensive coordinator.
Co-offensive coordinator of Clemsons 2016 national
championship team.
A big reason Clemson won the 2011, 2015 and 2016
ACC titles.
Named one of the top-25 recruiters in the nation and
a top-10 recruiter in the ACC by Rivals in 2015.
Coached First-Team All-ACC running back Wayne Gall-
man, who broke the Clemson single-season mark with
1,527 rushing yards in 2015.
Has played on and coached Clemson teams that have
been in the final AP top 25. He played on the 2003
team that finished No. 23.
Entered the business world after his playing days
were over at Clemson and worked with Michelin North
America for two years.
Earned an undergraduate degree in industrial engi-
neering in 2002, was a First-Team Academic All-ACC
selection and a CoSIDA Academic District III mem-
ber.
Was a co-captain of Clemsons 2003 team that had
a 9-4 record and a No. 22 final ranking. He was also
a recipient of an ACCs Weaver-James-Corrigan Post-
graduate Scholarship.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Lettered four times (2000-03) as a wide receiver at
Clemson.
EDUCATION
Degree in industrial engineering from Clemson in 2002
with a team-high 3.55 GPA.
PERSONAL DATA
Born Nov. 26, 1979 in Watsonville, Calif. ... he and his
wife, Tamika, have two sons, A.J. and Ace.
RB
TONY ELLIOTT
JEFF
SCOTT
CO-OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR
WIDE RECEIVERS
10th Season at Clemson
11th Season Overall
Clemson 03
Born Dec. 28, 1980
Clemson has been to a bowl game each of his eight
years as a full-time assistant coach.
Clemson is 29-2 since he became co-offensive coor-
dinator, including two national championship game
appearances and the 2016 national title.
Coached All-America wideout Mike Williams in 2016 to
his second 1,000-yard season. He also coached Artavis
Scott, who set the Tiger record with 245 career catches.
Named one of the top-25 recruiters in the nation and
ACC recruiter-of-the-year in 2015 by Rivals.
Named one of the top-10 recruiters in the nation by
ESPN in 2014, one of the top-14 recruiters in the
country by NFL.com in 2014 and one of the top-25
recruiters by Rivals in 2012 and 2014.
Coached First-Team All-ACC and first-team All-America
wideout Sammy Watkins in 2013. He had a school-
record 101 receptions for a school-record 1,464 yards
and 12 touchdowns. He set or tied school career receiv-
ing records for yards (3,391) and touchdowns (27).
In 2012, he coached first-round draft pick DeAndre
Hopkins to a second-team All-America season. Hopkins
had 82 receptions for 1,405 yards and an ACC-record
18 touchdowns, second most in the nation. Hopkins
was a Pro Bowl pick with the Houston Texans in 2015.
A member of three bowl teams as a player at Clemson
from 2000-02. He played in the 2001 Gator Bowl,
2001 Humanitarian Bowl and 2002 Tangerine Bowl.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Lettered three years (2000-02) as a wide receiver and
holder at Clemson.
EDUCATION
Degree in secondary education from Clemson in 2003.
PERSONAL DATA
Born Dec. 28, 1980 in Arcadia, Fla. ... he and his wife,
Sara, have a daughter, Savannah ... son of former Clem-
son assistant coach Brad Scott (1999-10).
WR JEFF SCOTT 27
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BRENT TODD ROBBIE
VENABLES BATES CALDWELL
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR DEFENSIVE LINEMEN OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
LINEBACKERS

6th Season at Clemson 1st Season at Clemson 7th Season at Clemson

22nd Season Overall 6th Season Overall 40th Season Overall
Kansas State 92 Alabama 05 Furman 77
Born Dec. 28, 1970 Born March 12, 1983 Born Jan. 26, 1954

In his 21 years as a full-time assistant coach, his
teams have 21 winning seasons, have been to 21 bowl
games and have won double-digit games 16 times.
Clemson has led the nation in tackles for loss each of
the last four seasons.
Has coached five national title games and won two, in-
cluding 2016 with Clemson. Oklahoma won the 2000
national title.
Won the 2016 Frank Broyles Award as the nations top
assistant coach, becoming the first Tiger coach to win
the award.
His 2016 defense totaled 130 tackles for loss and a
school-record 49 sacks.
A big reason Clemson won ACC titles in 2015 and
2016.
One of five finalists for the 2015 Frank Broyles Award.
Named one of the top-10 recruiters in the ACC in 2015
by Rivals.
National defensive coordinator-of-the-year by Football
Scoop in 2014 and national recruiter-of-the-year by
Rivals in 2015.
Coached current NFL linebackers Stephone Anthony,
Ben Boulware and B.J. Goodson.
Served as co-defensive coordinator (1999-03) at
Oklahoma and defensive coordinator (2004-11) at
Oklahoma.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Played two seasons (1989,90) at Garden City (Kan.)
Community College ... lettered two times as a lineback-
er at Kansas State (1991,92).
EDUCATION
Degree in political science from Kansas State in 1992.
PERSONAL DATA
Born Dec. 18, 1970 ... he and his wife, Julie, have
two sons, Jake and Tyler, and two daughters, Laney and
Addie.
Joined the Tiger staff as defensive line coach in Janu-
ary 2017. He took over defensive line duties after the
retirement of Dan Brooks and Marion Hobbys move to
the Jacksonville Jaguars.
He is the first Clemson coach to mentor all four defen-
sive line positions since Ron West in 2004 and just the
second to do it since 1998.
Helped Jacksonville State to a 33-6 record in three
seasons (2014-16). The Gamecocks reached the FCS
National Championship Game during the 2015 season
and compiled a 23-0 record in Ohio Valley Conference
contests with three championships during his time
there.
Helped the 2016 Jacksonville State team to a 10-2
record and No. 6 final FCS ranking. That team was
fourth in the nation in total defense, allowing just 275
yards per game.
Began his coaching career at Oxford (Ala.) High School
in 2007, then coached at Oxford (Miss.) High School
in 2008.
Served as an assistant coach at Idaho State (2011,12),
then at East Central Community College in Mississippi
in 2013.
Earned four letters at Alabama as a defensive end
from 2001-04 and served as a permanent co-captain
in 2004.
Played defensive end for the Tennessee Titans in 2005
and 2006.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Lettered four seasons as a defensive lineman at Ala-
bama from 2001-04.
EDUCATION
Earned a bachelors degree from Alabama in 2005.
PERSONAL DATA
Born March 12, 1983 ... he and his wife, LaTesa, have
a daughter, Angel, and a son, Josiah.
Has a staff-high 39 years of experience in college
coaching and a staff-high 463 college games as a
coach.
Clemson has a 70-13 record and six top-25 final rank-
ings in his six seasons. He also has three ACC titles,
two national championship game appearances and a
national title (2016).
Coached three First-Team All-ACC selections on the
offensive line in 2016, a first in program history.
Coached five All-ACC selections in 2015, Clemsons
entire starting five on the offensive line. It was the
first time in program history that occurred.
Coached offensive tackle Brandon Thomas, a third-
round draft pick, to his second-straight All-ACC sea-
son in 2013.
In 2012, he coached first-team All-American Dalton
Freeman (C) and Thomas, a First-Team All-ACC pick.
Freeman was a Rimington Trophy finalist for the sec-
ond year in a row.
Served as Vanderbilts head coach in 2010 after eight
years as offensive line coach at the school.
Coached at NC State (1986-99) and North Carolina
(2000,01).
Started his coaching career as a student assistant
at Furman under Art Baker in 1976 and became a
full-time offensive line coach with the Paladins under
Dick Sheridan in 1978.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Lettered three years at Furman, including his senior
season (1975) when he was named team MVP and of-
fensive captain.
EDUCATION
Degree from Furman in 1977.
PERSONAL DATA
Born Jan. 26, 1954 in Pageland, S.C. ... he and his
wife, Nora Lynn, have a daughter, Emsley.

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MICKEY
CONN
SAFETIES
1st Season at Clemson
1st Season Overall
Alabama 95
Born Oct. 9, 1971
Works with Mike Reed in the secondary, as Conn
coaches the safeties.
In his second season at Clemson, as he served as a
senior defensive analyst in 2016, helping the Tigers to
a national title. He became a full-time assistant coach
in January 2017.
Contributed to a defense that tied for first in the nation
in fewest passing yards allowed per attempt (5.6) and
fourth in pass efficiency defense (100.2) in 2016.
Came to Clemson after 16 seasons as head coach at
Grayson (Ga.) High School. The Rams were 137-48
with seven region titles, a state championship (2011)
and a state semifinal playoff appearance in 2015.
Grayson High School finished in the top 25 in the na-
tion four times, including No. 3 in 2011. The program
reached the No. 1 ranking twice during his tenure.
Coached current college and NFL players at Grayson
High School, including two-time All-ACC Tiger running
back Wayne Gallman, current Clemson cornerback Ryan
Carter and former Tiger quarterback Nick Schuessler.
Uncle of Tiger quarterback Chase Brice.
Graduate assistant coach at Alabama in 1996 and
1997. He was on staff when Dabo Swinney was a coach
with the Crimson Tide.
College teammate of Swinney at Alabama, as they were
both on 1992 national championship team under head
coach Gene Stallings. Conn lettered in 1992, 1993 and
1994, and he was on the team in 1990 and 1991.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Lettered at Alabama in 1992, 1993 and 1994.
EDUCATION
Earned a bachelors degree from Alabama in 1995 ...
earned a masters degree from Ball State in 2006.
PERSONAL DATA
Born Oct. 9, 1971. He and his wife, Halie, have two
sons, Brodey and Spencer.
S
MICKEY CONN
ASSISTANT COACHES
MIKE
REED
CORNERBACKS
5th Season at Clemson
13th Season Overall
Boston College 94
Born Aug. 16, 1972
Has coached Clemson to a 49-7 record, two ACC
titles, two national championship game appearances
and a national title (2016).
Coached First-Team All-ACC defensive backs Jadar
Johnson and Cordrea Tankersley in 2016.
His defensive backs were a big reason the 2015 Tigers
were fourth in the nation in third-down conversion
percentage defense.
Coached First-Team All-ACC cornerback Mackensie
Alexander, Second-Team All-ACC safety Jayron Kearse
and Tankersley, a Third-Team All-ACC cornerback, in
2015.
His defensive backs were a big reason the 2014 de-
fense led the nation in total defense (260.8). He also
coached First-Team All-ACC cornerback Garry Peters.
Was the defensive backs coach at NC State for six
seasons (2007-12) and played four bowl games.
Has been an assistant coach at the college level for
12 years and at the NFL level for five seasons. He
coached NC State All-American David Amerson, who
is third in ACC history in career interceptions (18).
As an NFL coach with the Philadelphia Eagles, he
worked with former Clemson All-American and nine-
time Pro Bowl selection Brian Dawkins.
Played two years in the NFL with Carolina.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Played at Boston College from 1991-94 ... All-ECAC se-
lection and a Second-Team All-Big East Conference pick
in 1993 ... one of four co-captains on the 1994 team.
EDUCATION
Degree in communications with a minor in secondary
education from Boston College in 1994.
PERSONAL DATA
Born Aug. 16, 1972 in Wilmington, Del. ... he and his
wife, Kimberly, have two daughters, Michaela Rae and
Milan Skye.
CB MIKE REED
BRANDON
STREETER
RECRUITING COORDINATOR
QUARTERBACKS
4th Season at Clemson
12th Season Overall
Clemson 99
Born Jan. 1, 1977
Coached first-team All-American and two-time Heis-
man Trophy finalist Deshaun Watson from 2014-16.
Watson became the first player in FBS history with
4,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in a
season and was named MVP of Clemsons 2016 na-
tional championship game victory over Alabama.
Watson was Clemsons first recipient of the Davey
OBrien Award and Manning Award in 2015, then won
both awards again in 2016.
As recruiting coordinator, he spearheaded Clemsons
consensus top-10 class in 2016 and 2017.
Helped the 2015 Tigers to 11 straight games with
500 yards of total offense, a school record, and an
appearance in the national championship game.
Came to Clemson as recruiting coordinator and quar-
terbacks coach in December 2014 after serving three
seasons (2012-14) as offensive coordinator and quar-
terbacks coach at Richmond.
Six of the seven teams he worked with as an offensive
coordinator from 2008-14 finished the season in the
top 25 of the FCS poll.
Served as a graduate assistant at Clemson in 2004
and 2005, when Dabo Swinney was an assistant
coach. Streeter worked with quarterback Charlie
Whitehurst during those two seasons.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Played quarterback at Clemson from 1996-99 ... received
the inaugural Brandon Streeter Award in 1999.
EDUCATION
Degree in health science from Clemson in 1999 and a
masters degree in human resource development from
Clemson in 2001.
PERSONAL DATA
Born Jan. 1, 1977 ... he and his wife, Ashleigh, have
three children, Chamberlin Brooke, Foard Michael and
Mason Morgan.
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12-16 Sat 1 p.m. R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl New Orleans, La. Mercedes-Benz Superdome ESPN C-USA vs. SBC
2:30 p.m. AutoNation Cure Bowl Orlando, Fla. Camping World Stadium CBSSN AAC vs. SBC
3:30 p.m. Las Vegas Bowl Las Vegas, Nev. Sam Boyd Stadium ABC MWC vs. Pac-12
4:30 p.m. Gildan New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque, N.M. Dreamstyle Stadium ESPN C-USA vs. MWC
8 p.m. Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Montgomery, Ala. Cramton Bowl ESPN MAC vs. SBC
12-19 Tue 7 p.m. Boca Raton Bowl Boca Raton, Fla. FAU Stadium ESPN AAC vs. C-USA
12-20 Wed 8 p.m. Frisco Bowl Frisco, Texas Toyota Stadium ESPN AAC vs. SBC
12-21 Thu 8 p.m. Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl St. Petersburg, Fla. Tropicana Field ESPN AAC vs. C-USA
12-22 Fri 12:30 p.m. Bahamas Bowl Nassau, Bahamas Thomas Robinson Stadium ESPN C-USA vs. MAC
4 p.m. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise, Idaho Albertsons Stadium ESPN MAC vs. MWC
12-23 Sat Noon Birmingham Bowl Birmingham, Ala. Legion Field ESPN AAC vs. SEC
3:30 p.m. Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Amon G. Carter Stadium ESPN Army vs. Big Ten
7 p.m. Dollar General Bowl Mobile, Ala. Ladd-Peebles Stadium ESPN MAC vs. SBC
12-24 Sun 8:30 p.m. Hawaii Bowl Honolulu, Hawaii Aloha Stadium ESPN AAC vs. MWC
12-26 Tue TBA Cactus Bowl Phoenix, Ariz. Chase Field ESPN Big 12 vs. Pac-12
TBA Quick Lane Bowl Detroit, Mich. Ford Field ESPN ACC or Notre Dame vs. Big Ten
TBA Zaxbys Heart of Dallas Bowl Dallas, Texas Cotton Bowl Stadium ESPN Big Ten vs. C-USA
12-27 Wed 1:30 p.m. Independence Bowl Shreveport, La. Independence Stadium ESPN ACC or Notre Dame vs. SEC
5:15 p.m. New Era Pinstripe Bowl Bronx, N.Y. Yankee Stadium ESPN ACC or Notre Dame vs. Big Ten
8 p.m. Foster Farms Bowl Santa Clara, Calif. Levis Stadium FOX Big Ten vs. Pac-12
9 p.m. Texas Bowl Houston, Texas NRG Stadium ESPN Big 12 vs. SEC
12-28 Thu 1:30 p.m. Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman Annapolis, Md. Navy-Marine Corps Stadium ESPN AAC vs. ACC or Notre Dame
5:15 p.m. Camping World Bowl Orlando, Fla. Camping World Stadium ESPN ACC or Notre Dame vs. Big 12
9 p.m. San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl San Diego, Calif. Qualcomm Stadium FS1 Big Ten vs. Pac-12
9 p.m. Valero Alamo Bowl San Antonio, Texas Alamodome ESPN Big 12 vs. Pac-12
12-29 Fri 1 p.m. Belk Bowl Charlotte, N.C. Bank of America Stadium ESPN ACC or Notre Dame vs. SEC
2 p.m. Hyundai Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas Sun Bowl Stadium CBS ACC or Notre Dame vs. Pac-12
4:30 p.m. Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn. Nissan Stadium ESPN ACC, Big Ten or Notre Dame vs. SEC
5:30 p.m. NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl Tucson, Ariz. Arizona Stadium CBSSN MWC vs. SBC
8:30 p.m. Goodyear Cotton Bowl Arlington, Texas AT&T Stadium ESPN At-Large vs. At-Large (NY6)
12-30 Sat Noon TaxSlayer Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. EverBank Field ESPN ACC, Big Ten or Notre Dame vs. SEC
12:30 p.m. AutoZone Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl ABC Big 12 vs. SEC
4 p.m. PlayStation Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Ariz. University of Phoenix Stadium ESPN At-Large vs. At-Large (NY6)
8 p.m. Capital One Orange Bowl Miami Gardens, Fla. Hard Rock Stadium ESPN ACC vs. Big Ten, SEC or Notre Dame (NY6)
1-1 Mon Noon Outback Bowl Tampa, Fla. Raymond James Stadium ESPN2 Big Ten vs. SEC
12:30 p.m. Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Atlanta, Ga. Mercedes-Benz Stadium ESPN At-Large vs. At-Large (NY6)
1 p.m. Citrus Bowl Orlando, Fla. Camping World Stadium ABC ACC, Big Ten or Notre Dame vs. SEC
5 p.m. Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual Pasadena, Calif. Rose Bowl ESPN Playoff Semifinal Game
8:45 p.m. Allstate Sugar Bowl New Orleans, La. Mercedes-Benz Superdome ESPN Playoff Semifinal Game
1-8 Mon 8 p.m. College Football Playoff National Championship Atlanta, Ga. Mercedes-Benz Stadium ESPN Semifinal Winner vs. Semifinal Winner
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Visit the nearest guest services stand
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a Tiger Tracker wristband and notification
procedures.
CLEAR BAGS
Clemson University, working with law
enforcement officials, has implemented
a clear-bag policy at Memorial Stadium
for the 2017 season. While we encourage
fans to not bring any type of bags, clear
plastic, vinyl and PVC bags that do not
exceed 12 x 6 x 12 are permissible
for ease of entry into the stadium.
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STADIUM INFORMATION
CONCESSION STANDS
Concession stands open two hours prior
to kickoff and remain open through the
end of the fourth quarter. There are 22
concession stands (see diagram on page
43) and over 300 total points of sale.
EMERGENCIES
First-aid stations are located on the south
side (section J), north side (section T),
north top deck (section K) and south top
deck (section E). Trained nurses are on
hand. If a doctor is needed, ask any usher.
For emergencies, call 911.
re-entry.
LOST & FOUND
Report any item to the Clemson University
Police Department.
NOTICE
Solicitation for any purpose is prohibited
at an athletic contest on campus.
PASSOUTS
Passouts are allowed, but fans must go
through the same level of security screen-
ing as upon entering. Fans must acquire
a re-entry voucher upon exit and present
the voucher and a valid game ticket for
corner of the stadium) beginning four
PROHIBITED ITEMS
Alcoholic beverages, artificial noisemak-
ers, backpacks, bags (large) of any kind,
banners, chairbacks with arms and
pockets, coolers, flags, flagpoles, food
and beverages from outside, umbrellas,
video cameras and weapons of any kind
are prohibited.
TOBACCO POLICY
Clemson University is a tobacco-free
campus. Tobacco products are prohibited
on Clemson University property.
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 TIGER VETERANS

73 TREMAYNE ANCHRUM
OT So.
Powder Springs, Ga. 11 SHADELL BELL
TE *So.
Decatur, Ga. 61 KALEB BEVELLE
DE *Sr.
Apopka, Fla. 60 KELBY BEVELLE
OT *Sr.
Apopka, Fla. 7 AUSTIN BRYANT
DE Jr.
Pavo, Ga. 2 KELLY BRYANT
QB Jr.
Calhoun Falls, S.C.

8 DEON CAIN
WR Jr.
Tampa, Fla. 31 RYAN CARTER
CB *Gr.
Grayson, Ga. 59 GAGE CERVENKA
C *So.
Greenwood, S.C. 25 J.C. CHALK
TE *Fr.
Argyle, Texas 18 T.J. CHASE
WR *Fr.
Plant City, Fla. 26 ADAM CHOICE
RB *Jr.
Thomasville, Ga.

6 ZERRICK COOPER
QB *Fr.
Jonesboro, Ga. 89 DREW COSTA
PK *Sr.
Folly Beach, S.C. 32 KYLE COTE
S *So.
Six Mile, S.C. 55 TYRONE CROWDER
OG *Gr.
Marston, N.C. 33 J.D. DAVIS
LB Jr.
Clemson, S.C. 36 JUDAH DAVIS
LB Jr.
Clemson, S.C.

9 BRIAN DAWKINS JR.

CB *Fr.
Parker, Colo. 29 MARCUS EDMOND
CB *Gr.
Hopkins, S.C. 50 JUSTIN FALCINELLI
C *^Gr.
Middletown, Md. 28 TAVIEN FEASTER
RB So.
Spartanburg, S.C.

99 CLELIN FERRELL
DE *So.
Richmond, Va. 2 MARK FIELDS
CB Jr.
Charlotte, N.C. 27 C.J. FULLER
RB *Jr.
Easley, S.C. 77 ZACH GIELLA
OL *So.
Lincolnton, Ga.

DEON CAIN
1981 2016 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS WIDE RECEIVER 49
 TIGER VETERANS

64 PAT GODFREY
C *Gr.
Greenlawn, N.Y. 87 D.J. GREENLEE
TE *Gr.
Clemson, S.C. 39 CHRISTIAN GROOMES
PK Sr.
Central, S.C. 51 TAYLOR HEARN
OG *Jr.
Williston, S.C. 92 GREG HUEGEL
PK *Jr.
Blythewood, S.C. 67 ALBERT HUGGINS
DT Jr.
Orangeburg, S.C.

75 MITCH HYATT
OT Jr.
Suwanee, Ga. 10 TUCKER ISRAEL
QB *So.
Orlando, Fla. 14 DENZEL JOHNSON
S *So.
Columbia, S.C. 93 STERLING JOHNSON
DT *So.
Clayton, N.C. 34 KENDALL JOSEPH
LB *Jr.
Belton, S.C. 22 XAVIER KELLY
DE *Fr.
Wichita, Kan.

57 TRE LAMAR
LB So.
Roswell, Ga. 90 DEXTER LAWRENCE
DT So.
Wake Forest, N.C. 21 RAY-RAY McCLOUD
WR/CB Jr.
Tampa, Fla. 69 MAVERICK MORRIS
OL *Gr.
Broxton, Ga. 1 TRAYVON MULLEN
CB So.
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 19 TANNER MUSE
S *So.
Belmont, N.C.

6 DORIAN ODANIEL
LB *Gr.
Olney, Md. 14 DIONDRE OVERTON
WR So.
Greensboro, N.C. 70 SETH PENNER
OG *So.
Naples, Fla. 58 PATRICK PHIBBS
LS *So.
Pittsburgh, Pa.

44 NYLES PINCKNEY
DT *Fr.
Beaufort, S.C. 76 SEAN POLLARD
OL So.
Jackson Springs, N.C. 17 CORNELL POWELL
WR So.
Greenville, N.C. 78 CHANDLER REEVES
OT *Fr.
McDonough, Ga.

TRE LAMAR
50 LINEBACKER NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1981 2016
 TIGER VETERANS

45 CHRIS REGISTER
DE *Jr.
Greensboro, N.C. 13 HUNTER RENFROW
WR *Jr.
Myrtle Beach, S.C. 80 MILAN RICHARD
TE *Jr.
Savannah, Ga. 50 JABRIL ROBINSON
DT *Jr.
Leland, N.C. 41 CONNOR SEKAS
LB Sr.
Vienna, Va. 11 ISAIAH SIMMONS
S *Fr.
Olathe, Kan.

74 JOHN SIMPSON
OG So.
North Charleston, S.C. 47 JAMES SKALSKI
LB So.
Sharpsburg, Ga. 84 CANNON SMITH
TE *Jr.
Columbia, S.C. 43 CHAD SMITH
LB *So.
Sterling, Va. 5 SHAQ SMITH
LB *Fr.
Baltimore, Md. 23 VAN SMITH
S Jr.
Charlotte, N.C.

41 ALEX SPENCE
PK *Jr.
Florence, S.C. 52 AUSTIN SPENCE
LS *So.
Florence, S.C. 48 WILL SPIERS
P *Fr.
Cameron, S.C. 62 CADE STEWART
OL *Fr.
Six Mile, S.C. 20 JACK SWINNEY
WR *Sr.
Lawrenceville, Ga. 35 TY THOMASON
RB *So.
Greenville, S.C.

1 TREVION THOMPSON
WR *Jr.
Durham, N.C. 38 AMIR TRAPP
CB *So.
Clemson, S.C. 24 NOLAN TURNER
S *Fr.
Vestavia Hills, Ala. 12 KVON WALLACE
DB So.
Richmond, Va.

42 CHRISTIAN WILKINS
DL Jr.
Springfield, Mass. 44 GARRETT WILLIAMS
TE Jr.
Orlando, Fla. 30 JALEN WILLIAMS
LB Jr.
Columbia, S.C. 49 RICHARD YEARGIN
DE *Jr.
Lauderdale Lakes, Fla.

MILAN RICHARD
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 TIGER ROOKIES

65 MATT BOCKHORST
OG Fr.
Cincinnati, Ohio 7 CHASE BRICE
QB Fr.
Grayson, Ga. 68 NOAH DeHOND
OT Fr.
Rochester, N.Y. 9 TRAVIS ETIENNE
RB Fr.
Jennings, La. 35 JUSTIN FOSTER
DE Fr.
Shelby, N.C.

5 TEE HIGGINS
WR Fr.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. 15 HUNTER JOHNSON
QB Fr.
Brownsburg, Ind. 3 AMARI RODGERS
WR Fr.
Knoxville, Tenn. 54 LOGAN RUDOLPH
DE Fr.
Rock Hill, S.C. 10 BAYLON SPECTOR
LB Fr.
Calhoun, Ga.

16 WILL SWINNEY
WR Fr.
Clemson, S.C. 8 A.J. TERRELL
CB Fr.
Atlanta, Ga. 72 BLAKE VINSON
OT Fr.
Ocala, Fla. 59 JORDAN WILLIAMS
DT Fr.
Virginia Beach, Va. 20 LeANTHONY WILLIAMS
CB Fr.
Atlanta, Ga.

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96 MICHAEL BATSON
P *So.
Central, S.C. 82 WILL BROWN
WR Fr.
Boiling Springs, S.C. 47 PETER COTE
S Fr.
Six Mile, S.C. 27 ALEX DALTON
S *Fr.
Anderson, S.C. 94 JACOB EDWARDS
DE Fr.
Vestavia Hills, Ala.

95 JAMES EDWARDS
DE Fr.
Vestavia Hills, Ala. 86 RYAN ENNISS
TE *Fr.
York, S.C. 92 DANIEL FUNDERBURK
DT *Fr.
North Myrtle Beach, S.C. 83 CARTER GROOMES
WR *Fr.
Central, S.C. 48 LANDON HOLDEN
LB *Fr.
Inman, S.C.

88 JAYSON HOPPER
WR *Fr.
Lexington, S.C. 37 AUSTIN JACKSON
S *So.
Cary, N.C. 45 JOSH JACKSON
DB *Fr.
Greenville, S.C. 97 CARSON KING
P *So.
Nashville, Tenn. 52 MATTHEW KING
LB *So.
Inman, S.C. 37 RYAN MAC LAIN
RB *So.
Plymouth, Ind.

71 JACK MADDOX
LS Fr.
Acton, Mass. 46 JARVIS MAGWOOD
LB *Jr.
Greenville, S.C. 32 SYLVESTER MAYERS
RB Fr.
Richmond, Va. 95 ISAAC MOORHOUSE
DT *So.
Anderson, S.C. 40 HALL MORTON
S *Fr.
Birmingham, Ala. 56 LUKE PRICE
LB Fr.
Dillon, S.C.

21 DARIEN RENCHER
RB *Fr.
Anderson, S.C. 31 COLE RENFROW
TE *Fr.
Myrtle Beach, S.C. 97 NICK ROWELL
DE *So.
Spartanburg, S.C. 39 CAMERON SCOTT
DB *Jr
Florence, S.C. 81 KANYON TUTTLE
WR *So.
Charlotte, N.C. 53 REGAN UPSHAW
LB *Fr.
Bradenton, Fla.

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# Player Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Cl. Hometown High School or Junior College 27 Fuller, C.J. RB 5-10 205 *Jr. Easley, S.C. Easley HS
73 Anchrum, Tremayne OT 6-2 290 So. Powder Springs, Ga. McEachern HS 92 Funderburk, Daniel DT 6-3 245 *Fr. North Myrtle Beach, S.C. North Myrtle Beach HS
96 Batson, Michael P 5-9 205 *So. Central, S.C. Christ Church Episcopal School 77 Giella, Zach OL 6-4 295 *So. Lincolnton, Ga. Augusta Christian Schools
11 Bell, Shadell TE 6-1 225 *So. Decatur, Ga. Columbia HS 64 Godfrey, Pat C 6-2 275 *Gr. Greenlawn, N.Y. Harborfields HS
61 Bevelle, Kaleb DE 6-4 265 *Sr. Apopka, Fla. Apopka HS 87 Greenlee, D.J. TE 6-1 245 *Gr. Clemson, S.C. Daniel HS
60 Bevelle, Kelby OT 6-2 270 *Sr. Apopka, Fla. Apopka HS 83 Groomes, Carter WR 5-9 185 *Fr. Central, S.C. Daniel HS
65 Bockhorst, Matt OG 6-3 305 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio St. Xavier HS 39 Groomes, Christian PK 5-11 200 Sr. Central, S.C. Daniel HS
7 Brice, Chase QB 6-2 210 Fr. Grayson, Ga. Grayson HS 51 Hearn, Taylor OG 6-5 330 *Jr. Williston, S.C. Williston-Elko HS
82 Brown, Will WR 5-8 190 Fr. Boiling Springs, S.C. Boiling Springs HS 5 Higgins, Tee WR 6-4 200 Fr. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge HS
7 Bryant, Austin DE 6-5 265 Jr. Pavo, Ga. Thomas County Central HS 48 Holden, Landon LB 6-1 225 *Fr. Inman, S.C. Chapman HS
2 Bryant, Kelly QB 6-4 220 Jr. Calhoun Falls, S.C. Wren HS 88 Hopper, Jayson WR 6-0 215 *Fr. Lexington, S.C. Lexington HS
8 Cain, Deon WR 6-1 190 Jr. Tampa, Fla. Tampa Bay Technical HS 92 Huegel, Greg PK 5-11 195 *Jr. Blythewood, S.C. Blythewood HS
31 Carter, Ryan CB 5-9 180 *Gr. Grayson, Ga. Grayson HS 67 Huggins, Albert DT 6-3 305 Jr. Orangeburg, S.C. Orangeburg-Wilkinson HS
59 Cervenka, Gage C 6-3 320 *So. Greenwood, S.C. Emerald HS 75 Hyatt, Mitch OT 6-5 305 Jr. Suwanee, Ga. North Gwinnett HS
25 Chalk, J.C. TE 6-3 250 *Fr. Argyle, Texas Argyle HS 10 Israel, Tucker QB 5-11 165 *So. Orlando, Fla. Lake Nona HS
18 Chase, T.J. WR 6-1 185 *Fr. Plant City, Fla. Plant City HS 37 Jackson, Austin S 6-2 200 *So. Cary, N.C. Green Hope HS
26 Choice, Adam RB 5-8 210 *Jr. Thomasville, Ga. Thomas County Central HS 45 Jackson, Josh DB 6-1 190 *Fr. Greenville, S.C. Christ Church Episcopal School
6 Cooper, Zerrick QB 6-2 220 *Fr. Jonesboro, Ga. Jonesboro HS 14 Johnson, Denzel S 6-1 200 *So. Columbia, S.C. A.C. Flora HS
89 Costa, Drew PK 5-9 170 *Sr. Folly Beach, S.C. Bishop England HS 15 Johnson, Hunter QB 6-2 210 Fr. Brownsburg, Ind. Brownsburg HS
32 Cote, Kyle S 5-10 185 *So. Six Mile, S.C. Daniel HS 93 Johnson, Sterling DT 6-4 300 *So. Clayton, N.C. Cleveland HS
47 Cote, Peter S 5-11 170 Fr. Six Mile, S.C. Daniel HS 34 Joseph, Kendall LB 6-0 225 *Jr. Belton, S.C. Belton-Honea Path HS
55 Crowder, Tyrone OG 6-2 340 *Gr. Marston, N.C. Richmond Senior HS 22 Kelly, Xavier DE 6-4 265 *Fr. Wichita, Kan. East HS
27 Dalton, Alex S 5-8 200 *Fr. Anderson, S.C. T.L. Hanna HS 97 King, Carson P 6-0 225 *So. Nashville, Tenn. Brentwood Academy
33 Davis, J.D. LB 6-2 225 Jr. Clemson, S.C. Daniel HS 52 King, Matthew LB 6-0 230 *So. Inman, S.C. Boiling Springs HS
36 Davis, Judah LB 6-2 235 Jr. Clemson, S.C. Daniel HS 57 Lamar, Tre LB 6-4 250 So. Roswell, Ga. Roswell HS
9 Dawkins Jr., Brian CB 5-7 165 *Fr. Parker, Colo. Valor Christian HS 90 Lawrence, Dexter DT 6-4 340 So. Wake Forest, N.C. Wake Forest HS
68 DeHond, Noah OT 6-6 310 Fr. Rochester, N.Y. Peddie (N.J.) School 37 Mac Lain, Ryan RB 5-9 175 *So. Plymouth, Ind. Plymouth HS
29 Edmond, Marcus CB 6-0 180 *Gr. Hopkins, S.C. Lower Richland HS 71 Maddox, Jack LS 6-2 210 Fr. Acton, Mass. Acton-Boxborough Regional HS
94 Edwards, Jacob DE 6-2 265 Fr. Vestavia Hills, Ala. Vestavia Hills HS 46 Magwood, Jarvis LB 5-11 215 *Jr. Greenville, S.C. James F. Byrnes HS
95 Edwards, James DE 6-2 260 Fr. Vestavia Hills, Ala. Vestavia Hills HS 32 Mayers, Sylvester RB 5-7 150 Fr. Richmond, Va. Benedictine College Preparatory
86 Enniss, Ryan TE 6-4 245 *Fr. York, S.C. York Comprehensive HS 21 McCloud, Ray-Ray WR/CB 5-10 180 Jr. Tampa, Fla. Sickles HS
9 Etienne, Travis RB 5-10 200 Fr. Jennings, La. Jennings HS 95 Moorhouse, Isaac DT 6-3 270 *So. Anderson, S.C. Anderson Christian School
50 Falcinelli, Justin C 6-4 305 *^Gr. Middletown, Md. Middletown HS 69 Morris, Maverick OL 6-4 300 *Gr. Broxton, Ga. Coffee HS
28 Feaster, Tavien RB 5-11 220 So. Spartanburg, S.C. Spartanburg HS 40 Morton, Hall S 5-8 180 *Fr. Birmingham, Ala. Oak Mountain HS
99 Ferrell, Clelin DE 6-5 260 *So. Richmond, Va. Benedictine College Preparatory 1 Mullen, Trayvon CB 6-2 190 So. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Coconut Creek HS
2 Fields, Mark CB 5-11 180 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. William Amos Hough HS 19 Muse, Tanner S 6-2 225 *So. Belmont, N.C. South Point HS
35 Foster, Justin DE 6-4 255 Fr. Shelby, N.C. Crest HS 6 ODaniel, Dorian LB 6-1 220 *Gr. Olney, Md. Our Lady of Good Counsel HS
14 Overton, Diondre WR 6-5 205 So. Greensboro, N.C. Walter Hines Page HS
70 Penner, Seth OG 6-2 300 *So. Naples, Fla. First Baptist Academy
58 Phibbs, Patrick LS 6-2 215 *So. Pittsburgh, Pa. Central Catholic HS
44 Pinckney, Nyles DT 6-1 300 *Fr. Beaufort, S.C. Whale Branch Early College HS
76 Pollard, Sean OL 6-5 315 So. Jackson Springs, N.C. Pinecrest HS
17 Powell, Cornell WR 6-0 205 So. Greenville, N.C. J.H. Rose HS
56 Price, Luke LB 6-2 225 Fr. Dillon, S.C. Dillon Christian School
78 Reeves, Chandler OT 6-7 285 *Fr. McDonough, Ga. Eagles Landing Christian Academy
45 Register, Chris DE 6-3 255 *Jr. Greensboro, N.C. Dudley HS
21 Rencher, Darien RB 5-8 195 *Fr. Anderson, S.C. T.L. Hanna HS
31 Renfrow, Cole TE 5-11 235 *Fr. Myrtle Beach, S.C. Socastee HS
13 Renfrow, Hunter WR 5-10 180 *Jr. Myrtle Beach, S.C. Socastee HS
80 Richard, Milan TE 6-2 255 *Jr. Savannah, Ga. Calvary Day School
50 Robinson, Jabril DT 6-2 270 *Jr. Leland, N.C. North Brunswick HS
3 Rodgers, Amari WR 5-9 210 Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. Knoxville Catholic HS
97 Rowell, Nick DE 6-3 250 *So. Spartanburg, S.C. James F. Byrnes HS
54 Rudolph, Logan DE 6-2 230 Fr. Rock Hill, S.C. Northwestern HS
39 Scott, Cameron DB 5-11 205 *Jr. Florence, S.C. Wilson HS
41 Sekas, Connor LB 6-1 225 Sr. Vienna, Va. James Madison HS
11 Simmons, Isaiah S 6-3 225 *Fr. Olathe, Kan. Olathe North HS
74 Simpson, John OG 6-4 320 So. North Charleston, S.C. Fort Dorchester HS
47 Skalski, James LB 6-0 240 So. Sharpsburg, Ga. Northgate HS
84 Smith, Cannon TE 6-4 270 *Jr. Columbia, S.C. Hammond School
43 Smith, Chad LB 6-4 235 *So. Sterling, Va. Dominion HS
5 Smith, Shaq LB 6-2 245 *Fr. Baltimore, Md. IMG (Fla.) Academy
23 Smith, Van S 5-11 185 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. William Amos Hough HS
10 Spector, Baylon LB 6-2 220 Fr. Calhoun, Ga. Calhoun HS
41 Spence, Alex PK 6-2 200 *Jr. Florence, S.C. West Florence HS
52 Spence, Austin LS 6-1 200 *So. Florence, S.C. West Florence HS
48 Spiers, Will P 6-4 225 *Fr. Cameron, S.C. Calhoun Academy
62 Stewart, Cade OL 6-2 300 *Fr. Six Mile, S.C. Daniel HS
20 Swinney, Jack WR 5-9 160 *Sr. Lawrenceville, Ga. Brookwood HS
16 Swinney, Will WR 5-9 185 Fr. Clemson, S.C. Daniel HS
8 Terrell, A.J. CB 6-1 190 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. Westlake HS
35 Thomason, Ty RB 5-10 225 *So. Greenville, S.C. Eastside HS
1 Thompson, Trevion WR 6-2 200 *Jr. Durham, N.C. Hillside HS
38 Trapp, Amir CB 5-8 170 *So. Clemson, S.C. Daniel HS
24 Turner, Nolan S 6-1 200 *Fr. Vestavia Hills, Ala. Vestavia Hills HS
81 Tuttle, Kanyon WR 5-11 170 *So. Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte Latin School
53 Upshaw, Regan LB 5-10 225 *Fr. Bradenton, Fla.
72 Vinson, Blake OT 6-4 290 Fr. Ocala, Fla. North Marion HS
12 Wallace, KVon DB 6-0 195 So. Richmond, Va. Highland Springs HS
42 Wilkins, Christian DL 6-4 300 Jr. Springfield, Mass. Suffield (Conn.) Academy
44 Williams, Garrett TE 6-4 245 Jr. Orlando, Fla. The First Academy
30 Williams, Jalen LB 5-10 210 Jr. Columbia, S.C. Blythewood HS
59 Williams, Jordan DT 6-4 280 Fr. Virginia Beach, Va. Frank W. Cox HS
20 Williams, LeAnthony CB 6-0 175 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. Westlake HS
49 Yeargin, Richard DE 6-4 260 *Jr. Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. University School of Nova Southeastern University
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# Player Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Cl. Hometown High School or Junior College
19 Allen, Dominique QB 6-1 220 Sr. Richmond Hill, Ga. Richmond Hill HS
68 Allen, Ken DL 6-1 295 Jr. Elberton, Ga. Elbert County HS
17 Bailey, Logan WR 6-0 200 Fr. Chapin, S.C. Chapin HS
59 Baker, Adam LB 6-1 213 Fr. Mount Solon, Va. Fort Defiance HS
43 Barr, Jalen DB 6-0 185 Fr. Lake City, S.C. Lake City HS
25 Barrett, Phil DB 6-0 170 Fr. Columbia, S.C. Irmo HS
8 Battle, Israel LB 6-2 220 Sr. Cedartown, Ga. Cedartown HS
42 Berry, Brandon BB 5-11 230 Fr. Crawfordville, Fla. Wakulla HS
10 Black, Jordan QB 6-1 200 So. Vidalia, Ga. Vidalia HS
57 Blaylock, Aaron LS 6-0 205 So. Melboure, Fla. Melbourne Central Catholic HS
92 Brawley, Aaron DL/LB 6-2 215 Fr. Loganville, Ga. Grayson HS
31 Brooks, Malik BB 6-0 205 Fr. Saluda, S.C. Saluda HS
9 Buffalo, Khafari DB 6-2 190 So. Sumter, S.C. Lakewood HS
75 Carter, Bradley DL 6-2 210 So. Blythewood, S.C. Westwood HS
23 Carter, Tyus DB 6-1 180 Sr. Birmingham, Ala. Shades Valley HS
62 Cole, Jonathan OL 6-1 290 Fr. Fuquay-Varina, N.C. Fuquay-Varina HS
70 Conley, Charley OL 5-11 273 Fr. Parkersburg, W.Va. Parkersburg HS
46 Cunningham Jr., Carl DB 6-1 180 Jr. Cibolo, Texas Byron P. Steele II HS
32 Davis, Phil LB 6-1 215 So. Marietta, Ga. Hillgrove HS
53 Davis, Tyler OL/LS 6-1 279 Jr. Murrells Inlet, S.C. Waccamaw HS
38 Dawkins, Noah LB 6-1 215 Jr. Lyman, S.C. James F. Byrnes HS
29 Drakeford, Grant AB 5-10 175 Jr. Atlanta, Ga. Riverwood HS
27 Dumas, Sean DB 5-11 180 Fr. New Orleans, La. Archbishop Shaw HS
64 Easler, Harry OL 6-2 285 So. Kingstree, S.C. Williamsburg Academy
50 Eubanks III, Willie LB 6-2 215 Fr. Augusta, Ga. Lucy C. Laney HS
45 Faulkner, Sean-Thomas DB 5-11 180 Fr. Easley, S.C. Easley HS
65 Feinberg, Colton LB 5-11 202 Fr. Mount Pleasant, S.C. Wando HS
70 Flanders, Collin LB/LS 6-1 205 Fr. Aiken, S.C. Aiken HS
48 Floyd, Cody LB 5-9 210 Sr. Georgetown, S.C. Georgetown HS
69 Ford, Max OL 6-1 270 Sr. Sheldon, S.C. Whale Branch HS
56 Gallman, Attorney OL 6-1 255 So. Hiram, Ga. Hiram HS
89 Glick, Branden PK 5-11 170 Fr. Taylors, S.C. Wade Hampton HS
86 Godek, Jacob PK/P 6-0 170 So. Longwood, Fla. Lake Brantley HS
54 Haas, Haden OL 6-3 290 Fr. Cuero, Texas Cuero HS
77 Harkleroad, Tristan OL 6-2 286 Jr. Savannah, Ga. Benedictine Military School
57 Harrison, Blake OL 6-2 270 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. St. Pius X Catholic HS
67 Howard-Whitaker, Prince OL 6-3 250 Fr. Columbia, S.C. Spring Valley HS

GRANT DRAKEFORD A-BACK

55 Hubbs, Russell LB 6-1 220 Jr. Rock Hill, S.C. Northwestern HS

18 Jackson, Cam AB 6-2 205 Sr. Mobile, Ala. Davidson HS
2 Johnson, Rod AB 5-11 198 So. Ninety Six, S.C. Ninety Six HS
85 Keefe, Patrick LS 5-11 190 Jr. Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Choctawhatchee HS
88 Kennedy, Peter WR 6-1 190 So. Detroit, Mich. Detroit Catholic Central HS
97 King, Jonathan DL 6-1 270 Sr. Statesville, N.C. South Iredell HS
13 Lampkin, Jalen AB 5-10 187 Jr. Augusta, Ga. Westside HS
80 LeBlanc, Josh WR 6-3 200 So. Houston, Texas Westfield HS
52 Lewis, Jon Barrett OL 6-2 295 Fr. Lenoir, N.C. Hibriten HS
12 McCarthy, Ryan QB 6-3 200 Fr. Cumming, Ga. Pinecrest Academy
63 McEntyre, Drew OL 6-3 265 So. Calhoun, Ga. Calhoun HS
21 Nixon, Curt WR 6-0 180 So. Folkston, Ga. Charlton County HS
1 Phillips, Shy DB 6-0 165 Sr. Hartsville, S.C. Hartsville HS
5 Pierce, Myles LB 6-0 225 Sr. Daphne, Ala. Daphne HS
81 Profit, Dijon WR 6-1 190 Fr. Goose Creek, S.C. Goose Creek HS
16 Rainey, Brandon BB 6-0 205 Fr. Acworth, Ga. Allatoona HS
98 Randolph II, Joseph DL 6-3 270 So. Jefferson, Ga. Jefferson HS
73 Rentz, Mike OL 6-2 235 Jr. Beaufort, S.C. Beaufort HS
11 Roberts, Ben DB 5-9 175 Sr. Statesboro, Ga. Statesboro HS
93 Russell, Gage P 5-11 160 Fr. Florence, S.C. West Florence HS
47 Samuels, Jeremy LB 6-0 230 Fr. Winter Garden, Fla. West Orange HS
26 Sessions, Keyonte AB 5-8 190 Fr. Myrtle Beach, S.C. Myrtle Beach HS
24 Spann III, Aron DB 6-2 205 Jr. Spartanburg, S.C. Dorman HS
28 Steverson, Chance DB 6-1 180 Fr. Houston, Texas Cypress Creek HS
94 Stokes, A.J. DL 6-4 260 Fr. Athens, Ga. Monsignor Donovan Catholic HS
36 Taylor, Matthew AB 5-11 190 Fr. Johns Creek, Ga. Johns Creek HS
44 Thomas, Jordan BB 6-1 215 So. Fairburn, Ga. Our Lady of Mercy Catholic HS
37 Ward, Lorenzo BB 5-10 210 So. Columbia, S.C. Dreher HS
33 Washington, Quinlan LB 6-0 205 Jr. Gainesville, Fla. Buchholz HS
60 Wawrzynski, Adam DL 6-0 210 So. New Castle, Pa. Neshannock HS
61 Weakland, Mark OL 6-2 260 Fr. State College, Pa. State College HS
22 Webb, Raleigh WR 6-2 205 Fr. Acworth, Ga. Allatoona HS
91 White, TreVon DL 6-5 225 Jr. Pelham, Ga. Pelham HS
90 Whiteside II, John Wesley DL 6-1 325 Fr. Dalton, Ga. Dalton HS
96 Williams, JaLon DL 6-2 280 So. Columbia, S.C. Spring Valley HS
40 Williams, Jordan WR 6-2 202 So. Columbia, S.C. Spring Valley HS
7 Williams, Kailik DB 5-11 185 Sr. Ormond Beach, Fla. Mainland HS

BEN ROBERTS
3 Wilmore, Wally DB 5-11 175 Fr. York, S.C. Northwestern HS

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 COLLEGE PROFILE

THE CITADEL
The Citadel is a landmark in Charles-
ton and South Carolina that is noted for
its educational reputation as well as its
rich history. Founded in 1842, The Cita-
del has an undergraduate student body
of about 2,500 students who make up
the South Carolina Corps of Cadets. An-
other 1,000 students attend The Citadel
Graduate College, a civilian evening and
online program that offers graduate and
professional degrees as well as under-
graduate programs.
The Citadel is best known nationally
for its Corps of Cadets, which draws stu-
dents from about 45 states and 12 coun-
tries. The men and women in the Corps
live and study under a classical military
system that makes leadership and char-
acter development an essential part of
the educational experience.

COLLEGE FACTS
Location Charleston, S.C.
Enrollment 3,506
Home of the Bulldogs

JOHNSON HAGOOD
President Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa Jr.
Athletic Director Jim Senter
Nickname Bulldogs
Colors Citadel Blue & White
Conference Southern Conference
Home Field Johnson Hagood Stadium (21,000)
First Year of Football 1892

Stadium
Series Record Clemson leads 31-5-1
LT. GEN. JOHN W. ROSA JR. Athletic Website CitadelSports.com
President

COACHING STAFF
HEAD COACH
Head Coach Brent Thompson (Norwich 98)
Record at The Citadel (Seasons) 17-7 (2nd)
Career Record (Seasons) 17-7 (2nd)

ASSISTANT COACHES
Coach Position(s) Alma Mater
Lou Conte OC, QB, BB Springfield 04
Blake Harrell DC, LB Western Carolina 02
J.P. Gunter STC, AB Lenoir-Rhyne 07
JIM SENTER Ron Boyd OL West Virginia Wesleyan 92
Athletic Director
Charles Hopkins OT Georgia Southern 06
Orlando Mitjans Jr. CB Northeastern 82
Brian Rucker WR Western Carolina 04
Joel Taylor DPGC, S SC State 04
John Ward DL Springfield 10
Scott Yielding RC, OLB The Citadel 93

BRENT THOMPSON
Head Coach

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 BULLDOG LEADERS

19 DOMINIQUE ALLEN
QB Sr.
Richmond Hill, Ga. 68 KEN ALLEN
DL Jr.
Elberton, Ga. 10 JORDAN BLACK
QB So.
Vidalia, Ga. 23 TYUS CARTER
DB Sr.
Birmingham, Ala. 62 JONATHAN COLE
OL Fr.
Fuquay-Varina, N.C. 53 TYLER DAVIS
OL/LS Jr.
Murrells Inlet, S.C.

38 NOAH DAWKINS
LB Jr.
Lyman, S.C. 67 PRINCE HOWARD-WHITAKER
OL Fr.
Columbia, S.C. 18 CAM JACKSON
AB Sr.
Mobile, Ala. 2 ROD JOHNSON
AB So.
Ninety Six, S.C.

97 JONATHAN KING
DL Sr.
Statesville, N.C. 80 JOSH LeBLANC
WR So.
Houston, Texas 52 JON BARRETT LEWIS
OL Fr.
Lenoir, N.C. 63 DREW McENTYRE
OL So.
Calhoun, Ga.

MYLES PIERCE
1 SHY PHILLIPS
DB Sr.
Hartsville, S.C. 5 MYLES PIERCE
LB Sr.
Daphne, Ala.
LINEBACKER
16 BRANDON RAINEY
BB Fr.
Acworth, Ga. 11 BEN ROBERTS
DB Sr.
Statesboro, Ga.

24 ARON SPANN III

DB Jr.
Spartanburg, S.C. 94 A.J. STOKES
DL Fr.
Athens, Ga. 33 QUINLAN WASHINGTON
LB Jr.
Gainesville, Fla. 22 RALEIGH WEBB
WR Fr.
Acworth, Ga. 96 JaLON WILLIAMS
DL So.
Columbia, S.C. 7 KAILIK WILLIAMS
DB Sr.
Ormond Beach, Fla.

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1 Trayvon Mullen CB 6-2 190 So. 21 Ray-Ray McCloud WR/CB 5-10 180 Jr. 43 Chad Smith LB 6-4 235 *So. 68 Noah DeHond OT 6-6 310 Fr.
1 Trevion Thompson WR 6-2 200 *Jr. 21 Darien Rencher RB 5-8 195 *Fr. 44 Nyles Pinckney DT 6-1 300 *Fr. 69 Maverick Morris OL 6-4 300 *Gr.
2 Kelly Bryant QB 6-4 220 Jr. 22 Xavier Kelly DE 6-4 265 *Fr. 44 Garrett Williams TE 6-4 245 Jr. 70 Seth Penner OG 6-2 300 *So.
2 Mark Fields CB 5-11 180 Jr. 23 Van Smith S 5-11 185 Jr. 45 Chris Register DE 6-3 255 *Jr. 71 Jack Maddox LS 6-2 210 Fr.
3 Amari Rodgers WR 5-9 210 Fr. 24 Nolan Turner S 6-1 200 *Fr. 45 Josh Jackson DB 6-1 190 *Fr. 72 Blake Vinson OT 6-4 290 Fr.
5 Shaq Smith LB 6-2 245 *Fr. 25 J.C. Chalk TE 6-3 250 *Fr. 46 Jarvis Magwood LB 5-11 215 *Jr. 73 Tremayne Anchrum OT 6-2 290 So.
5 Tee Higgins WR 6-4 200 Fr. 26 Adam Choice RB 5-8 210 *Jr. 47 James Skalski LB 6-0 240 So. 74 John Simpson OG 6-4 320 So.
6 Dorian ODaniel LB 6-1 220 *Gr. 27 C.J. Fuller RB 5-10 205 *Jr. 47 Peter Cote S 5-11 170 Fr. 75 Mitch Hyatt OT 6-5 305 Jr.
6 Zerrick Cooper QB 6-2 220 *Fr. 27 Alex Dalton S 5-8 200 *Fr. 48 Will Spiers P 6-4 225 *Fr. 76 Sean Pollard OL 6-5 315 So.
7 Austin Bryant DE 6-5 265 Jr. 28 Tavien Feaster RB 5-11 220 So. 48 Landon Holden LB 6-1 225 *Fr. 77 Zach Giella OL 6-4 295 *So.
7 Chase Brice QB 6-2 210 Fr. 29 Marcus Edmond CB 6-0 180 *Gr. 49 Richard Yeargin DE 6-4 260 *Jr. 78 Chandler Reeves OT 6-7 285 *Fr.
8 Deon Cain WR 6-1 190 Jr. 30 Jalen Williams LB 5-10 210 Jr. 50 Jabril Robinson DT 6-2 270 *Jr. 80 Milan Richard TE 6-2 255 *Jr.
8 A.J. Terrell CB 6-1 190 Fr. 31 Ryan Carter CB 5-9 180 *Gr. 50 Justin Falcinelli C 6-4 305 *^Gr. 81 Kanyon Tuttle WR 5-11 170 *So.
9 Travis Etienne RB 5-10 200 Fr. 31 Cole Renfrow TE 5-11 235 *Fr. 51 Taylor Hearn OG 6-5 330 *Jr. 82 Will Brown WR 5-8 190 Fr.
9 Brian Dawkins Jr. CB 5-7 165 *Fr. 32 Kyle Cote S 5-10 185 *So. 52 Austin Spence LS 6-1 200 *So. 83 Carter Groomes WR 5-9 185 *Fr.
10 Tucker Israel QB 5-11 165 *So. 32 Sylvester Mayers RB 5-7 150 Fr. 52 Matthew King LB 6-0 230 *So. 84 Cannon Smith TE 6-4 270 *Jr.
10 Baylon Spector LB 6-2 220 Fr. 33 J.D. Davis LB 6-2 225 Jr. 53 Regan Upshaw LB 5-10 225 *Fr. 86 Ryan Enniss TE 6-4 245 *Fr.
11 Isaiah Simmons S 6-3 225 *Fr. 34 Kendall Joseph LB 6-0 225 *Jr. 54 Logan Rudolph DE 6-2 230 Fr. 87 D.J. Greenlee TE 6-1 245 *Gr.
11 Shadell Bell TE 6-1 225 *So. 35 Justin Foster DE 6-4 255 Fr. 55 Tyrone Crowder OG 6-2 340 *Gr. 88 Jayson Hopper WR 6-0 215 *Fr.
12 KVon Wallace DB 6-0 195 So. 35 Ty Thomason RB 5-10 225 *So. 56 Luke Price LB 6-2 225 Fr. 89 Drew Costa PK 5-9 170 *Sr.
13 Hunter Renfrow WR 5-10 180 *Jr. 36 Judah Davis LB 6-2 235 Jr. 57 Tre Lamar LB 6-4 250 So. 90 Dexter Lawrence DT 6-4 340 So.
14 Diondre Overton WR 6-5 205 So. 37 Austin Jackson S 6-2 200 *So. 58 Patrick Phibbs LS 6-2 215 *So. 92 Greg Huegel PK 5-11 195 *Jr.
14 Denzel Johnson S 6-1 200 *So. 37 Ryan Mac Lain RB 5-9 175 *So. 59 Gage Cervenka C 6-3 320 *So. 92 Daniel Funderburk DT 6-3 245 *Fr.
15 Hunter Johnson QB 6-2 210 Fr. 38 Amir Trapp CB 5-8 170 *So. 59 Jordan Williams DT 6-4 280 Fr. 93 Sterling Johnson DT 6-4 300 *So.
16 Will Swinney WR 5-9 185 Fr. 39 Cameron Scott CB 5-11 205 *Jr. 60 Kelby Bevelle OT 6-2 270 *Sr. 94 Jacob Edwards DE 6-2 265 Fr.
17 Cornell Powell WR 6-0 205 So. 39 Christian Groomes PK 5-11 200 Sr. 61 Kaleb Bevelle DE 6-4 265 *Sr. 95 Isaac Moorhouse DT 6-3 270 *So.
18 T.J. Chase WR 6-1 185 *Fr. 40 Hall Morton S 5-8 180 *Fr. 62 Cade Stewart OL 6-2 300 *Fr. 95 James Edwards DE 6-2 260 Fr.
19 Tanner Muse S 6-2 225 *So. 41 Connor Sekas LB 6-1 225 Sr. 64 Pat Godfrey C 6-2 275 *Gr. 96 Michael Batson P 5-9 205 *So.
20 Jack Swinney WR 5-9 160 *Sr. 41 Alex Spence PK 6-2 200 *Jr. 65 Matt Bockhorst OG 6-3 305 Fr. 97 Carson King P 6-0 225 *So.
20 LeAnthony Williams CB 6-0 175 Fr. 42 Christian Wilkins DL 6-4 300 Jr. 67 Albert Huggins DT 6-3 305 Jr. 97 Nick Rowell P 6-0 225 *So.
99 Clelin Ferrell DE 6-5 260 *So.

WHEN CLEMSON HAS THE BALL WHEN THE CITADEL HAS THE BALL
CLEMSON OFFENSE THE CITADEL DEFENSE THE CITADEL OFFENSE CLEMSON DEFENSE
Pos. # Player Hgt. Wgt. Cl. Pos. # Player Hgt. Wgt. Cl. Pos. # Player Hgt. Wgt. Cl. Pos. # Player Hgt. Wgt. Cl.
LT 75 Mitch Hyatt 6-5 305 Jr. DE 96 JaLon Williams 6-2 280 So. LT 67 Prince Howard-Whitaker 6-3 250 Fr. DE 99 Clelin Ferrell 6-5 260 *So.
LG 51 Tayor Hearn 6-5 330 *Jr. NG 68 Ken Allen 6-1 295 Jr. LG 52 Jon Barrett Lewis 6-2 295 Fr. DT 90 Dexter Lawrence 6-4 340 So.
C 50 Justin Falcinelli 6-4 305 *^Gr. DT 97 Jonathan King 6-1 270 Sr. C 53 Tyler Davis 6-1 279 Jr. DT 42 Christian Wilkins 6-4 300 Jr.
RG 55 Tyrone Crowder 6-2 340 *Gr. KAT 91 TreVon White 6-5 225 Jr. RG 62 Jonathan Cole 6-1 290 Fr. DE 7 Austin Bryant 6-5 265 Jr.
RT 76 Sean Pollard 6-5 315 So. LB 5 Myles Pierce 6-0 225 Sr. RT 63 Drew McEntyre 6-3 265 So. SLB 6 Dorian ODaniel 6-1 220 *Gr.
TE 80 Milan Richard 6-2 255 *Jr. LB 38 Noah Dawkins 6-1 215 Jr. WR-X 22 Raleigh Webb 6-2 205 Fr. MLB 57 Tre Lamar 6-4 250 So.
WR 8 Deon Cain 6-1 190 Jr. BAN 33 Quinlan Washington 6-0 205 Jr. QB 19 Dominique Allen 6-1 220 Sr. WLB 34 Kendall Joseph 6-0 225 *Jr.
QB 2 Kelly Bryant 6-4 220 Jr. CB 23 Tyus Carter 6-1 180 Sr. AB 18 Cam Jackson 6-2 205 Sr. CB 31 Ryan Carter 5-9 180 *Gr.
RB 28 Tavien Feaster 5-11 220 So. ROV 24 Aron Spann III 6-2 205 Jr. BB 16 Brandon Rainey 6-0 205 Fr. SS 19 Tanner Muse 6-2 225 *So.
WR 13 Hunter Renfrow 5-10 180 *Jr. FS 7 Kailik Williams 5-11 185 Sr. AB 2 Rod Johnson 5-11 198 So. FS 23 Van Smith 5-11 185 Jr.
WR 21 Ray-Ray McCloud 5-10 180 Jr. CB 11 Ben Roberts 5-9 175 Sr. WR-Z 80 Josh LeBlanc 6-3 200 So. CB 1 Trayvon Mullen 6-2 190 So.
PK 41 Alex Spence 6-2 200 *Jr. P 93 Gage Russell 5-11 160 Fr. PK 86 Jacob Godek 6-0 170 So. P 48 Will Spiers 6-4 225 *Fr.

THE CITADEL NUMERICAL ROSTER OFFICIALS

1 Shy Phillips DB 6-0 165 Sr. 40 Jordan Williams WR 6-2 202 So. 77 Tristan Harkleroad OL 6-2 286 Jr. Referee Stuart Mullins
2 Rod Johnson AB 5-11 198 So. 42 Brandon Berry BB 5-11 230 Fr. 80 Josh LeBlanc WR 6-3 200 So. Center Judge James Cole
3 Wally Wilmore DB 5-11 175 Fr. 43 Jalen Barr DB 6-0 185 Fr. 81 Dijon Profit WR 6-1 190 Fr. Umpire Johnnie Forte
5 Myles Pierce LB 6-0 225 Sr. 44 Jordan Thomas BB 6-1 215 So. 85 Patrick Keefe LS 5-11 190 Jr. Head Linesman Arthur Hardin
7 Kailik Williams DB 5-11 185 Sr. 45 Sean-Thomas Faulkner DB 5-11 180 Fr. 86 Jacob Godek PK/P 6-0 170 So. Line Judge Richard Misner
8 Israel Battle LB 6-2 220 Sr. 46 Carl Cunningham Jr. DB 6-1 180 Jr. 88 Peter Kennedy WR 6-1 190 So. Side Judge Angelo Bartis
9 Khafari Buffalo DB 6-2 190 So. 47 Jeremy Samuels LB 6-0 230 Fr. 89 Branden Glick PK 5-11 170 Fr. Field Judge Tom Potts
10 Jordan Black QB 6-1 200 So. 48 Cody Floyd LB 5-9 210 Sr. 90 John Wesley Whiteside II DL 6-1 325 Fr. Back Judge Scot Maslin
11 Ben Roberts DB 5-9 175 Sr. 50 Willie Eubanks III LB 6-2 215 Fr. 91 TreVon White DL 6-5 225 Jr. TV Liaison Rick Walton
12 Ryan McCarthy QB 6-3 200 Fr. 52 Jon Barrett Lewis OL 6-2 295 Fr. 92 Aaron Brawley DL/LB 6-2 215 Fr. Replay Official Bruce Palmer
13 Jalen Lampkin AB 5-10 187 Jr. 53 Tyler Davis OL/LS 6-1 279 Jr. 93 Gage Russell P 5-11 160 Fr. Communicator Thomas Considine
16 Brandon Rainey BB 6-0 205 Fr. 54 Haden Haas OL 6-3 290 Fr. 94 A.J. Stokes DL 6-4 260 Fr.
17 Logan Bailey WR 6-0 200 Fr. 55 Russell Hubbs LB 6-1 220 Jr. 96 JaLon Williams DL 6-2 280 So.
18 Cam Jackson AB 6-2 205 Sr. 56 Attorney Gallman OL 6-1 255 So. 97 Jonathan King DL 6-1 270 Sr.
19 Dominique Allen QB 6-1 220 Sr. 57 Aaron Blaylock LS 6-0 205 So. 98 Joseph Randolph II DL 6-3 270 So.
21 Curt Nixon WR 6-0 180 So. 57 Blake Harrison OL 6-2 270 Fr.
22 Raleigh Webb WR 6-2 205 Fr. 59 Adam Baker LB 6-1 213 Fr.
23 Tyus Carter DB 6-1 180 Sr. 60 Adam Wawrzynski DL 6-0 210 So.
24 Aron Spann III DB 6-2 205 Jr. 61 Mark Weakland OL 6-2 260 Fr.
25 Phil Barrett DB 6-0 170 Fr. 62 Jonathan Cole OL 6-1 290 Fr.
26 Keyonte Sessions AB 5-8 190 Fr. 63 Drew McEntyre OL 6-3 265 So.
27 Sean Dumas DB 5-11 180 Fr. 64 Harry Easler OL 6-2 285 So.
28 Chance Steverson DB 6-1 180 Fr. 65 Colton Feinberg LB 5-11 202 Fr.
29 Grant Drakeford AB 5-10 175 Jr. 67 Prince Howard-Whitaker OL 6-3 250 Fr.
31 Malik Brooks BB 6-0 205 Fr. 68 Ken Allen DL 6-1 295 Jr.
32 Phil Davis LB 6-1 215 So. 69 Max Ford OL 6-1 270 Sr.
33 Quinlan Washington LB 6-0 205 Jr. 70 Charley Conley OL 5-11 273 Fr.
36 Matthew Taylor AB 5-11 190 Fr. 70 Collin Flanders LB/LS 6-1 205 Fr.
37 Lorenzo Ward BB 5-10 210 So. 73 Mike Rentz OL 6-2 235 Jr.
38 Noah Dawkins LB 6-1 215 Jr. 75 Bradley Carter DL 6-2 210 So.

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Opponent W-L Score Opponent W-L Score Opponent W-L Score Opponent W-L Score Opponent W-L Score Opponent W-L Score
at Clemson L 3-56 Georgia Southern W 41-7 Purdue W 35-28 at Northern Illinois W 23-20 West Virginia W 31-24 Presbyterian College W 51-7
Howard W 38-31 at Clemson L 6-14 * at North Carolina W 47-35 * Wake Forest L 10-34 Delaware W 27-0 * at Boston College W 34-10
at Marshall L 0-21 Mercer W 24-10 * Clemson L 21-47 Notre Dame L 20-49 at East Carolina W 64-17 Utah State W 46-10
at Louisville L 3-42 * at Missouri W 51-14 Kent State W 42-3 * at Clemson L 7-34 Old Dominion W 38-0 at Appalachian State W 20-19
* Buffalo L 13-27 * Mississippi State W 49-10 Murray State W 55-10 Central Michigan W 28-8 * Clemson L 17-31 * Florida State L 19-26
* at Northern Illinois L 3-24 * Mississippi W 44-23 * at NC State L 25-39 * Virginia Tech L 10-23 * at Boston College W 23-10 * at Clemson L 14-28
* Miami (Ohio) W 17-14 * at Louisiana State L 23-27 * Boston College L 42-45 * at Louisville W 45-42 * North Carolina W 59-7 * at Georgia Tech L 24-38
* at Ohio L 3-48 * at Arkansas W 52-20 * at Florida State W 31-28 * at Virginia W 41-10 * Duke W 24-3 * Louisville W 42-32
* Bowling Green L 16-44 * at Texas A&M W 42-27 * at Wake Forest L 32-42 * Florida State W 35-3 * at Miami (Fla.) L 10-28 at Notre Dame L 37-48
* at Western Michigan L 20-48 * Georgia W 40-17 * Virginia W 38-21 * NC State L 14-17 * at Georgia Tech L 22-28 * at Syracuse W 64-43

Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time
11-14 * Central Michigan 7 p.m. 11-18 Louisiana-Monroe 4 p.m. 11-18 * Syracuse 3:30 p.m. 11-18 Connecticut 7 p.m. 11-18 * Pittsburgh 12:20 p.m. 11-18 * NC State 7:30 p.m.
11-21 * at Akron 7 p.m. 11-25 * Alabama 11-25 at Kentucky 11-25 * at Syracuse 11-24 * at Virginia 11-25 * Duke

SYRACUSE (4-6) GEORGIA TECH (5-4) NC STATE (7-3) FLORIDA STATE (3-6) THE CITADEL (5-5) SOUTH CAROLINA (7-3)
Opponent W-L Score Opponent W-L Score Opponent W-L Score Opponent W-L Score Opponent W-L Score Opponent W-L Score
Central Connecticut W 50-7 Tennessee L(2OT) 41-42 South Carolina L 28-35 Alabama L 7-24 Newberry W 31-14 NC State W 35-28
Middle Tennessee L 23-30 Jacksonville State W 37-10 Marshall W 37-20 * NC State L 21-27 Presbyterian College W 48-7 * at Missouri W 31-13
Central Michigan W 41-17 * Pittsburgh W 35-17 Furman W 49-16 * at Wake Forest W 26-19 * at East Tennessee State W 31-25 * Kentucky L 13-23
at Louisiana State L 26-35 * North Carolina W 33-7 * at Florida State W 27-21 * Miami (Fla.) L 20-24 * at Samford L 14-35 Louisiana Tech W 17-16
* at NC State L 25-33 * at Miami (Fla.) L 24-25 * Syracuse W 33-25 * at Duke W 17-10 * Mercer L 14-24 * at Texas A&M L 17-24
* Pittsburgh W 27-24 * Wake Forest W 38-24 * Louisville W 39-25 * Louisville L 28-31 * Wofford L 16-20 * Arkansas W 48-22
* Clemson W 27-24 * at Clemson L 10-24 * at Pittsburgh W 35-17 * at Boston College L 3-35 * at Chattanooga W 20-14 * at Tennessee W 15-9
* at Miami (Fla.) L 19-27 * at Virginia L 36-40 at Notre Dame L 14-35 * Syracuse W 27-24 * Virginia Military W 21-3 * Vanderbilt W 34-27
* at Florida State L 24-27 * Virginia Tech W 28-22 * Clemson L 31-38 * at Clemson L 14-31 * Western Carolina L 19-31 * at Georgia L 10-24
* Wake Forest L 43-64 * at Boston College W 17-14 * at Furman L 20-56 * Florida W 28-20
Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time
Date Opponent Time 11-18 * at Duke 3:30 p.m. Date Opponent Time 11-18 Delaware State Noon Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time
11-18 * at Louisville 3:30 p.m. 11-25 Georgia 11-18 * at Wake Forest 7:30 p.m. 11-25 at Florida 11-18 at Clemson 12:20 p.m. 11-18 Wofford 4 p.m.
11-25 * Boston College 11-25 * North Carolina 12-2 Louisiana-Monroe Noon 11-25 Clemson

* - conference regular-season game; Note: All times are EST; home games in bold.
There are moments,
and then there are
Clemson
moments.
Ones that make you hold your breath.
Cheer until you lose your voice.
And love every second of this wild ride.

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 Year Player Pos.

FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS
1939 Banks McFadden B
1940 Joe Blalock E
1941 Joe Blalock E
1945 Ralph Jenkins C
1948 Bobby Gage B
1950 Jackie Calvert S
1959 Lou Cordileone OL
1966 Wayne Mass OL
1967 Harry Olszewski OG
1970 Dave Thompson OG
1974 Bennie Cunningham TE
1975 Bennie Cunningham TE
1977 Joe Bostic OG
1978 Joe Bostic OG
Jerry Butler WR
1979 Jim Stuckey DT
1981 Jeff Davis LB
Terry Kinard FS
Perry Tuttle WR
1982 * Terry Kinard FS
1983 William Perry MG
1984 William Perry MG
1986 Terrence Flagler RB
John Phillips OG
1987 Michael Dean Perry DT
David Treadwell PK
Donnell Woolford CB
1988 Donnell Woolford CB
1989 Stacy Long OT
1990 Stacy Long OT
1991 Rob Bodine MG
Jeb Flesch OG
Levon Kirkland LB
Ed McDaniel LB
1993 Stacy Seegars OG
1996 Anthony Simmons LB
1997 Anthony Simmons LB
1998 Antwan Edwards CB
1999 Keith Adams LB
2000 Keith Adams LB
Rod Gardner WR
2004 Leroy Hill LB
2005 Tye Hill CB
2006 * Gaines Adams DE
2007 Barry Richardson OT
2009 DeAndre McDaniel S
* C.J. Spiller RB
2010 * DaQuan Bowers DE
2011 Dwayne Allen TE
Sammy Watkins WR
2012 Tajh Boyd QB
Dalton Freeman C
Sammy Watkins WR
2013 Vic Beasley DE
Sammy Watkins WR
2014 Vic Beasley DE
2015 Jayron Kearse S
Shaq Lawson DE
Deshaun Watson QB
2016 Cordrea Tankersley CB
Carlos Watkins DT
Christian Wilkins DL
Mike Williams WR
* - unanimous first-team All-American

MIKE WILLIAMS
2016 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICAN

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1939 Banks McFadden B 4 Dodgers
1949 Bobby Gage RB 6 Steelers
1960 Lou Cordileone L 12 Giants
1976 Bennie Cunningham TE 28 Steelers
1979 Jerry Butler WR 5 Bills
Steve Fuller QB 23 Chiefs
1980 Jim Stuckey DT 20 49ers
1982 Jeff Bryant DT 6 Seahawks
Perry Tuttle WR 19 Bills
1983 Terry Kinard FS 10 Giants
1985 William Perry MG 22 Bears
1987 Terrence Flagler TB 25 49ers
1989 Donnell Woolford CB 11 Bears
1992 Chester McGlockton DT 16 Raiders
1993 Wayne Simmons OLB 15 Packers
1997 Trevor Pryce DE 28 Broncos
1998 Anthony Simmons ILB 15 Seahawks
1999 Antwan Edwards CB 25 Packers
2001 Rod Gardner WR 15 Redskins
2006 Tye Hill CB 15 Rams
2007 Gaines Adams DE 4 Buccaneers
2010 C.J. Spiller RB 9 Bills
2013 DeAndre Hopkins WR 27 Texans
2014 Sammy Watkins WR 4 Bills
2015 Vic Beasley DE 8 Falcons
Stephone Anthony LB 31 Saints
2016 Shaq Lawson DE 19 Bills
2017 Mike Williams WR 7 Chargers
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Dan Benish DT 1987 Redskins
Jeff Bostic C 1982,87,91 Redskins
Dwight Clark WR 1981,84 49ers
Bennie Cunningham TE 1978,79 Steelers
Ty Davis CB 1986 Giants
Nick Eason DT 2008 Steelers
Terrence Flagler RB 1988,89 49ers
Steve Fuller QB 1985 Bears
Chris Gardocki P 2005 Steelers
Andy Headen LB 1986 Giants
Tony Horne WR 1999 Rams
Terry Kinard FS 1986 Giants
Bill Mathis RB 1968 Jets
Byron Maxwell CB 2013 Seahawks
Dexter McCleon CB 1999 Rams
John McMakin TE 1974 Steelers
William Perry MG 1985 Bears
Trevor Pryce DT 1997,98 Broncos
Archie Reese DT 1981 49ers
Wayne Simmons LB 1996 Packers
Jim Stuckey DT 1981,84 49ers
James Trapp DB 2000 Ravens
Anthony Waters LB 2009 Saints
Charlie Waters S 1971,77 Cowboys
Note: Years reflect regular seasons.

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1952 Ray Mathews HB Steelers
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1961 Bill Hudson DT Chargers
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1963 Bill Mathis RB Jets
1976 Charlie Waters S Cowboys
1977 Charlie Waters S Cowboys
1978 Charlie Waters S Cowboys
1980 Jerry Butler WR Bills
1981 Dwight Clark WR 49ers
1982 Dwight Clark WR 49ers
1983 Jeff Bostic C Redskins
1985 Dale Hatcher P Rams
Kevin Mack RB Browns
1987 Kevin Mack RB Browns
1988 Terry Kinard S Giants
Johnny Rembert LB Patriots
1989 Michael Dean Perry DT Browns
Johnny Rembert LB Patriots
David Treadwell PK Broncos
1990 Michael Dean Perry DT Browns
1991 Michael Dean Perry DT Browns
1993 Michael Dean Perry DT Browns
Donnell Woolford CB Bears
1994 Chester McGlockton DT Raiders
Michael Dean Perry DT Browns
1995 Chester McGlockton DT Raiders
1996 Terry Allen TB Redskins
Chris Gardocki P Colts
Levon Kirkland LB Steelers
Chester McGlockton DT Raiders
Michael Dean Perry DT Broncos
1997 Levon Kirkland LB Steelers
Chester McGlockton DT Raiders
1998 Ed McDaniel LB Vikings
1999 Brian Dawkins S Eagles
Trevor Pryce DT Broncos
2000 Trevor Pryce DT Broncos
2001 Brian Dawkins S Eagles
Trevor Pryce DT Broncos
2002 Brian Dawkins S Eagles
Trevor Pryce DT Broncos
2004 Brian Dawkins S Eagles
2005 Brian Dawkins S Eagles
2006 Brian Dawkins S Eagles
Justin Miller KR Jets
2008 Brian Dawkins S Eagles
2009 Brian Dawkins S Broncos
2011 Brian Dawkins S Broncos
2012 C.J. Spiller RB Bills
2015 DeAndre Hopkins WR Texans
2016 Vic Beasley DE/LB Falcons
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ALLEN N. REEVES FOOTBALL COMPLEX, CLEMSONS STATE-OF-THE-ART PLAYER FACILITY, HOUSES
ALL OPERATIONS FOR TIGER FOOTBALL AND IS LIKE NO OTHER FACILITY IN THE COUNTRY.
T
he talk of college football prior to
the 2017 season from a facility
standpoint was Clemsons Allen
N. Reeves Football Complex.
The $55 million facility that is
142,000 square feet has all the bells
and whistles, but is also among the
DABO SWINNEY WITH VIVIAN REEVES, WHO, ALONG WITH HUSBAND, ALLEN, WERE
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most functional of its kind nationally.
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of this building, said Turnipseed. I
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you win the national title, you receive
trophies from each organization that
proclaims a champion.
The first trophy is the gold trophy
from the College Football Playoff, the
one the players and Swinney held during
the postgame celebration after defeating
top-ranked Alabama on Jan. 9, 2017 in
Tampa, Fla.
The other two (1981, 2016) that sit
behind the gold trophy are the Waterford
Crystal football from the USA Today
poll, which officially named Clemson
national champion the day after the
Tigers defeated Alabama. There is an AP
national championship trophy that is on
the second floor.
The lobby also includes a replica
of Howards Rock and the Hill from
Memorial Stadium. At the top of the
Hill, there is a button you can push
and listen to Brent Musburger and Kirk
Herbstreit describe college footballs
greatest entrance. It is audio taken from
the opening of the Clemson vs. Georgia
game in 2013.
Off the lobby to the right is the area
for P.A.W. Journey. That is where Jeff
Davis and Allison Waymyers are located.
It provides a study area, but also
houses meeting rooms for community
service activities and meeting places
for prospective employers who are
considering hiring Clemson football
players after their careers end. Team
advisor Reggie Pleasants office is on the
second floor of this area.
A corridor outside the P.A.W. Journey
area takes you to the dining area.
This area is spacious and includes a
biometric scanner that helps develop
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1981 2016

each players food intake based on their
current weight.
Adjacent to the dining area are the
outside and inside players village.
The outside area includes a nine-hole
miniature golf course, a covered full-
court basketball facility with glass
backboards and a state-of-the-art
surface, an artificial-surface wiffle ball
diamond, sand volleyball facility, a
horseshoe pit, wading pool with a Tiger
Paw monument, outdoor kitchen and
lounge area with a 20-foot video screen.
Overall, the outdoor village is 1.5
acres and cost over $1.5 million to
build.
Back inside the player facility and
through glass doors is the indoor area
that is complete with a two-lane bowling
alley, Pop-A-Shot, video game area,
multiple ping-pong and pool tables and a
table shuffleboard. Adjacent to the ping-
pong tables is a golf simulator where you
can play Augusta National, St. Andrews
and Pebble Beach along with many other
great golf courses from around the world.
Down the corridor from the golf
simulator is a barber shop and shoeshine
area. Next to the barber shop is the nap
room, a concept that has gotten plenty of
attention.
The weight room is 23,000 square
feet. It looks to be the length of a
football field, and the entire team can
work out in it at one time.
After practice, especially during hot
weather, players step into a cold tub
(47 degrees) to help in post-practice
recovery. Through last season, large
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making the process much more efficient.
The training room is also state-of-
the-art with a lap pool and four therapy
pools. It is a spacious facility that makes
director of sports medicine Danny Poole
smile every day.
The second floor features the offices
for each coach. Swinneys office is
in the corner and fittingly overlooks
the practice fields at one side and the
outdoor basketball court on the other.
The second floor is the home of
Clemson footballs video department.
It is a facility that rivals a facility you
would see on a tour at ESPN. A green-
screen room is the home of interviews
and photos that you see on social media.
The room also has a direct fiber-optic
line to ESPN in Bristol, Conn.
The second floor has a meeting room
for each position and the team meeting
room that has seats for 180 (up from
158 for the team meeting room at
Memorial Stadium).
The second floor also features a
movie theater with 20 lounge chairs. On
any night, players can bring their favorite
movie and view on the big screen.
And finally, there is the slide!
This idea came straight from coach
Swinney, admitted Turnipseed. He
saw it at the Google headquarters in
the 2013 comedy, The Internship. He
loved it.
The slide is located near the back of
the building and is the quickest means
of transportation from the second floor
to the door that leads immediately to the
practice fields.
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INDOOR FOOTBALL FACILITY

W
hen fans envision an indoor
practice facility like the
one that was completed for
the Tiger football team in
2013, certain stereotypes
come to mind. Common perceptions
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idea that a facility that is solely for game
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It houses an 80,000 square foot
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building.
The indoor facility, which includes
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The facility was dedicated in the fall
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STADIUM
FROM THE MOST EXCITING 25 SECONDS IN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL, TO 85,000 SCREAMING TIGER FANS,
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lemsons Memorial Stadium
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1950s, opposing players from
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players in the 1990s, the ambiance of this
special setting is what college football
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The storied edifice added to its legend
when the first meeting of father-and-son
head coaches (Bowden Bowl I) took place
before a record crowd of 86,092 fans
in 1999. Clemson has finished in the
top 20 in the country in average home
attendance 35 straight seasons. A crowd
has exceeded 80,000 fans 75 times since
the 1983 season. In 2016, Clemson was
14th in the nation in average home at-
tendance.
The legend was further enhanced in
2014 and 2015 when the Tigers had
perfect 7-0 home records, while Clemson
was 39-3 at Memorial Stadium from
2011-16. Defending national champions
are 0-3 all-time at Memorial Stadium.
Clemson had a 21-game winning streak
at home from 2013 to 2016, setting a
record for the facility.
The facilitys mystique is derived from
its many traditions, which date to its
opening in 1942, the legendary games
and players and Clemsons corresponding
rate of success. The Tigers have won 288
games in 75 years and have won over 73
percent of the contests (288-102-7).
The stadium has definitely been good to
the Tigers, but it was constructed against
the advice of at least one coach. Before
head coach Jess Neely left for Rice after
the 1939 season, he gave Clemson a
message.
Dont ever let them talk you into
building a big stadium, he said. Put
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about 10,000 seats behind the YMCA.
Thats all youll ever need.
Instead of following Neelys advice,
Clemson officials decided to build the new
stadium in a valley on the western part of
campus. The place took some clearing, as
there were many trees, but luckily there
were no hedges.
The crews went to work, clearing, cut-
ting, pouring and forming. On Sept. 19,
1942, Memorial Stadium opened with
Clemson defeating Presbyterian College
32-13. Those 20,000 seats installed for
the opener would soon grow.
When the original part of the stadium
was built in the early 1940s, much of
the work was done by scholarship ath-
letes, including football players. The first
staking out of the stadium was done by
two members of the football team, A.N.
Cameron and Hugh Webb. Webb returned
to Clemson years later to be an architecture
professor and Cameron went on to become
a civil engineer in Louisiana.
The construction of Memorial Stadium
did not proceed without problems. One
afternoon during the clearing of the land,
a young player proudly announced that he
was not allergic to poison oak. He then
proceeded to attack the poison oak with
a swing blade, throwing the plants to and
fro. The next day, the boy was swollen
twice his size and was hospitalized.
There are many other stories about the
stadium, including one that Frank Howard
put a chew of tobacco in each corner as
the concrete was poured.
Howard said that the seeding of the
grass caused a few problems. three more weeks pay for however long it in the middle of the field and ate up that
About 40 people and I laid sod on the took to finish. I also told them we would whole 50 gallons.
field, he said. After three weeks on July have 50 gallons of ice cream when we got Howard said that on the day of the first
15, we had only gotten halfway through. through. game in the stadium, the gates were hung
I told them that it had taken us three After that, it took them three days to at 1 p.m., and we played at 2 p.m. But
weeks to get that far and I would give them do the rest of the field. Then we sat down that would be all of the construction for
DEATH VALLEY

awhile. Then in 1958, 18,000 sideline

seats were added, and in 1960, 5,658
THROUGH THE YEARS, MEMORIAL STADIUM HAS BECOME KNOWN AS DEATH
west endzone seats were added in response
VALLEY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT WAS TAGGED BY PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
CLEMSON

to increasing attendance. With the large

east endzone (Green Grass section), this
expansion increased capacity to 53,000.
HEAD COACH LONNIE McMILLIAN DURING THE LATE 1940s. AFTER BRINGING
Later, upper decks were added to each HIS TEAMS TO CLEMSON FOR MANY YEARS AND GETTING WHIPPED, HE SAID
side of Memorial Stadium as crowds
swelled, the first in 1978 and the second THE PLACE WAS LIKE DEATH VALLEY. A FEW YEARS LATER, THE NAME STUCK.
in 1983. It increased capacity to over
80,000, which makes it one of the larg-
est on-campus stadiums in the country.
In 2006, the WestZone was added, an
area that contains locker rooms, offices,
a student-athlete enrichment center and
luxury club level that holds over 1,000
seats.
The effect that inflation has had can
be dramatically seen in the differences in
stadium construction. The original part
of Memorial Stadium was built at a cost
of only $125,000, or $6.25 per seat.
Memorial Stadiums newest upper deck
was finished in 1983 at a cost of $13.5
million, or $866 per seat.
Through the years, Memorial Stadium
has become known as Death Valley
across the country. It was tagged by
Presbyterian College head coach Lonnie
McMillian during the late 1940s. After
bringing his teams to Clemson for many
years and getting whipped, he said the
place was like Death Valley. A few years
later, the name stuck.
In 1974, the playing surface was named
Frank Howard Field for the legendary coach
because of his long service and dedication
to Clemson University.
Luckily, it wasnt built behind the
YMCA.

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THE HILL

A CLEMSON TRADITION SINCE 1942, THE TIGERS HAVE RUN DOWN THE
HILL HUNDREDS OF TIMES IN FRONT OF RAUCOUS DEATH VALLEY CROWDS.

W
hat has been described come in the gate underneath where the Paw flag, no Tiger Rag played...just the Either in 1964 or 1965, Sam Jones,
as the most exciting 25 scoreboard now stands and jog down the team making its entrance and lining up a member of the class of 1919, made a
seconds in college football Hill for its warmup exercises. There was to do the side-straddle hop. That is the trip to California. He stopped at a spot
from a color and pageantry no fanfare, no cannon shot fired, no Tiger way things went for the next 25 years. in Death Valley, Calif., and picked up a
standpoint actually started
out as a matter-of-fact entrance, mainly
because of necessity.
The first 20,000 seats in Memorial
Stadium were built and ready for use
before the 1942 season, less than a year
after Pearl Harbor was bombed and the
U.S., was drawn into World War II.
The shortest entry into Memorial Sta-
dium was a short walk down Williamson
Road from Fike Fieldhouses dressing
rooms to a gate at the top of the Hill,
located behind the east endzone. There
were no dressing facilities inside the west
endzone of Memorial Stadium...there was
only a giant clock, where the hands turned,
and a scoreboard that was operated by
hand.

HOWARDS ROCK
The team would dress in Fike Field-
house, walk down Williamson Road,

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white flint rock. He presented the rock to
head coach Frank Howard as being from
Death Valley, California to Death Valley,
South Carolina.
THE MOST EXCITING 25 SECONDS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL
secretary of IPTAY, to take this rock
and throw it over the fence or out in the
ditch...do something with it, but get it out
of my office!
Willimon did not think that was the
way a rock should be treated. After all, it
had been brought over 1,900 miles by a
very sincere Tiger fan.
By the mid 1960s, Memorial Stadium
was living up to its moniker (Death Val-
ley) because of the number of Tiger wins
that had been recorded there. Actually,
the name was first used by Lonnie McMil-
lian, head coach at Presbyterian College
during the 1940s.
McMillian and the other Blue Hose
MUSBURGER
coaches before him opened each season
BRENT
by playing at Clemson. Seldom scoring
(24 shutouts in 39 games) and with only
three wins and four ties, his teams were
getting killed by the Tigers regularly.
In 1948, McMillian made the remark
The rock laid on the floor in Howards to the press that he was taking his team to
office in Fike Fieldhouse for years. One play Clemson in Death Valley. An occa-
day, he was cleaning up his office and sional reference to Memorial Stadium by
told Gene Willimon, who was executive that name could be heard for the next four
years, but when Howard started calling it
Death Valley in the 1950s, the name
took off like wildfire. Clemson celebrated
its 75th year in the Valley in 2016.
But getting back to Howards Rock.
It was mounted on a pedestal at the
top of the Hill on the east side of the
stadium. It was unveiled Sept. 24, 1966,
when Clemson played Virginia. The Tigers
trailed by 18 points with 17 minutes left
and came back to win 40-35 on a 75-
yard pass from Jimmy Addison to Jacky
Jackson in the fourth quarter. That was
quite a debut for Howards Rock.
The team members started rubbing
Howards Rock prior to running down
the Hill on Sept. 23, 1967, a day when
Clemson defeated Wake Forest 23-6.
Prior to running down the Hill, Howard
told his players, If youre going to give
110 percent, you can rub that Rock. If
youre not, keep your filthy hands off it!
Howard told of the incident the follow-
ing day on his television show, and the
story became legend.
When Hootie Ingram succeeded How-
ard as head coach in 1970, he made the
logical decision that the team would make
its final entrance out of the new dressing
room in the west endzone.
In all home games in 1970 and 1971
and the first four games of 1972 when
the Tigers did not run down the Hill, their
combined record was 6-9.
The seniors, led by Ben Anderson,
decided they wanted to come down the
Hill prior to the South Carolina contest,
the finale of the 1972 season. The result,
in a cold, freezing rain, was a 7-6 victory
when Jimmy Williamson knocked down
a two-point conversion attempt, which
preserved the narrow win.
Clemson has made the entrance before
every home game since 1942, except for
the years mentioned and the first game
of 1973 (388 times entering 2017).
After final warmups, the team gath-
ers back in its dressing room under
the west endzone stands for its final
pregame instructions. Approximately
10 minutes prior to kickoff, the team
boards three buses, rides around behind
the north stands to the east endzone and
disembarks to the top of the Hill behind
Howards Rock.
At the appointed time, the cannon
booms, and led by a giant Tiger Paw flag
carried by cheerleaders and Rally Cats,
the band forms two lines for the team to
run between and strikes up Tiger Rag.
The frenzy starts in all sincerity and usu-
ally lasts three hours.
It is a tradition that has inspired Clem-
son players for many years. Yahoo! Sports
agrees, as it rated it the best entrance in
the nation in 2014.
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JOEY BATSON & HIS STAFF IN THE NEW ALLEN N. REEVES FOOTBALL COMPLEX STRENGTH
TRAINING FACILITY HAVE PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN THE TIGERS 70 WINS THE PAST SIX SEASONS.

A
s part of the new Allen N.
Reeves Football Complex
that opened on Feb. 1,
2017, the Tiger program
opened one of the top
strength training facilities in the
nation. The 23,000 square foot
football facility has all the latest in
modern strength training that helps
the Tigers prepare year-round.
The new facility includes 20 in-
lay platforms, 30 pieces of cardio
equipment, a full line of fatbells,
kettlebells and dumbbells, eight
different training zones and a nutri-
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STRENGTH & CONDITIONING STAFF
LEFT TO RIGHT -
PAUL HARRINGTON,
ADAM SMOTHERMAN,
LARRY GREENLEE,
JOEY BATSON,
PAUL HOGAN,
DREW McDUFFIE.

JOEY
BATSON
DIRECTOR OF
FOOTBALL STRENGTH &
CONDITIONING

21st Season at Clemson

32nd Season Overall
Newberry 85
Born June 22, 1961

Joey Batson is in his 32nd year as a strength & con-

ditioning coach at the college level and 21st year as the
director of football strength & conditioning at Clemson.
He has served as a head strength & conditioning coach
28 of his 32 years of service.
Batson was named master strength & conditioning
coach by the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coach-
es Association (CSCCA) in 2009. He was also named to
the CSCCA board of directors in May 2016.
He has had a strong impact on the program since he
became director in 1997. He has had much to do with
the success of the football program, helping the Tigers
to 19 bowl games, 11 top-25 finishes, top-15 finishes
each of the last five years and the 2016 national title.
Not only does Batson bring professional experience
to the position at Clemson, he brings experience as a
football player at the college level. The Travelers Rest,
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fore transferring to Newberry, where he was a two-year
letterman and co-captain as a senior.
Batson earned his bachelors degree in physical edu-
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in education from Clemson in 1988.
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Michael is a sophomore punter on the 2017 Clemson
football team.
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South Carolina and to be recognized as a nationally
prominent program, through consistently high levels of
performance and accomplishment in athletic competi-
tions.
The athletic department strives to develop student-
athletes academically and athletically with the total
Employ relatives, guard- Notify Clemson coach- commitment of aiding their efforts to graduate from
ians or friends of a pros- ing staff members about Clemson University and advance to careers that will
Collect autographs and pect as an inducement for noteworthy prospects in enable them to be productive members of society.
photos with our team (no the prospects enrollment the area. The athletic department will act in an ethical and
payment or gifts involved). honest manner, dedicated to compliance with all
and athletics participation
federal, state, NCAA, conference and university rules
at Clemson. and regulations.

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 ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF

JACOB ADDISON JON ALLEN JAMES ALLISON GRACE AMMONS DAN ARBLASTER RICK BAGBY ROBERTA BALLIET
Trades Specialist, Assistant Athletic Director, Director of Aviation Assistant to the Womens Pilot & Maintenance Manager Assistant Athletic Director, Administrative Coordinator,
Athletic Grounds Event Management Operations & Chief Pilot Basketball Head Coach Video & Technology Olympic Sports

JARROD BARNES K.C. BELL IDA BENSON MIKE BEWLEY SAM BLACKMAN TIM BOURRET DR. LARRY BOWMAN
Assistant Director of Assistant Supervisor Human Resource Partner Director of Basketball Senior Associate Director of Assistant Athletic Director, Team Orthopedic Surgeon
Student-Athlete Development of Athletic Grounds Strength & Conditioning Athletic Communications Director of Football Communications

DONNA BULLOCK JEFF CAREY ELLIOTT CHARLES MATT COBB STEVE COLEMAN NIK CONKLIN WESLEY CRIBB
Assistant Athletic Trainer Associate Director of Associate Athletic Director, Director of Data Analytics Coordinator of Assistant Director of Associate Director of
Educational Services Compliance Services Information Technology New & Creative Media Ticket Operations & Systems

CASEY CRISP BRAD CROWE KAITLYN CUNNINGHAM CAITLIN DAVIS SUNNY RUSSELL DUELAND STEVE DUZAN DANNY EARNHARDT
Associate Director of Assistant Athletic Trainer Assistant Strength & Coordinator of Director of Associate Athletic Director, Equipment Personnel
Educational Services Conditioning Coach Olympic Sports Nutrition Student-Athlete Development Student-Athlete Services

MIKE ECHOLS STEPHANIE ELLISON LUKE FIESER RICK FRANZBLAU JOE GALBRAITH JONATHAN GANTT SHELLY GEER
Supervisor of Senior Associate Athletic Director, Associate Director of Director of Olympic Sports Associate Athletic Director, Director of New Administrative Coordinator,
Athletic Grounds Administration, Senior Woman Administrator Football Academic Services Strength & Conditioning Athletic Communications & Creative Media Athletic Academic Services

ERIC GEORGE MATT GLENN OWEN GODFREY AMANDA GRAY JEFF HALEY KESHANA HAM BRAD HENDERSON
Assistant Athletic Director, Technical Director Assistant Athletic Director, Assistant Athletic Director, Senior Assistant Supervisor Administrative Coordinator, Associate Director of
Business Operations of Video Services Director of Ticket Operations & Sales Compliance Services of Athletic Facilities Olympic Sports Educational Services

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 ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF

BRIAN HENNESSY MARIA HERBST NATALIE G. HONNEN BEN HOUSTON TRAVIS JOHNSTON JEFF KALLIN YIANNA KAPPAS
Senior Associate Director of Director of Associate Athletic Director, Student- Assistant Director of Assistant Athletic Trainer Associate Director of Associate Director of
Athletic Communications Educational Services Athlete Services & Performance Event Management & Championships Athletic Communications Athletic Academic Services

JAY KAUFMAN LIBBY KEHN KEVIN KENNEDY BRETT KEY MELISSA KING RYAN KING APRIL KLEINFELDT
Trades Specialist Associate Director of Assistant Director of Graphics Director Business Operations Assistant Ticket Administrative Assistant,
Athletic Communications Athletic Academic Services of Video Services Coordinator Operations Manager Mens & Womens Tennis

SARAH-JO LAWRENCE JASON LAZAR SHARON LITTLEJOHN MATT LOMBARDI DR. MILT LOWDER YASHICA MARTIN TIM MATCH
Associate Director of Director of Business Manager Director of Football Sports Psychologist Associate Director of Associate Athletic Director,
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HANNON MAYLEE SPENCER McANALLY JANET MERRIFIELD TINA MIDDLETON STEPHANIE MOCK MIKE MONEY LESLIE MORELAND-BISHOP
Assistant Tutor Coordinator Director of Marketing Accounts Payable Specialist Assistant Ticket Assistant Director of Olympic Assistant Athletic Director, Director of Athletic
& Learning Specialist & Fan Experience Operations Manager Sports Strength & Conditioning Marketing & Game Management Academic Advising

DON MUNSON GRAHAM NEFF ROBBIE PHILLIPS ROZ PITTS TORI POLSINELLO GINTY PORTER BUD POUGH
Director of Broadcasting Deputy Director of Athletics Supervisor of Associate Director of Spirit Squad Coordinator, Associate Director of Compliance Coordinator
Athletic Facilities Educational Services Head Cheerleading Coach Athletic Academic Advising

JESSICA PRENCIPE JEROME RAZAYESKI DR. LEN REEVES LINDSEY RICKETTS CHRIS ROBERTS KATIE ROVTAR SUSAN RUARK
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 ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF

JAYSON SANTOS JOE SIMON LYNN SPARKS MEGAN STEPHENS ALORA SULLIVAN KURT SUTTON MATTHEW THOMSON
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Compliance Services Facilities Management Director of Athletics Operations Manager Broadcast Engineering Coordinator

GARY WADE MALLORY WARRICK SHARON WEAVER JORDAN WHITEHEAD JASON WILLIAMS MIKE WILSON BRAD WOODY
Assistant Athletic Director, Business Operations Athletic Insurance Trades Specialist Pilot & Hangar Manager Director of Equipment, Assistant Athletic Director,
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Associate Athletic Director,
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HEAD COACHES

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 IPTAY STAFF
SUPPORTING
THE SUCCESS
OF CLEMSONS
STUDENT-ATHLETES
IN THE CLASSROOM
DAVIS BABB
Chief Executive Officer
& ON THE FIELD
SINCE 1934.
S
ince 1934, IPTAY has been a leader
in intercollegiate athletics fundrais-
ing, and our brand has been built by
grassroots efforts and representa-
tives spread throughout the South-
east who work in their communities to build
T H E I P T A Y F A M I L Y
support.
We have had many people contribute
their time and resources and who have been
tremendously supportive of the university.
That has manifested itself in large season-
ticket bases, incredible passion and a large
number of people involved. Over the past
year, we have grown the brand even further
by expanding the scope of what IPTAY does.
In the last 20 years, college athletics has
JEAN ARMITAGE TRAVIS BLANKS JANICE CANTINIERI GAY COPELAND BOBBY COUCH BRANDON COX
seen significant growth in facilities. The pro- Administrative Assistant Director Director of Administrative Director of Assistant Director
Coordinator of Block C Club Donor Relations Coordinator Major Gifts of Parking
cess of recruiting student-athletes is critical
to the success of Clemson athletics. As we
recruit against top high school prospects
with schools from around the country, we
need to be prepared to offer them the best
possible student-athlete experience.
Because of generous IPTAY donors, the
One IPTAY enterprise was able to raise a
record total of $60.14 million in 2016-17.
These dollars contributed by our 17,181
members directly impact the lives of our
nearly 500 student-athletes in our 18-sport LINDA DAVIS AARON DUNHAM TRAVIS FURBEE LAUREN GAULIN CONNIE GILREATH REED KRAMER
athletic program through scholarships, facil- Administrative Specialist Associate Director Director of Assistant Director Major Gifts Assistant Director
of Major Gifts Annual Fund Development Coordinator
ities and academic support. From the Tiger
Cub Club to the annual fund, major gifts and
everything in between, your gifts matter.
As I have mentioned above, we are truly
One IPTAY. That includes all components -
annual fundraising, major gifts and planned
giving. In recent years, we have taken on the
management and oversight of Clemson ath-
letics premium seating, IPTAY Dealer Pro-
gram and Block C Club.
The future is bright for both IPTAY and
Clemson athletics because of our very im- ROBIN LAY LINDSEY LEONARD BOB MAHONY ROBYN MASSEY JILL RICHARD KYLE SHIELDS
portant members! If you are not currently a Accountant/Fiscal Assistant Director Executive Director Administrative Specialist Accountant/Fiscal Director of Premium Seating
Analyst of Block C Club Analyst & Major Gifts Officer
member, I urge you to join and support the
One IPTAY enterprise. The IPTAY board
and our staff are dedicated to doing every-
thing possible to ensure funding for Clemson
athletics will be on solid footing for years to
come.
Thank you for all you have done and con-
tinue to do for IPTAY, our student-athletes
and athletic program. You are important
members of the team, and I appreciate your
support.
JASON WILSON
Assistant Director

1981 2016 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS @CLEMSONFB CLEMSONTIGERS.COM 105

 IPTAY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DR. EDDIE ROBINSON
PRESIDENT
District III Director
JEAN DESDUNES
District IX Director
BILLY MILAM
District VIII Director
IPTAY REPRESENTATIVE PROGRAM
T
he IPTAY Representative Program
continues to be one of the most
important marketing
available for the growth of the
IPTAY Scholarship
Fund. This dedicated
group comprising nearly
517 men and women
throughout the country
volunteers time to
encourage those in the
communities and in the
circle of influence to join
IPTAY on an annual basis
and to support Clemson in
all endeavors.
The recruitment of
new IPTAY donors, those
who have a potential
106 CLEMSONTIGERS.COM @CLEMSONFB
COUNTY/REGIONAL
Chairpersons
DISTRICT I
County (S.C.) County Chairperson
Abbeville Mason Speer
Anderson Brandon Cox
McCormick Charles Watts
Oconee Sammy Dickson
Pickens Terry Long
DISTRICT II
County (S.C.) County Chairperson
Cherokee Boone Peeler
RICK GRIFFIN BOB RIGGINS JAN CHILDRESS Newberry Charles Bedenbaugh
PRESIDENT-ELECT SECRETARY TREASURER Saluda Chad Berry
District V Director District VII Director District I Director
Spartanburg Wesley Stoddard
Union Jerry Brannon
DISTRICT III
County (S.C.) County Chairperson
Aiken Bryan Young
Barnwell Samuel ONeal
Edgefield Lewis Holmes
Lexington Jim & Marilyn Bull
Orangeburg Kenneth Buck
Richland David Mitchum
DISTRICT IV
County (S.C.) County Chairperson
Chester Samuel Stone
Chesterfield Bill Tillman
Darlington Tommy Usher
SANDY EDGE BEN GRIFFITH DR. JANIE HODGE JOHN N. McCARTER JR. Fairfield Philip Wilkins
Alumni Association President District VI Director NCAA Faculty University Trustee Kershaw John Shell
Athletic Representative Representative Lancaster Larry Wolfe
Lee Green Deschamps
Marlboro Mark Avent
York Jack Cox
DISTRICT V
County (S.C.) County Chairperson
Allendale Frank Young
Bamberg Joseph Ott
Charleston Al Byrd
Colleton Samuel Hazel
Hampton Henry Foy
Jasper Roy Pryor
DISTRICT VI
County (S.C.) County Chairperson
Clarendon John Ducworth
ROBERT L. PEELER RETT RUTLAND ANDREW SMART BRIANNA WOODSBY Dillon Douglas Lynn
University Trustee District IV Director District X Director District II Director
Representative Florence Charles Grace
Georgetown Reed Barker
Horry Laurence Bolchoz
Marion T.C. Atkinson
Sumter Tracy Pender
Williamsburg Sam Drucker
DISTRICT VII
Region (N.C.) Regional Chairperson
for leadership gifts and creating a leadership provided by the IPTAY board
Region I Timothy Long
link between Clemson University and of directors and our past presidents, the Region II Robert Dunnigan
tools its constituents are the goals of each representative program will continue to Region III Jeffrey Goldsmith
IPTAY representative. With continued be successful. Region IV --- Open ---
Region V William Worth
Region VI Donald Barrett
DISTRICT VIII
Region (Ga.) Regional Chairperson
Region I --- Open ---
Region II Earle Maxwell
Region III Bill Heatley
DISTRICT IX
Region (U.S.) Regional Chairperson
Northeast Michael Straley
Southeast Charles Cooper
West Coast --- Open ---
DISTRICT X
County (S.C.) County Chairperson
Greenville Richard Ammons
Greenwood Wayne Bell
Laurens --- Open ---
 IPTAY PAST PRESIDENTS

MARY ANNE BIGGER DR. JIM BOSTIC LYNN CAMPBELL CHARLES DALTON

EDDIE N. DALTON FRED FAIRCLOTH DON GOLIGHTLY JOHN H. HOLCOMBE JR.

EDGAR C. McGEE THURMON McLAMB JOHN TICE DR. JOHN TIMMERMAN JOE TODD

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IPTAY AND THE CLEMSON
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DEPARTMENT WOULD
LIKE TO EXPRESS
HEARTFELT THANKS TO
ALL OF THE VEHICLE DONORS
FOR THEIR LOYAL AND GENEROUS
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 RADIO BROADCASTS &
COACH SWINNEY TV SHOW
CLEMSON HAS PARTNERED WITH JMI SPORTS TO ENHANCE PROGRAMMING
AND EXPAND COVERAGE VIA THE NEW CLEMSON TIGERS NETWORK.

RADIO BROADCAST TEAM FOOTBALL GAMEDAY RADIO AFFILIATES

TIGER TAILGATE SHOW Location Station On the Dial
David Stein Atlanta, Ga. WCFO 1160 AM
William Qualkinbush Augusta, Ga. WGUS 102.7 FM
Camden, S.C. WPUB 102.7 FM
GAME BROADCAST Charleston, S.C. WQSC 98.5 FM
Don Munson Charlotte, N.C. WZGV 730 AM
Rodney Williams CLEMSON, S.C. WCCP 105.5 FM
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Tim Bourret (Pregame) Florence, S.C. WSIM 93.7 FM
Georgetown, S.C. WLMC 1470 AM
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Jimmy Watt WTPT 93.3 FM
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Hampton, S.C. WBHC 92.1 FM
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Newberry, S.C. WKDK 1240 AM
Orangeburg, S.C. WGFG 105.3 FM
Rock Hill, S.C. WRHI 100.1 FM
1340 AM
Sumter, S.C. WWBD 94.7 FM
Union, S.C. WBCU 103.5 FM
1460 AM
Note: Flagship station in ORANGE.

DON MUNSON
Play-By-Play Announcer
4th Season

RODNEY WILLIAMS
Color Commentator
12th Season

INSIDE CLEMSON FOOTBALL WITH DABO SWINNEY TV SHOW AFFILIATES

Network Location Day Time
WACH (FOX) Columbia, S.C. Sunday 10:30 a.m.
WBTW (CBS) Myrtle Beach, S.C. Sunday 11:30 a.m.
WCBD (NBC) Charleston, S.C. Sunday 12:30 p.m.
WJBF (ABC) Augusta, Ga. Sunday 2:30 p.m.
WSPA (CBS) GREENVILLE, S.C. MONDAY 7:30 p.m.
Fox Sports South Southeast Tuesday 5:30 p.m.
WSAV (NBC) Savannah, Ga. Tuesday 6:30 p.m.
Note: All airings, dates and times are subject to change; official TV home of the
Clemson Tigers family in ORANGE.

REGGIE MERRIWEATHER
Sideline Commentator
1st Season For information on sponsorship and advertising opportunities with Clemson Tigers Network, email Jason Garrow,
vice president of sponsorship sales, Clemson Sports & Campus Marketing, at garrow@jmisports.com. @CLEMSONFB CLEMSONTIGERS.COM 111
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TIGER BAND
MILITARY APPRECIATION DAY TIGER BAND ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
B
lair Berkland has spent more
time than most in uniform.
Berkland attended Clemson
from 1971-75 and sported
the Tiger Band uniform on
most Saturdays throughout the football
season. After graduating in December
1975, he traded in the orange and pur-
BLAIR BERKLAND
The Band That Shakes The Southland
ple for a U.S. Air
Force uniform.
He graduated
with a bachelors
degree in indus-
trial management
as a member of
Clemsons ROTC
program.
It was
midway through his college
career that he realized if he
planned his coursework sched-
ule appropriately, he could stay
at Clemson an extra semester.
Why would someone want an
additional semester of classes?
Well, for Berkland, it was for Ti-
ger Band.
Berkland and his friend
stretched their classes so they
could continue their studies
for a ninth semester solely for
playing with The Band That
Shakes the Southland one last
season. That football season,
he traveled to every football
game with trombone in hand
playing his favorite Tiger Rag
gliss.
When asked about his favor-
ite memory of Tiger Band, Berk-
land could not decide on one,
but he reflected that it was the
overall enjoyment and fun
BY TIVVI PARE
with the friends he
met. He admitted CLEMSON ALMA MATER
it was hard work
Where the Blue Ridge yawns its greatness
practicing and Where the Tigers play
performing, but Here the sons of dear old Clemson
thats what fos- Reign supreme alway.
tered the unique
camaraderie he CHORUS
Dear old Clemson, we will triumph
shared with his
And with all our might
lifelong friends. That the Tigers roar may echo
Joining the Air Force required Berk- Oer the mountain height.
land to put the trombone down for a
while. Throughout his four and a half
years in active duty, Berkland traveled to country, it is people like Berkland whose
many places from California to Hondu- dedication and selflessness inspire fel-
ras to Saudi Arabia, serving as a medi- low Tigers and band members alike to
cal service corps officer. Afterwards, he pursue lives of service.
pursued an MBA at Auburn and Georgia, We thank you, Blair Berkland, for your
and after graduating in 1984, he landed service, both in Tiger Band and in the
a great position with an oil company in U.S. Air Force. Go Tigers and God bless
Texas. the USA!
Berkland is an Eagle Scout, and it
was through his volunteer position as
scout master in Texas that he got in-
volved with the Air National Guard and
later went into the Air Force Reserve.
Berkland was called to work after
9/11 and was relocated to San Antonio,
Texas to the largest hospital in the Air
Force. Since his move to Texas, Berkland
has continued to follow Clemson football
and still attends games every once in a
while.
On this day as we recognize the mil-
lions of heroes who have served our
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 BASEBALL
S P O T L I G H T
Full Name Seth Michael Beer
Major PRTM
Sport Baseball

BASEBALL
Jersey #28
Positions 1B/OF
Height 63
Weight 200
Class Junior
Hometown Suwanee, Ga.
High School Lambert HS
Date of Birth Sept. 18, 1996

SETH

BEER
HEADING INTO HIS THIRD YEAR AS A
TIGER, HE IS LOOKING TO BECOME THE
MOST COMPLETE PLAYER HE CAN BE.
BY ELAINE DAY

S
tatistically, 2017 was the worst
offensive season of Seth Beers
baseball career. The sophomore
had a lot to live up to after his
historic freshman year in 2016.
Beer graduated high school a semes-
ter early to enroll at Clemson in January
2016 and immediately began making a
name for himself in the ACC.
In 2016, Beer batted .369 with 18
home runs and 70 RBIs. He struck out
just 26 times and totaled 62 walks. He
was also fourth in the nation in on-base
percentage.
In the postseason, he became the
first freshman in history to win the Dick
Howser Trophy, an honor awarded to the
nations top player. He was also named a
first-team All-American and ACC Player-
of-the-Year.
And yet in 2017, Beer still was third
on the team with a .298 batting aver-
age and led the squad in home runs
(16), RBIs (53) and on-base percentage
(.478), all while starting every one of the
Tigers 63 games.
Heading into 2018, the junior be-
lieves he has nowhere to go but up, and
not just on the offensive side of the ball.
Im more relaxed this year, said
Beer. Last year, I felt like no matter
where I was, it was a tough situation
coming off my freshman year. I couldnt
reach out to anyone or talk to guys who
were in those shoes, because I was the
first guy to do some of those things as
a freshman. It was difficult, and I was
feeling alone. My teammates picked me
up and brushed me off when I was down,
but it was a difficult place to be in.
This year, Im more on the come-up
side. In my history of baseball, last year
was my worst, statistically. But it wasnt
a bad season, and Im not taking it as a
down season. Im taking it as, I have the
ability to get better at these things, and
one of those big keys is defense.
Defensively, its almost refreshing,
because I can go out there and make
myself a complete player thats not just
thinking about getting better at hitting.
No matter what happens, I know that
becoming a better baseball player as a
whole, just by working harder, is impor-
tant to my game.
Beer grew up mesmerized by power
hitters, much like many fans nationwide
are whenever he steps to the plate. But
he wants to use his third season as a Ti-
ger to hone his defensive skills, whether
at first base or in the outfield.
Heading into my junior year, the big-
gest thing is that I finally understand
how much defense means to the game
and to a player individually. Im finally
figuring out that defense plays a huge
role in the future, both in the rest of my
college career and professionally. Ive
gotten to a point where Im working as
hard as, if not harder, defensively than I
am with the bat.
The self-described first guy to get to
the field and the last guy to leave, said
it feels like he has reached his junior
year in the blink of an eye, and he is
going to leave it all on the field in 2018.
I want to be a guy whos out there
every day. Thats my goal. I dont want to
be thought of as just a hitter. I want to
be thought of as a good defender and a
guy whos reliable in the field.
I want to be an impact player on
both sides of the ball, not just with the
bat.

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 ROWING
S P O T L I
Full Name
Major
Sport
Class
Hometown
High School
Date of Birth
ELISE
SUM
A FORMER SOCCER PLAYER TURNED ROWER,
SHE DECIDED TO TAKE A DIFFERENT PATH
AT CLEMSON AND HASNT LOOKED BACK.
C
ollege is an opportunity to start
fresh, make new friends and
try out some different things
you may have never
done before. In the
case of Elise Sum, one of those
new things was deciding to
walk on to the rowing team.
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio,
Sum grew up a soccer player
and figured thats what she
would end up playing once she
came to Clemson. But being in
a brand-new environment, she
decided it would be the perfect
opportunity to try something
out of her comfort zone.
I was just going to play club
soccer because thats the sport
Ive played my entire life and
thats what I was used to. So I
tried out for soccer, and when
I found out it was when rowing
season started, I figured I would
try both.
Then, I decided to stick
with rowing because college is
like a fresh start, so I might as
well try something completely
new. And Im happy I did.
For Sum, rowing was a sport
that she was, in terms of its me-
chanics and style, completely
unfamiliar with. While commit-
ting to rowing over a sport she
G H T
Elise Collet Sum
Genetics
Rowing
Sophomore
Cincinnati, Ohio
Indian Hill HS
July 23, 1998
had grown up with her entire life, Sum For her, that meant starting at the
was excited for the opportunity to learn novice level, which meant the rowing
something new. coaches taught her everything from the
ground up. But the learning
process was one of the most
engaging experiences for Sum,
who enjoyed being able to gain
confidence by learning some-
thing completely new.
It was fun because youre
learning curve is really high,
so you get to see your progress,
which is very motivational,
stated Sum.
Having played soccer for
such a long time, Sum never
had to worry about having other
teammates performances or
actions affect her own, espe-
cially in a sport like soccer,
where individual performances
can stand out among others.
However, thats not the case
in rowing, where team cohesion
and timing is essential. Unless
a rower can literally pull their
own body weight, they not only
risk slowing the boat down,
they place that burden on their
teammates.
In the boat, youre only as
fast as your slowest rower. In
the boat, youre literally pull-
ing your body weight, so if
youre incapable of pulling your
ROWING
BY COLBY LANHAM
weight, youre forcing someone else to
do it for you, so you must be able to stick
up for yourself.
While shes a fully-committed rower
now, Sum has taken some things from
her playing days in soccer, which al-
lowed her to acclimate to factors such as
team culture and dynamics.
But this time, Sum isnt willing to
wait until shes a senior to make an im-
pact from a leadership standpoint. Rath-
er, she wants to take those steps now.
For her, it starts with being as inclusive
as possible. In a sport like rowing, cohe-
sion and trust is everything.
The biggest thing is when I played
soccer, our seniors and upperclassmen
werent great leaders, and it wasnt the
most inclusive atmosphere. My senior
year, I really wanted to change that, so
our group tried to be as inclusive as pos-
sible, and that really helped the cohe-
sion of our team.
I wanted to bring that to this team,
but not wait until Im a senior to do it.
Ive learned that the cohesion of a team
and 100-percent trust between team-
mates is the reason you can grow.
Having participated in her first com-
petition a year ago, Sum has taken ad-
vantage of her opportunity and become
a worthy contributor to the rowing team.
By taking advantage of her fresh start,
she has managed to become part of
something truly special.
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 WHY I WEAR #__
THERES OFTEN MORE TO A STORY OF A PLAYERS JERSEY NUMBER THAN MEETS THE EYE.
HIGGINS ETIENNE
RODGERS
5 A. BRYANT
9 WALLACE
3 7
I
n all sports, many athletes have a
relationship with their jersey num-
ber. There is a history or a reason
why players have or request certain
numbers. It might have started
back in 1948, when the New York Yan-
kees retired Babe Ruths #3 just before
the great baseball player died of throat
cancer. No one has worn #3 since for the
greatest professional sports franchise in
our nations history.
There have been many stories in
Clemson history. For instance, did you
know that former Clemson All-American
Vic Beasley wore #3 at Clemson because
Christ rose on the third day? He cannot
wear that number in the NFL, because
the league has strict rules about play-
ers wearing numbers that correspond to
their position, so he wears #44.
Speaking of former Tigers who made
the Pro Bowl, Trevor Pryce was a defen-
sive tackle at Clemson in 1996 who wore
#8. He wore that number because he
thought a single-digit number made him
look faster, and thereby more intimidat-
ing for his position (and more impressive
for NFL scouts). He went on to be a first-
round draft pick, Super Bowl champion
and four-time Pro Bowl selection. Maybe
there was something to it.
Some numbers seem to have excel-
lence attached to it. The #4 was retired
in honor of Steve Fuller at Clemson in
the spring of 1979 after his All-America
career. Then, it was unretired for De-
shaun Watson, and he went on to be a
two-time Heisman Trophy finalist who
led Clemson to the 2016 national title.
Here are a few accounts of number
history with current Tigers:
#3 AMARI RODGERS
He is the son of Tee Martin, who led
Tennessee to the 1998 national champi-
onship as the quarterback. Martin wore
#17, but Rodgers wears #3.
When I went to my first pee-wee
football team, I was the last one in line
to get a uniform. The only jersey left was
#3, so I took it. I have been able to keep
that number ever since.
#5 TEE HIGGINS
He wears #5 in honor of his cousin,
Seth Davis, who was a standout football
player and has been like a brother.
#7 AUSTIN BRYANT
He wore #91 his first two years at
Clemson, but really wanted to wear #7
1981 2016 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
BY TIM BOURRET
H. RENFROW TURNER
13 McCLOUD
24 JOSEPH
12 21 34
all along. He wore the number in high
school, because he wanted to honor his
grandfather, Charlie Bryant, who died in
the seventh month of the year.
#9 TRAVIS ETIENNE
He wore #8 when he was in high
school, but when he came to Clemson,
the number was already assigned.
Coach (Dabo) Swinney asked me if
I would take #9 because it meant I was
going to step it up a notch (from #8 to
#9) at Clemson.
#12 KVON WALLACE
He did not wear #12 in high school,
and the number had no history with him
when he came to Clemson. But when he
came to school as a freshman, Swinney
told him he would have #12 because he
reminded him of former Tiger Marcus
Gilchrist, a seven-year NFL veteran with
the Houston Texans. Swinney said Wal-
laces all-around abilities in the second-
ary reminded him of Gilchrist.
Wallace has already shown that abil-
ity this year, especially in the last two
plays of the win at NC State when he had
a pass breakup and an interception.
#13 HUNTER RENFROW
When he walked on to the team in
2014, he was given #35. Walk-ons
usually do not have the opportunity to
request a number. When he started to
progress and was given a scholarship in
the summer of 2015, assistant coach
Jeff Scott suggested that he wear #13,
because he was going to fill the same
wideout role as Tyler Grisham (2005-08)
and Adam Humphries (2011-14), who
both wore #13.
When we started fall camp in 2015,
I had #13 in my locker. They wanted me
to continue that tradition.
He has done that, and then some.
#21/34 RAY-RAY McCLOUD
He is one of the few Tigers to wear
two different numbers in the same sea-
son. He wore #34 his first two years and
eight games. But for the NC State game
on Nov. 4, he wore #21 so he could play
on defense at the same time as Kendall
Joseph, who also wears #34. You cant
have two players with the same number
on the field at the same time.
So, McCloud wore #21 for the NC
State game and promptly responded
like another #21 all-around player of a
few years back, Deion Sanders. Sand-
WILKINS YEARGIN
TRAPP
42 PINCKNEY
49
38 44
ers wore #21 for Florida State against
Clemson in 1988 and had a 76-yard
punt return for a touchdown to key the
Seminole win. McCloud had a 77-yard
punt return for a touchdown in that NC
State game.
McCloud prefers to wear #34 because
it is a family tradition. McClouds father
wore it when he played at Arkansas,
and his grandfather wore it whenever he
played sports.
#24 NOLAN TURNER
He wears #24 in honor of his father,
Kevin Turner, who wore the number at
Alabama when he was a teammate of
Swinney. Kevin passed away in 2016
after a heroic battle with ALS.
#34 KENDALL JOSEPH
When he was a freshman at Belton-
Honea Path High School, he was given
#34 because the coaching staff expect-
ed him to follow in the footsteps of Jer-
emiah Garrison, who went on to play for
South Carolina.
Joseph had an affinity for the number
also because he was a running back and
linebacker in high school, and as a run-
ning back, he knew the history of #34,
which was worn by Herschel Walker, Bo
Jackson and Walter Payton.
That is a pretty good number for a
running back.
#38 AMIR TRAPP
He is the son of defensive back James
Trapp, who played for the Tigers from
1989-92. James wore #27 at Clemson,
but his son wears #38. The #27 was not
available when Amir entered Clemson,
but his fathers NFL #38 was. James
wore #38 when he won a Super Bowl
ring with the Ravens in 2000.
#42 CHRISTIAN WILKINS
He wears #42 in honor of his grandfa-
ther, Eurie Stamps, Sr., who had a strong
influence on him when he was a child.
Tragically, Stamps died when Wilkins
was starting out on the gridiron and nev-
er got to see his grandson play at Clem-
son. So, Wilkins wears #42 in his honor,
because Stamps was born in 1942.
#44 NYLES PINCKNEY
He wears #44 in honor of his favorite
football player of all-time, Ernie Davis.
This is fascinating in that Davis played
in the 1960s for Syracuse, well before
Pinckney was born. But he watched the
TUTTLE LAWRENCE
RICHARD
81 CA. SMITH
90 FERRELL
80 84 99
movie on Davis life when he was young
and was touched by it, so he chose to
wear that number in honor of the former
Heisman Trophy winner who contracted
Leukemia and died before he played for
the Browns.
#49 RICHARD YEARGIN
He wore #4 in high school.
That number wasnt available, he
said with a smile, because Deshaun Wat-
son had it when he got to Clemson and
it had to be unretired for that to happen.
I thought nine was a good number for
sports, so I combined the two to get 49.
#80 MILAN RICHARD
He wore #81 in high school, but it
was worn by Stanton Seckinger when he
came to Clemson, so it was not avail-
able. After Seckinger departed following
the 2013 season, Richards freshman
year, it was available.
I couldnt switch because all my
family had already bought #80 jerseys
to wear to the games. I didnt want to
make them buy a new jersey, so I stayed
with #80.
#81 KANYON TUTTLE
The walk-on wide receiver is the son
of former Tiger All-American Perry Tuttle.
Perry wore #22 at Clemson and played
on the 1981 national championship
team. Thus, Swinney thought it appro-
priate that Tuttle wear #81.
#84 CANNON SMITH
He wears the same number his father,
Bill Smith, wore at Clemson from 1977-
81. Bill was a defensive end who had
10 tackles in the national championship
game victory over Nebraska in the 1982
Orange Bowl and is now a member of the
Clemson Board of Trustees. Father and
son #84s both have national champion-
ship rings.
#90 DEXTER LAWRENCE
He wears #90 because it reminds
him every time he suits up that football
is 90-percent mental preparation.
#99 CLELIN FERRELL
He wears #99 because he patterned
his game as a child and in high school
after Aldon Smith, a former Missouri
player who was the No. 7 selection of
the 2011 NFL draft. He led the NFL in
sacks in 2012 with 19.5. Smith wore
#99 at Missouri and in the NFL.
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 Dr.
LARRY BOWMAN
BOWMAN HAS HAD A DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS CLEMSONS LEAD ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON.
A
fter 30 seasons, today is Dr.
Larry Bowmans final home
game as the Clemson football
programs director of orthopedic
sports medicine.
Now, lets not get too emotional, be-
cause he will still be around, including
the football team. The affable doctor
who is approaching his 70th birthday is
just pulling back a bit. Bowman wont be
at every practice like he has for the last
30 years. He has had just six days off per
season from Aug. 1 through the national
championship game in January each of
the last two years and is on pace for the
same attendance standard this year.
Bowman wont travel with the football
team and may come to practice only
once a week. He will still work with other
Tiger teams, including basketball. But
the days of getting home at 5 a.m., after
a road night football game are over.
It takes a while to recover from those
night road games, he said with a smile.
Dr. Steve Martin, who has worked
with the program and other Tiger teams
for many years, will take over Bowmans
position next fall.
Bowman has a lot of smiles when he
reflects on working every Clemson foot-
ball game since the 1988 season opener
against Virginia Tech.
One of my favorite stories took place
that first year at the Citrus Bowl when
we beat Oklahoma, recalled Bowman,
a West Virginia graduate who has a
masters degree from Clemson in bio-
engineering and doctorate from MUSC.
Rodney Williams injured his right
(throwing) wrist in practice. In those
days, there was no such thing as not
hitting the quarterback. They would hit
Rodney on the option like it was a game.
BY TIM BOURRET
So, we treated Rodney leading up
to the game and got him ready. He had
a terrific game running the option. The
offense did not have a turnover, and we
beat Oklahoma and Barry Switzer.
After the game on the field, coach
(Danny) Ford sought me out. I was in
my first year and thought coach Ford
was going to thank me for helping to get
Rodney ready. Instead, he said, Heck,
Doc, we should have hurt Rodneys wrist
before. Classic Danny Ford.
Bowman came to Clemson from Penn
State, where he worked under Dr. Al
Kalenak, one of the most respected or-
thopedic surgeons in the business. When
the athletic department was considering
Bowman to replace Dr. Roland Knight
in 1988, Ford didnt call Kalenak, he
called Joe Paterno.
I laughed when I heard that, said
Bowman. Danny didnt call anyone
who knew anything about medicine...he
called coach Paterno.
Paterno told Ford that Bowman was
outstanding and he should hire him.
Thats all it took for Ford.
That first year took some adjusting for
Bowman. The first time he was to travel
with the team in the 1988 season was a
road game at Virginia. Bowman knew he
needed to be on the bus that left from
Schilletter Dining Hall early. And he was
there 30 minutes early.
Byron Harder (team physician)
asked me to run over to Redfern (Health
Center) to see Coy Cobb, an All-America
swimmer who was having shoulder prob-
lems.
Redfern was just a block from the
bus, so Bowman quickly walked over to
see Cobb. However, he took too long and
missed the bus.
I had to get my car and drive to the
airport, find a parking place and run to
catch the plane, recalled Bowman. I
nearly missed my first road trip.
pect of his job over the last 30 years
stands out.
Being a part of this program has
been like a family, and I have been
fortunate to share my family with this
program. Working with the students and
coaches has been such a rewarding ex-
perience. Players in the NFL call me or
come to see me when they come back to
Clemson, and I really enjoy that.
A few years ago, I did knee replace-
ment surgery for coach Ford. It is great
to still have a relationship with him.
But the moment I will never forget
took place last year when we won the
national championship and I saw my
grandson take it all in on the field.
Bowman could write a book on the That night made all the long days and
unusual situations he has had to deal nights at practice and in surgery worth-
with. One of Bowmans favorite stories while. The Clemson football program ap-
involves Kelly Bryant and his father. It preciates it, Doc.
took place when Bryant was in
the seventh grade and the then
53, 125-pound youngster had
a knee injury.
Mr. Bryant brought Kelly
into my office and said he want-
ed me to do the surgery. I told
him any of our doctors at the
hospital could do a great job on
his sons knee. But he insisted
that I do the surgery. He finally
said, Kelly is going to be the
quarterback at Clemson some
day, so I want you to do it.
So, I did that surgery, and
when Kelly came here as a
freshman, his dad came to me
and asked if I remembered him.
I certainly did. And now he is
our starting quarterback.
Dr. Bowman has been such
a great asset to our program,
said head coach Dabo Swin-
ney. There is no one more
respected in the profession, no
one more trusted. We have had
complete faith in him and he
has been so easy to work with.
I am glad he is still going to be
involved with the program.
Bowmans level of respect is
one of the reasons the visiting
locker room at Memorial Sta-
dium is named in his honor.
Dr. Bowman is so respected
nationwide by people in the
NFL and other schools, added
director of sports medicine
Danny Poole. He really has a
great national reputation, and it
reflects well on Clemson.
He has shared some of his
favorite memories, but one as-
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TASKED WITH ENHANCING THE PERFORMANCE LEVEL OF TIGER FOOTBALL PLAYERS, THE NUTRITION
PROGRAM, LED BY PAUL HARRINGTON AND DONNA McCAIN, IS SETTING A NEW STANDARD.
BY COLE LITTLE

G
oing all in is a frequently-
used sports adage that stems
from the bold, yet committed
and confident, decision made
in a game of poker. While in
sports, a promise made by an athlete,
a coach or an executive to go all in
is typically used rather loosely, usually
referencing an unabated drive to win.
For the Clemson football program, it is
the bedrock that the teams foundation
is built upon.
Pronouncing very early in his head
coaching tenure with the Tigers that
the all in philosophy would be his ap-
proach to producing success with his
team, both and off the field, Clemson
head coach Dabo Swinney has followed
through on that promise and then some.
Helping develop superior talent on the
gridiron that has translated in the class-
room and real world, Swinney has dedi-
cated himself to the holistic betterment
of his players, something that has clearly
paid dividends.
As part of that holistic approach to
winning, Clemson University and its ath-
letic department have also been all in
with the football program, as evinced by
the recent construction of the state-of-
the-art Allen N. Reeves Football Com-
plex. And a glowing example of the com-
prehensive approach to football is the
teams nutrition program.
One of the primary components of the
football complex is the Paw Dining Hall,
often called Paw Bistro. More than a
cafeteria, the facility is just a small part
of the incredible work being conducted
by Clemson footballs nutrition team.
Spearheaded by director of football
nutrition Paul Harrington as well as ex-
ecutive performance chef Donna McCain
and performance nutrition chef Hali
Foreman, the Clemson football nutri-
tion program is virtually one of a kind
in the realm of college athletics in the
fact that it forms the basis of an entire
entity centered around the nutrition of
one particular program.
More than just skilled culinary pro-
fessionals, all three are performance
specialists with keen understandings of
the intricate and all-important nature of
athletes diets.
Having been a part of the Clemson
family for a year and a half, Harrington
has seen the nutrition program through
from the ground up. He helped oversee
the construction of the dining facility
and kitchen at the operations complex
and successfully took on the task of pro-
viding arguably the most all-encompass-
ing nutrition program in the nation for
Tiger players.
Coach Swinney recognized the im-
portance of nutrition and wanted to
ensure that it was a supporting factor
for the team moving forward, said Har-
rington when speaking on the origin of
the nutrition program. So, bringing on
employees to provide the football pro-
gram with a full kitchen and staff was
instrumental in making that happen.
Clemsons nutrition team is fully
invested in the performance and well-
being of its players. Truly part of the
Clemson football family, Harrington and
his staff have gone above and beyond to
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prove their bodies just as hard as they
are working to improve their on-field per-
formances.
It is creating a differ-
ent standard in terms of
Clemson hiring a perfor-
mance nutrition staff,
stated McCain when dis-
cussing the nutrition pro-
gram. That is something
youre going to see in more
and more college athletic
departments.
Goal-oriented, the nu-
trition program is built
around a never-ending
drive for betterment. Com-
plete with one-on-one
meetings with players,
where nutritional goals
and plans are outlined,
and added helpful fea-
tures, such as cooking
classes for the players, the
program is making positive
waves throughout the foot-
ball team.
As a result, positive effects from the For us, nutrition is the foundation, The perfect complement of the all-
program are put on display via the play- added Harrington when speaking on in philosophy, Clemsons nutritionists
ers showings on the field and in the the passion that he and his co-workers are wholeheartedly committed to helping
weightroom, all byproducts of the stead- share. Its what our entire careers are the Tigers compete as well as possible,
fast dedication put forth by Clemson based around. Every single football play- and are thereby key cogs in the well-
footballs dedicated nutrition specialists. er needs to have a foundation built upon oiled machine that is Clemson football.
We make sure we get quality face health and development before football Like all machines, whether they be
time with the players, said Harrington can be a priority. of the literal or the figurative variety, the
when discussing the personal, ultra- Forming a partnership with Aramark, Tigers require ample energy to function
involved nature of the nutrition depart- the Clemson football nutrition program properly and efficiently, which is what
ment. Instead of relying on a paper serves its players top-notch foods that makes Clemson footballs nutrition pro-
handout of a meal plan, were actively are ideal for providing them with the gram so vital.
coaching them. appropriate and healthy nourishment Although the passion and intensity for
While an average workday for Har- required of performing at a high level on the game runs deep in the hearts and
rington, McCain and Foreman could the gridiron. McCain and Foreman are souls of the Tigers, none of that would
span as long as 13 hours, the commit- passionate about their crafts, constantly matter if it were not for the maintained
ment to providing players with the best tweaking the menu and making notice functionality of Clemsons machine.
nutritional advice and service possible is of each players dietary preferences and And for that, the nutritionists tasked
the primary component of what makes needs. with performing that required mainte-
the unique program so special. From The key thing is that what we do af- nance are to thank. After all, they are
scheduled snacks throughout the day to fects the players performances at every the ones who are, quite literally, feeding
post-practice refueling routines, the nu- practice and on every lift, making nutri- the beasts.
tritionists ensure that diet and wellness tion of the utmost importance, said Mc- They are the ones who are fueling the
are priorities for the players. Cain. Clemson Tigers.
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 Editors note: Today is the seventh in a series of the most memorable games
in the history of Memorial Stadium, which is celebrating 75 years this year.

GREATEST GAMES
IN MEMORIAL STADIUM HISTORY

2015 NOTRE DAME GAME

TIGERS MAKE
STAND AGAINST
NOTRE DAME
CLEMSON WITHSTOOD A FURIOUS NOTRE DAME COMEBACK
IN HEAVY RAIN FROM HURRICANE JOAQUIN TO WIN 24-22
ON THE WAY TO THE 2015 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
BY TIM BOURRET

I
t had been 38 years since Notre
Dame played at Clemson. In 1977,
the No. 5 Fighting Irish, led by Joe
Montana and future College Foot-
ball Hall of Famers Ross Browner
and Ken MacAfee, faced No. 15 Clem-
son, which featured Steve Fuller, one of
six offensive starters who would play at
least nine years in the NFL. In all, there
were 38 future NFL players on the ros-
ters of those two teams.
It is too early to tell, but there might
have been as much NFL talent in the
2015 game between the two. Notre
Dame entered the contest ranked No. 6
in the nation and Clemson was No. 11.
Hurricane Joaquin had hit the Caroli-
nas a day or two earlier, and its remnants
were on top of Clemson, S.C., by game-
day on Oct. 3. ESPN College GameDay
was at Clemson for the game, and the
hurricane was such a story that the
Weather Channels Jim Cantore was the
guest picker from a remote site.
The weather, with wind and rain, was
epic in many ways, but it only galvanized
Tiger fans. There wasnt a seat to be had,
especially in the student section.
The game did not appear to be a leg-
endary affair from a competitive stand-
point, because the Tigers got off to a
great start. Deshaun Watson had not run
much at this point in the year, as he was
coming off a torn ACL in 2014. But his
38-yard run on the games first play got
the Tigers going. Later on the drive, he
hit Jordan Leggett on a six-yard scoring
pass to give Clemson a 7-0 lead.
Later in the first quarter, Watson hit
Artavis Scott on a 13-yard touchdown to
1981 2016 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
give the Tigers a 14-0 lead. Justin Yoon
booted a 46-yard field goal, an incred-
ible accomplishment in the conditions,
to put Notre Dame on the scoreboard.
Ammon Lakip kicked off to begin the
second half and became the first kick-
er in memory to force a fumble, as he
jarred the ball loose from C.J. Sanders.
Clemson recovered at the Notre Dame
29, and three plays later, Watson ran 21
yard for a touchdown to up Clemsons
lead to 21-3.
Notre Dame has a well-earned repu-
tation for comebacks, and this evening
showed that this Fighting Irish team
would compete for a College Football
Playoff spot. Trailing 21-3 entering the
DESHAUN WATSONS 21-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN IN THE THIRD
QUARTER PUT CLEMSON UP 21-3 BEFORE NOTRE DAMES COMEBACK.
fourth quarter, DeShone Kizer hit run-
ning back C.J. Prosise on a 46-yard
touchdown pass to start the comeback.
With 14 minutes left, head coach
Brian Kelly made the decision to go for a
two-point conversion, but it failed. Greg
Huegel booted a 35-yard field goal on
the next possession, and Clemson had
what seemed to be a comfortable 24-9
lead with 10:56 left.
Kiser took Notre Dame 64 yards in
just four plays and scored on a three-
yard run with nine minutes left.
Tiger linebacker B.J. Goodson twice
had takeaways in the fourth quarter that
seemed to ice the game. Ironically, he
became the first Tiger with two take-
son. Clemson gained just 296 yards, but
and the heart we showed tonight. This
aways in a fourth quarter since Terry
Kinard had two interceptions at Notre
Dame in 1979.
The Fighting Irish had one last
chance with 90 seconds left. They drove
down the field in quick order behind Kis-
ers passing to Prosise and Torii Hunter
Jr. With seven seconds remaining, Kiser
hit Hunter for a one-yard scoring pass in
the right corner of the endzone.
A stunned crowd saw the scoreboard
show a 24-22 lead with a two-point con-
version pending. Was this to be another
legendary Notre Dame comeback?
Not on this night. Kiser attempted to
run right for the two points, but Carlos
Watkins, Kevin Dodd and Ben Boulware
combined to stop him short of the goal
line and Clemson had a victory that was
the foundation of a resum that took
the program all the way to the national
championship game at seasons end.
Notre Dame ended the game with
432 total yards, including 321 passing
yards for Kiser, the only time all year an
opponent threw for more yards than Wat-
Notre Dame committed four turnovers.
I told the team this game was BYOG,
bring your own guts! said head coach
Dabo Swinney after the game.
T-shirts were in production by Mon-
day morning.
I am so proud of the way we played
was a magical night and it is a game I
will never forget.
We all cant wait for the 2023 season
when the Fighting Irish return to Death
Valley.
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2017 SENIOR CLASS

WINS BY A SENIOR CLASS

Rk Class Win % W-L
1. 2016 .875 49-7
2. 2017 .887 47-6
3. 2015 .852 46-8
4. 2014 .792 42-11
5. 1990 .833 40-8
6. 1991 .823 39-8-1
7. 1989 .813 38-8-2
2013 .717 38-15
9. 1981 .787 37-10
1984 .844 37-6-2
2018 .925 37-3

THE 2017 SENIORS HAVE 47 VICTORIES, FOUR BOWL WINS AND A NATIONAL TITLE THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
BY TIM BOURRET

T
he best way to describe the The record for wins is 49 by the 2016 In terms of wins over
2017 Tiger senior class would seniors. Three more wins and this class top-25 teams, this 2017 TIGER SENIORS
be small, but mighty. There can set the ACC record for wins by be- group already has the
# Player Pos. Hometown
are only six scholarship players coming the first 50-win class in league record with 14. This 61 * Kaleb Bevelle DE Apopka, Fla.
in this senior class, the smallest history. Win out and it would tie the all- senior class is 14-3 60 * Kelby Bevelle OT Apopka, Fla.
Clemson senior class of scholarship play- time FBS record for wins (51). against top-25 teams, 31 * Ryan Carter CB Grayson, Ga.
ers since 1944, when the schools entire The Tigers have a 26-1 record at home, including nine wins in 89 * Drew Costa PK Folly Beach, S.C.
junior and senior classes were fighting in and a win today would set the school a row, tied for the ACC 55 * Tyrone Crowder OG Marston, N.C.
29 * Marcus Edmond CB Hopkins, S.C.
World War II. The only year that comes record for home wins in a four-year pe- record.
87 * D.J. Greenlee TE Clemson, S.C.
close is the 1985 senior class that had riod. The senior classes of 2014, 2015 The class has also been 39 Christian Groomes PK Central, S.C.
just seven scholarship seniors. and 2016 were all 26-2 at home. remarkable in close 69 * Maverick Morris OL Broxton, Ga.
The accomplishments of the Clemson This group of seniors had a 28-4 ACC games, posting a 13-3 6 * Dorian ODaniel LB Olney, Md.
football program over the last four years regular-season record, tying the record record in contests de- 41 Connor Sekas LB Vienna, Va.
fulfills the mighty part. Here are a few set by the 2015 and 2016 seniors. But cided by seven points 20 * Jack Swinney WR Lawrenceville, Ga.
numbers to back that up. * - redshirt senior; Note: Orange denotes player who has
including ACC Championship Games, or less. That includes a
already graduated.
this group has 30 wins, tying the mark 7-1 record last year on
The class has an overall record of 47- set by the 2015 seniors. So a win in the way to the national
6. That 88.7 winning percentage is the ACC Championship Game on Dec. championship with a 35-31 win over Praise for Ryan Carter, who had an
best in Clemson history and already the 2 would be a record 31st against ACC Alabama. interception and three pass breakups at
second-most wins for a senior class. teams. The Tigers are 21-5 away from home No. 20 NC State two weeks ago, the first
the last four years, including an 18-2 Tiger to have four passes defended in a
mark the last three years. Clemson has game since 2014.
RYAN CARTER (#31) AND DORIAN ODANIEL (#6) ARE three wins over top-25 teams on the Praise for Tyrone Crowder, who is
FIFTH-YEAR TIGERS WHO HAVE BEEN KEY PLAYERS road this year, the Tigers most in a playing his 45th game and 37th as a
IN CLEMSONS RISE TO NATIONAL PROMINENCE. season since 1950. starter today. He is headed to a third All-
When it comes to top-10 rankings, this ACC season.
group is second to none. The program Praise for Marcus Edmond, who has
is ranked in the top 10 in the nation had an injury-riddled senior season, but
for the 39th week in a row, tied for the will live on forever in the history of Clem-
longest active streak in the nation with son football for his game-deciding plays
Alabama. Clemsons second-longest against Louisville and NC State at Death
streak of top-10 rankings is just 14 Valley in 2016.
straight polls in 2013. Praise for D.J. Greenlee, who has
battled back from injury to be a key con-
Overall, this senior class has been in tributor in 2017 from the tight end posi-
the top 25 for 57 of 61 weeks and in the tion.
top 10 for 41 of those polls. The Tigers Praise for Maverick Morris, the most
have been ranked in the top 25 for 48 versatile offensive lineman on the team.
straight polls, just two polls away from And praise for Dorian ODaniel, the
tying the Tiger record of 50 straight set first linebacker in Clemson history to re-
from 1989-92 and 2011-14. turn two interceptions for touchdowns in
So, high praise to the Tigers who will a season. He has continued to improve
be running down the Hill for the last every year and is an ACC Defensive Play-
time today. er-of-the-Year candidate.

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in Clemson.

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