Chris Hairston Class: Graduate Student Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC High School: Carver Height / Weight: 6-7 / 325 Position: OT Experience: 3VL Major: Management

Played 2,260 snaps in 47 games (36 starts) in his career...started 22 games in a row...tied for eighth on the team in the bench press with a 405-pound lift...came to Clemson from Winston-Salem, NC, the first Tiger signee from there since Perry Tuttle, an All-American on Clemson's 1981 National Championship team...started in a bowl game four times.

2010: First-Team All-ACC offensive tackle by ACC Media, Rivals.com, and Phil Steele...invited to play in the East-West Shrine Game...had 31 knockdowns in a team-high 821 snaps in 13 games (13 starts)...a big reason Clemson was among the top-30 teams in the nation in avoiding sacks; he allowed just one sack...team's highest-rated offensive lineman in film grade in six games and his 82.3-percent grade was the team's best average...graded in the 80s in all but one game and had a streak of seven straight games in the 80s...had at least one knockdown in every game...led the team in film grade in each of the first two games, including an 86-percentt grade against Presbyterian College...had an 86-percent grade in 86 snaps at #15 Auburn, tied for his best grade of the season...had an 80-percent grade and three knockdowns against #16 Miami (FL)...had an 82-percent grade and earned team offensive player-of-the-game honors by the coaches against Maryland...had an 82-percent grade and four knockdowns against #23 N.C. State...had an 84-percent grade at Wake Forest in his hometown...won the Strength Training Award for offensive tackles in the spring practice.

2009: Started 12 games and played in 13 games...missed all of the TCU game with an injury and played just nine snaps at Maryland due to injury; Clemson was 9-3 when he was healthy and 0-2 when he was not...had a season-high seven knockdown blocks and season-high 85 percent grade in the win at #8 Miami (FL)...he had a lot to do with that big Clemson win when the Tigers scored 40 points...had five knockdown blocks and an 81 percent grade in 48 snaps against Boston College in the Tigers' 25-7 win...had five knockdowns and an 81 percent grade in the win over Virginia...had a film grade in the 80s in seven of the 14 games, including the win over Kentucky in the Music City Bowl...played well in the ACC Championship game against Georgia Tech when the Tigers rushed for 323 yards and five touchdowns...had 44 knockdown blocks for the year and a 79 percent average grade from the coaches.

2008: Played in 11 games...missed two games early in the season when he had an injury from a moped accident...played the last nine games, but he saw limited action at #24 Florida State when he suffered a concussion in the first half...fourth on the team in knockdown blocks (42.5)...had an 81-percent average grade, second-best on the team...played 517 snaps, fifth-most on the offense...tied for third in starts (10) among offensive linemen...had a team-high 82-percent grade against #24 Alabama...had the highest grade among Tiger offensive linemen in four games, second-most on the team...had a team-high 86-percent grade against #21 Wake Forest and Georgia Tech in back-to-back games...had a team-high 88-percent grade against South Carolina...graded in the 80s in seven of his 11 games...had an 80-percent grade and seven knockdowns in a season-high 71 snaps at Virginia, then had six knockdowns and an 88-percent grade in 61 snaps against South Carolina.

2007: Played 248 snaps in 10 games, with a career-high 75 snaps in the Chick-fil-A Bowl against #21 Auburn...had 16 knockdown blocks, including five intimidation blocks...had his best game against Wake Forest when he had an 84-percent grade with four knockdowns, including a team-season-tying-high three intimidation blocks...had an 89-percent grade at Duke in 28 snaps...played 19 snaps at South Carolina...played 22 snaps at N.C. State...played 31 snaps against Louisiana-Monroe...played 30 snaps and graded 83 percent against Central Michigan...eighth among Tiger offensive linemen in snaps.

2006: Red-shirted.

BEFORE CLEMSON: First-team all-state by AP at Carver High School...Shrine Bowl selection...all-region and all-conference as a junior and senior...#27 prospect in the state by Rivals.com...#53 offensive tackle in the nation by Rivals.com...played his entire senior year as a 16-year-old...three-time letterman...had a 3.6 career GPA...coached by Keith Wilks...chose Clemson over Hampton and S.C. State.

PERSONAL: First Tiger from Winston-Salem, NC since Perry Tuttle in 1978...majoring in management...born Apr. 26, 1989.