01/26/2012 Rashard Hall Has Knee SurgeryReturning Starter Will Miss Spring Practice 01/05/2012 Clemson vs. West Virginia Postgame Notes2012 Discover Orange Bowl - Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL 12/23/2011 Clemson Football Team Honored by AFCA For AcademicsFourth Achievement Award for Clemson Program 11/28/2011 Five Clemson Players Named First-Team All-ACCClemson Holds Nine Positions on Two Teams Selected 10/30/2011 Clemson vs. Georgia Tech Postgame NotesClemson 17, Georgia Tech 31 01/05/2012 Clemson vs. West Virginia, Discover Orange Bowl (Photos by Rex Brown)Clemson vs. West Virginia, Discover Orange Bowl (Photos by Rex Brown) 12/04/2011 Clemson vs. Virginia Tech 2011 ACC Championship Postgame Celebration & Trophy Presentation (Photos by Vern Verna/Ai Wire and Tyler Smith)Clemson vs. Virginia Tech 2011 ACC Championship Postgame Celebration & Trophy Presentation (Vern Verna and Tyler Smith) 11/19/2011 Clemson vs. NC State (Photos by Rex Brown)Clemson vs. NC State (Photos by Rex Brown) Has 128 tackles, four tackles for loss, eight interceptions for 119 yards and a touchdown, and five pass breakups in 1,122 snaps over 27 games (19 starts) in his career...has nine career takeaways...has had at least one tackle in 26 games...two-time Academic All-ACC selection...graduated in just over three years, just the second Tiger gridder in history to do so...2011 preseason first-team All-ACC by Athlon and Blue Ribbon...#11 draft-eligible free safety in the nation by Phil Steele...tied for first on the team in vertical jump (36")...tied for fifth on the team in power index (6.76). 2010: Academic All-ACC selection...Hustle Award (defense) winner...had 65 tackles, a tackle for loss, two interceptions for 52 yards and a touchdown, and three pass breakups in 621 snaps over 13 games (12 starts)...fifth on the team in tackles...had eight tackles in 78 snaps against North Texas...had 10 tackles, an interception, and a pass breakup in 73 snaps against #16 Miami (FL)...had seven tackles at North Carolina...had six tackles against Maryland...team special teams player-of-the-game against Georgia Tech...had six tackles and a 52-yard interception return for a touchdown at Boston College; named team defensive player-of-the-game by the coaches...had four tackles and a pass breakup against #23 N.C. State. 2009: First-team freshman All-American by CollegeFootballNews.com and Scout.com in 2009...First-team All-ACC Freshman Team selection by Sporting News...named Defensive Co-Rookie-of-the-Year as voted on by the Tiger coaching staff...Academic All-ACC selection; his smarts in the classroom translate to the football field...19th in the nation in interceptions (6)...first-team Freshman All-ACC by Rivals.com...big reason Clemson was fifth in the nation in interceptions as a team...tied for third in Clemson history in total interceptions by a freshman with six...only Robert O'Neal (8, 1989) and Justin Miller (8, 2002) had more...had a streak of four straight games with a theft to tie a Clemson record...winner of team's Renwich-Flanders Most Improved Award from the Tiger coaches for the 2009 season...started seven games when Clemson was in the nickel package, he was sixth on the team in tackles with 63, including six in 25 snaps against Kentucky in the Music City Bowl...led all Clemson freshmen in tackles, in fact he had twice as many as any other rookie...had season-high 13 tackles in his first career game against Middle Tennessee...it was the most ever by a Tiger freshman defensive back in his first career game...just one tackle off of Anthony Simmons' record for tackles in a first game by a freshman...had nine tackles against TCU, a reason the Tigers held the Horned Frogs to a season-low 14 points...had seven tackles, including two for loss, and a 49-yard interception return against Coastal Carolina...had four tackles, a fumble recovery and an interception against Florida State...had final interception against South Carolina in Columbia...honorable mention All-ACC in 2009 as a freshman...second on the team in takeaways with seven, six interceptions and a recovered fumble. 2008: Red-shirted. Before Clemson: Florida Times-Union First-Team All-First Coast pick...had eight interceptions and three defensive touchdowns as a senior...led the county in receiving with over 800 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior...Saint John's County Defensive Player-of-the-Year as a senior...first-team all-state and all-county pick as a senior...#46 safety in the nation by Rivals.com...#60 safety in the nation by Scout.com...#46 safety in the nation by ESPN.com...#58 prospect in Florida by SuperPrep...helped lead Saint Augustine High School to the AAA state title game...all-county and all-conference on the hardwood...400m, long jump, triple jump, and high jump performer in track as a sophomore and senior...high school teammate of Carlton Lewis...coached by Joey Wiles at Saint Augustine High School...recruited by Dabo Swinney...chose Clemson over Louisville, Maryland, Mississippi State, South Carolina, South Florida, and West Virginia. Personal: Three-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll...graduated on August 13, 2011 with a degree in marketing...born Sept. 7, 1989. |
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