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2009: Had a big day against Florida State in Clemson’s important victory in November that went a long way to helping the Tigers win the ACC Atlantic Division Championship; he had 54 yards on six carries and scored a touchdown...saw a lot of second-half action when Spiller was out with an injury...Clemson’s offensive playerof-the-game by the Tiger coaching staff against Coastal Carolina... averaged over six yards per carry in seven games...had 72 yards on nine carries against Middle Tennessee...had 45 yards on nine carries against Boston College...had 88 yards on six carries against Coastal Carolina...had 63 yards on five carries in the ACC Championship game against Georgia Tech...had 20 yards on four carries and a touchdown against Kentucky...had touchdowns against Coastal Carolina, Florida State, Virginia, and Georgia Tech...had six kickoff returns for 95 yards...capable receiver who had 11 catches to tie for fifth-most on the team...had three receptions for 25 yards and 30 more yards on kickoff returns to contribute to Clemson’s overtime victory at Miami (FL)...had 546 yards from scrimmage for the year on 79 touches. 2008: Red-shirted. Before Clemson: Rated as the #44 prospect in the nation by ESPN.com...played in the ESPN/Under Armour All-American game...#6 running back in the nation by ESPN.com...#172 prospect in the nation by Rivals.com...#8 player in South Carolina and #5 all-purpose back in the nation by Rivals.com...#24 running back in the nation by Scout. com...#10 player in South Carolina and #27 running back in the nation by SuperPrep...Shrine Bowl selection...consensus all-state pick...had 1,822 rushing yards and 24 touchdowns as a senior; he added four other touchdowns (two receiving, two kickoff return)...had 2,519 allpurpose yards as a senior...coached by Jerry Brown...recruited by David Blackwell...chose Clemson over Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Personal: His cousin, Bruce Ellington, is a starting guard on South Carolina’s basketball squad and also plays football for the Gamecocks... winner of the 2010 Vickery Hall Award for his work in the classroom... majoring in community recreation, sport, & camp management...born Feb. 3, 1989.
PHILLIP FAJGENBAUM LS • 6-0 • 220 • *Jr. • 2VL Raleigh, NC Ravenscroft School
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played 19 games in his career. 2011: Played 14 games...had one special teams tackle...played the first five games as the long snapper on both placekicks and punts, then on punts only in the last nine games...was perfect on all nine of his long snaps against #19 Auburn on Sept. 17; named team special teams player-of-the-game. 2010: Played in five games...saw action at the end of the season on long snapping for placekicks...did the job at Wake Forest and helped Chandler Catanzaro go 3-3 on field goal...saw action against Presbyterian College, Florida State, Wake Forest, South Carolina, and South Florida. 2009: Red-shirted. Before Clemson: Lettered at Ravenscroft School. Personal: His father was a team doctor at N.C. State...member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2010-11...majoring in management... born Feb. 6, 1991.
BRANDON FORD TE • 6-4 • 235 • *Gr. • 3VL Wando, SC Hanahan HS
Ellington 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date 9-5 9-10 9-19 9-26 10-3 10-17 10-24 10-31 11-7 11-14 11-21 11-28 12-5 12-27 Totals * - start
Opponent Middle Tennessee at Georgia Tech Boston College TCU at Maryland Wake Forest at Miami (FL) Coastal Carolina Florida State at N.C. State Virginia at South Carolina Georgia Tech Kentucky
Snaps Car Yds 24 9 72 6 3 21 16 9 45 4 0 0 10 4 9 11 2 34 15 6 12 13 6 88 *19 6 54 16 7 31 16 5 29 12 2 13 13 5 63 11 4 20 186 68 491
Avg TD Rec Yds PR KOR 8.0 0 0 0 7.0 0 0 0 1-17 5.0 0 1 8 --- 0 1 3 2.3 0 2 1 1-3 1-10 17.0 0 0 0 2.0 0 3 25 2-30 14.7 1 1 5 9.0 1 1 6 4.4 0 0 0 5.8 1 0 0 6.5 0 2 7 1-18 12.6 1 0 0 1-20 5.0 0 0 0 7.2 4 11 55 1-3 6-95
Ellington 2010 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Car Yds Avg TD Rec Yds TD KOR 9-4 North Texas *23 12 122 10.2 2 1 3 0 9-11 Presbyterian College 6 3 11 3.7 1 0 0 0 9-18 at Auburn *41 22 140 6.4 1 4 48 0 10-2 Miami (FL) 42 17 107 6.3 3 3 39 0 10-9 at North Carolina *35 12 55 4.6 0 1 -2 0 10-16 Maryland *38 16 41 2.6 1 0 0 0 2-122 10-23 Georgia Tech *40 20 166 8.3 2 2 12 1 3-79 10-30 at Boston College *34 15 44 2.9 0 1 9 0 2-37 11-6 N.C. State DNP 11-13 at Florida State DNP 11-20 at Wake Forest DNP 11-27 South Carolina 3 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 12-31 South Florida DNP Totals 262 118 686 5.8 10 12 109 1 7-238 * - start; Note: Had an 87-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Maryland.
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Ellington 2011 Game-By-Game Stats
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Date Opponent Snaps Car Yds Avg TD Rec Yds TD 9-3 Troy *58 18 89 4.9 0 3 7 0 9-10 Wofford *62 22 165 7.5 1 2 12 0 9-17 Auburn *47 14 46 3.3 1 1 1 0 9-24 Florida State *82 23 71 3.1 1 2 7 0 10-1 at Virginia Tech *59 16 40 2.5 1 2 20 0 10-8 Boston College *60 22 117 5.3 1 1 6 0 10-15 at Maryland *65 24 212 8.8 2 0 0 0 10-22 North Carolina *38 7 5 0.7 0 1 2 0 10-29 at Georgia Tech DNP 11-12 Wake Forest *69 25 98 3.9 2 3 42 0 11-19 at N.C. State *45 9 28 3.1 0 3 12 0 11-26 at South Carolina *49 13 66 5.1 0 2 5 0 12-3 Virginia Tech *60 20 125 6.3 1 2 -5 0 1-4 West Virginia *60 10 116 11.6 1 0 0 0 Totals 754 223 1178 5.3 11 22 109 0 * - start; Note: Was 0-1 passing against Boston College.
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Ellington Career Stats Year G-S Snaps Car Yds Avg TD Rec Yds TD PR KOR 2009 14-1 186 68 491 7.2 4 11 55 0 1-3 6-95 2010 9-6 262 118 686 5.8 10 12 109 1 0-0 7-238 2011 13-13 754 223 1178 5.3 11 22 109 0 0-0 5-131 Totals 36-20 1202 409 2355 5.8 25 45 273 1 1-3 18-464
Original walk-on who served most of the 2011 season as the long snapper on punts...will compete for the starting long-snapper roles in 2012...has
Personal: Two-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll... graduated on May 11, 2012 with a degree in sociology...born Dec. 31, 1989. Ford 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date 9-5 9-10 9-19 9-26 10-3 10-17 10-24 10-31 11-7 11-14 11-21 11-28 12-5 12-27 Totals
Opponent Middle Tennessee at Georgia Tech Boston College TCU at Maryland Wake Forest at Miami (FL) Coastal Carolina Florida State at N.C. State Virginia at South Carolina Georgia Tech Kentucky
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Ford 2010 Game-By-Game Stats Date 9-4 9-11 9-18 10-2 10-9 10-16 10-23 10-30 11-6 11-13 11-20 11-27 12-31 Totals
Opponent Snaps North Texas 12 Presbyterian College 6 at Auburn 1 Miami (FL) 1 at North Carolina 4 Maryland 5 Georgia Tech 9 at Boston College 7 N.C. State 8 at Florida State 16 at Wake Forest 16 South Carolina 15 South Florida 23 123
Date 9-3 9-10 9-17 9-24 10-1 10-8 10-15 10-22 10-29 11-12 11-19 11-26 12-3 1-4 Totals * - start
Opponent Troy Wofford Auburn Florida State at Virginia Tech Boston College at Maryland North Carolina at Georgia Tech Wake Forest at N.C. State at South Carolina Virginia Tech West Virginia
Rec 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 4 10
Yds 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 7 5 0 2 45 78
Ford 2011 Game-By-Game Stats
Served as Dwayne Allen’s primary backup at tight end in 2010 and 2011...a leading candidate for the starting tight end spot in 2012...has 25 receptions for 248 yards and four touchdowns in 373 snaps over 31 games (one start) in his career...preseason third-team All-ACC by Phil Steele. 2011: Academic All-ACC selection...had 14 receptions for 166 yards and two touchdowns in 222 snaps over 14 games (one start)... had two receptions for 14 yards against Boston College on Oct. 8... had a 12-yard touchdown reception against North Carolina on Oct. Year G-S 22...had three receptions for 51 yards, including a seven-yard touch2009 4-0 down catch in the third quarter to spark Clemson’s comeback, in his 2010 13-0 first career start against Wake Forest on Nov. 12...had a game-tying2011 14-1 high five receptions for 77 yards, including a 50-yard reception on Totals 31-1 fourth-and-18, at N.C. State on Nov. 19. 2010: Co-winner of the 12th Man Award (offense)...had 10 receptions for 78 yards in 123 snaps over 13 games...had at least one reception in six of the BRANDON FORD last seven games...moved from wide receiver to tight end during the open week after the Auburn game... had his first catch of the season against Georgia Tech, a five-yarder...had two catches for 14 yards at Boston College...had one catch for seven yards against #23 N.C. State that gave the Tigers an important thirddown conversion on a scoring drive...had one catch for five yards at Florida State...had one catch for two yards against #17 South Carolina...had four catches for 45 yards and two touchdowns on his 21st birthday against South Florida; he became the first Tiger in history with two receiving touchdowns in a bowl game. 2009: Played 28 snaps in four games, he participated against Middle Tennessee, Wake Forest, Coastal Carolina and N.C. State...had one reception for four yards, it came against Coastal Carolina. 2008: Red-shirted. Before Clemson: All-state as a senior captain at Hanahan High...#46 wideout in the nation by Rivals. com, #64 wideout by Scout.com, and #55 wideout by ESPN.com...#17 player in South Carolina by SuperPrep... Shrine Bowl pick...had 76 catches for 1,702 yards and 22 scores as a senior...led the state in receiving yards and touchdowns...third in the nation in receiving yards... team MVP as a forward/center on the hardwood...100m, 200m, 4x100m, and long jump athlete in track...coached by Jeff Cruce, an offensive lineman on Clemson’s 1981 National Championship team...recruited by David Blackwell...chose Clemson over Georgia, Georgia Southern, Maryland, N.C. State, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
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Snaps 4 5 16 3 28
Snaps 20 14 14 20 17 29 6 24 5 *11 15 11 15 21 222
Rec 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 5 0 1 1 14
Yds 7 0 0 0 0 14 0 12 0 51 77 0 5 0 166
Ford Career Stats Snaps 28 123 222 373
Rec 1 10 14 25
Yds 4 78 166 248
Avg 4.0 7.8 11.9 9.9
TD 0 2 2 4
LG 4 16 50 50