Linebacker Tradition
OVERVIEW Coaches University Traditions
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Number of times Chad Carson was selected to the Verizon Academic All-America team. He was a secondteam selection in 1999, and a first-team choice in both 2000 and 2001.
Players Review Opponents records
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Number of times in the last 14 seasons Clemson has had a Butkus Award nominee. Also, the number of linebackers on the 1990 team that played in the NFL, including John Johnson, Levon Kirkland, Ed McDaniel, Ashley Sheppard, and the late Wayne Simmons. The group combined to play 35 years in the NFL.
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Number of Clemson linebackers that have been selected within the first five rounds of the NFL draft in the last 21 years.
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Jersey number of both Keith Adams and Leroy Hill, two of the last 12 ACC Defensive Player-of-theYear selections. Adams won the award in the 1999 season and Hill took home the hardware in 2004.
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Number of career tackles for Kavell Conner, a 2009 Tiger senior who was an NFL All-Rookie selection with the Colts in 2010.
2007
Year former All-American Jeff Davis was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
KEITH ADAMS
HONORS National Rookies-of-the-Year Anthony Simmons
1995
ACC Defensive Players-of-the-Year Keith Adams Leroy Hill
1999 2004
Butkus Award Semifinalists Levon Kirkland Ed McDaniel Anthony Simmons Keith Adams
1990,91 1991 1996,97 2000
All-Americans 1981 1982 1990,91 1991 1995-97 1999,00 2004
ACC Players-of-the-Year Jeff Davis
1981
1903 1965 1965,66 1967,68 1967,68 1969 1971 1971 1977,78 1977,78 1978,79 1981 1982 1982 1983 1983 1986
1988 1989,90 1989,90 1989-91 1990,91 1992 1993,94 1994 1995-97 1998 1999 2000,01 2003,04
ACC 50-Year Selections Jeff Davis Anthony Simmons
1978-81 1995-97
NFL Players Rahim Abdullah Keith Adams Kevin Alexander
1999,00 2001-07 2010
2012 Clemson Football
Mike Barber Jonathan Brooks John Cagle O.J. Childress Vince Ciurciu Doug Cline Kavell Conner Billy Davis Jeff Davis Mike Dukes Rudy Hayes Andy Headen Larry Hefner Leroy Hill Bob Hudson Brandon Jamison John Johnson Levon Kirkland John Leake Terence Mack Ed McDaniel Eldridge Milton
1995-99 1979-84 1968 1999,00 2002-09 1960-66 2010,11 1984 1982-87 1960-65 1959-62 1983-88 1972-75 2005-11 1951-61 2005-07 1991-95 1992-02 2005,06 1987 1992-01 1987
Johnny Rembert Wardell Rouse Patrick Sapp Ashley Sheppard Anthony Simmons Wayne Simmons Darnell Stephens Henry Walls Anthony Waters Keith Williams
1983-88 1995,96 1996-99 1993-95 1998-04 1993-98 1995,96 1987 2007-10 1987
Pro Bowl Players Johnny Rembert Levon Kirkland Ed McDaniel
1988,89 1996,97 1998
Super Bowl Champions Andy Headen, Giants Wayne Simmons, Packers Anthony Waters, Saints
1986 1996 2009
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Jeff Davis Johnny Rembert Levon Kirkland Ed McDaniel Anthony Simmons Keith Adams Leroy Hill
All-Conference Players Vet Sitton Bill Hecht Butch Sursavage Jim Catoe Ronnie Ducworth Ivan Southerland Wayne Baker Larry Hefner Jonathan Brooks Randy Scott Bubba Brown Jeff Davis Andy Headen Johnny Rembert Edgar Pickett Henry Walls Terence Mack
Jesse Hatcher Doug Brewster John Johnson Levon Kirkland Ed McDaniel Ashley Sheppard Tim Jones Wardell Rouse Anthony Simmons Rahim Abdullah Keith Adams Chad Carson Leroy Hill
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