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DEFENSIVE BACK TRADITION BRIAN DAWKINS
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Number of the round cornerback Tye Hill was drafted in 2006. Hill was the No. 15 overall selection by the Rams, and he went on to make the NFL All-Rookie team in 2006.
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Byron Maxwell played in the Super Bowl for the Seattle Seahawks each of the last two years.
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Number of former Clemson defensive backs who have played on Super Bowl Championship teams. That includes Byron Maxwell on the Seattle Seahawks, winner of the 2014 Super Bowl.
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Seven different Tiger defensive backs played in the NFL in 2014, more than any other position.
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Number of Pro Bowls for Brian Dawkins, one of the NFL’s best safeties. He has more Pro Bowl selections than any other former Tiger.
16
Bashaud Breeland had 16 passes broken up for the Washington Redskins in 2014, tied for most among rookies. He was named to the NFL All-Rookie Team.
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Number of years in the last 20 seasons that Clemson has had at least one All-ACC defensive back.
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Number of takeaways former All-American and 1982 National Defensive Player-of-the-Year Terry Kinard had in his career, still a Tiger record. Kinard was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001 as well as the Clemson Ring of Honor.
HONORS THORPE AWARD SEMIFINALISTS
ALL-CONFERENCE PLAYERS
Donnell Woolford Robert O’Neal Brian Dawkins Antwan Edwards Robert Carswell Justin Miller Tye Hill DeAndre McDaniel
Bob Bailey Shad Bryant Fred Knoebel Wayne Page Frank Liberatore Don Kelley Peanut Martin Jim Ness Steve Ryan Rex Varn Terry Kinard Rod McSwain Ronald Watson Delton Hall Donnell Woolford James Lott Dexter Davis Robert O’Neal Brian Dawkins Andre Humphrey
1988 1991 1995 1998 1999 2003 2005 2010
ALL-AMERICANS Bobby Gage Jackie Calvert Terry Kinard Donnell Woolford Brian Dawkins Antwan Edwards Robert Carswell Brian Mance Tye Hill DeAndre McDaniel
1948 1950 1981,82 1987,88 1995 1998 2000 2002 2005 2009,10
1937 1939 1951 1966 1967 1970 1973 1974 1977,78 1979 1981,82 1983 1984 1986 1987,88 1988,89 1989,90 1989,91,92 1993-95 1993
Leomont Evans Dexter McCleon Antwan Edwards Robert Carswell Charles Hafley Brian Mance Justin Miller Tye Hill Michael Hamlin DeAndre McDaniel Rashard Hall Bashaud Breeland Garry Peters
1995 1996 1997,98 1999,00 2001 2002 2002,04 2005 2007,08 2009,10 2012 2013 2014
ACC 50-YEAR SELECTIONS Terry Kinard
1979-82
NFL PLAYERS Bashaud Breeland Crezdon Butler Robert Carswell
2014 2010-14 2001,02
Chris Clemons Darrel Crutchfield Kenny Danforth Dexter Davis Ty Davis Brian Dawkins Antwan Edwards Leomont Evans Jamaal Fudge Marcus Gilchrist Delton Hall Michael Hamlin Jerome Henderson Tye Hill Terry Kinard Al Latimer Byron Maxwell Dexter McCleon Rod McSwain Jonathan Meeks Justin Miller
2009-14 2001 1987 1991-95 1985-87 1996-11 1999-05 1996-99 2006-09 2011-14 1987-93 2009,10 1991-98 2006-09 1983-90 1979-84 2011-14 1997-06 1984-90 2013,14 2005-09
Robert O’Neal Reggie Pleasant Coty Sensabaugh James Trapp Charlie Waters Perry Williams Donnell Woolford
1993-96 1985-96 2012-14 1993-03 1970-81 1987 1989-97
PRO BOWL PLAYERS Charlie Waters 1976-78 Terry Kinard 1988 Brian Dawkins 1999,01,02,04-06,08,09,11
SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS Terry Kinard, Giants 1986 Charlie Waters, Cowboys 1971,77 Dexter McCleon, Rams 1999 James Trapp, Ravens 2000 Byron Maxwell, Seahawks 2013
2015 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE
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