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RECEIVER TRADITION 1
Number of tight ends named to the ACC 50-Year Anniversary team. The only pick was former Tiger Bennie Cunningham, an All-America tight end in 1974 and 1975.
SAMMY WATKINS
4
Selection in the first round by Sammy Watkins in the 2014 NFL draft by the Bills, tied for the highest draft pick in Tiger history.
6
Number of former Clemson wide receivers and tight ends on active NFL rosters in 2015.
8
Number of touchdown receptions in 2015 by tight end Jordan Leggett, tying the single-season Clemson record for the position.
11
Number of ACC receptionyardage champions Clemson has had. That includes DeAndre Hopkins in 2012 and Sammy Watkins in 2013.
34
Former Clemson players had 34 receiving touchdowns during the 2014 NFL season, second among all schools. Eight different former Tigers had touchdown receptions, also second nationally.
50
Dwayne Allen won the John Mackey Award as the nation’s top tight end in 2011 after totaling 50 receptions, eight of which went for touchdowns.
111
Number of receptions by former Tiger DeAndre Hopkins for the Houston Texans in 2015, third-most in the NFL. The Pro Bowler had 1,521 yards as well.
240
Number of catches Sammy Watkins totaled in his career from 2011-13, second in ACC history.
HONORS JOHN MACKEY AWARD WINNER Dwayne Allen
2011
JOHN MACKEY AWARD FINALIST Jordan Leggett
2015
SPORTING NEWS NATIONAL FOTY Sammy Watkins
2011
WALTER CAMP AWARD SEMIFINALISTS Sammy Watkins
2011
BILETNIKOFF AWARD FINALISTS Sammy Watkins
2013
BILETNIKOFF AWARD SEMIFINALISTS Tony Horne Rod Gardner Sammy Watkins DeAndre Hopkins
1997 2000 2011 2012
ALL-AMERICANS Joe Blalock Bennie Cunningham
54
1940,41 1974,75
Jerry Butler Perry Tuttle Rod Gardner Dwayne Allen Sammy Watkins DeAndre Hopkins Jordan Leggett
1978 1981 2000 2011 2011-13 2012 2015
ALL-CONFERENCE PLAYERS Hope Sandler Gus Goins Joe Blalock Chip Clark Glenn Smith Dreher Gaskin Scott Jackson Dalton Rivers Ray Masneri Gary Barnes Tommy King Charlie Waters John McMakin Bennie Cunningham Jerry Butler
2016 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE
1902 1938 1939-41 1942 1950,51 1953 1954 1956 1957,58 1959 1961 1969 1971 1974,75 1977,78
Perry Tuttle Frank Magwood K.D. Dunn Jim Riggs Terrance Roulhac Terry Smith Lamont Hall Tony Horne Rod Gardner Airese Currie Chansi Stuckey Aaron Kelly Jacoby Ford Michael Palmer Dwayne Allen Sammy Watkins Brandon Ford DeAndre Hopkins Artavis Scott Jordan Leggett
1980,81 1982 1983 1985,86 1984 1991 1996 1997 1999,00 2004 2005,06 2007,08 2009 2009 2011 2011,13 2012 2012 2014,15 2015
ACC 50-YEAR SELECTIONS Jerry Butler Bennie Cunningham
1975-78 1973-75
NFL PLAYERS Dwayne Allen Gary Barnes Shelton Boyer Jaron Brown Martavis Bryant Jerry Butler Dwight Clark James Coley Bennie Cunningham Airese Currie K.D. Dunn Jacoby Ford Rod Gardner Tyler Grisham Lamont Hall Derrick Hamilton DeAndre Hopkins Tony Horne Adam Humphries Keith Jennings Ray Mathews John McMakin Michael Palmer
2012-15 1961-67 1987 2013-15 2014,15 1979-87 1979-87 1990,91 1976-85 2005,06 1985-88 2010-13 2001-06 2009 1999-05 2004,05 2013-15 1998-00 2015 1989-97 1951-60 1972-76 2010-14
Bob Poole Jim Riggs Stan Rome Larry Ryans Chansi Stuckey Rendrick Taylor Doug Thomas Perry Tuttle Joey Walters Sammy Watkins Ray Williams Kevin Youngblood
1964-67 1987-93 1979-82 1993,96 2007-10 2010 1991-93 1982-88 1977-87 2014,15 1987 2006
PRO BOWL PLAYERS Jerry Butler Dwight Clark DeAndre Hopkins
1980 1981,82 2015
SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS Dwight Clark, 49ers 1981,84 Bennie Cunningham, Steelers 1977,78 John McMakin, Steelers 1974 Tony Horne, Rams 1999