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Stephone Anthony led Clemson’s No. 1 ranked total defense in tackles in 2014. He was then selected in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints.
STEPHONE ANTHONY
3
Number of times Chad Carson was selected to the Verizon Academic All-America team. He was a secondteam selection in 1999, and a firstteam choice in both 2000 and 2001.
2
Number of consecutive bowl games in which Ben Boulware recorded an interception against Oklahoma (2014,15). He had a touchdown in the Russell Athletic Bowl and helped advance the Tigers to the National Championship Game a year later as the defensive MVP.
38
Number of former Tiger linebackers who have gone on to make an NFL roster during the regular season.
43
Jersey number of both Keith Adams and Leroy Hill, two of the last 15 ACC Defensive Player-ofthe-Year selections. Adams won the award in the 1999 season and Hill took home the hardware in 2004.
160
Number of tackles posted by B.J. Goodson during the Tigers’ 2015 National Championship runner-up season. Goodson was first-team All-ACC and then drafted in the fourth round by the New York Giants.
2007
Ye a r f o r m e r A l l American Jeff Davis was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
HONORS NATIONAL ROOKIES-OF-THE-YEAR Anthony Simmons
1995
BUTKUS AWARD SEMIFINALISTS Levon Kirkland Ed McDaniel Anthony Simmons Keith Adams Stephone Anthony
1990,91 1991 1996,97 2000 2014
ALL-AMERICANS Jeff Davis Johnny Rembert Levon Kirkland Ed McDaniel Anthony Simmons Keith Adams Leroy Hill
1981 1982 1990,91 1991 1995-97 1999,00 2004
ACC PLAYERS-OF-THE-YEAR Jeff Davis
1981
ACC DEFENSIVE PLAYERS-OF-THE-YEAR Keith Adams
58
1999
Leroy Hill
2004
ALL-CONFERENCE PLAYERS Vet Sitton Wyndie Wyndham 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
2016 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE
1903 1950 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
Levon Kirkland Ed McDaniel Ashley Sheppard Tim Jones Wardell Rouse Anthony Simmons Rahim Abdullah Keith Adams Chad Carson Leroy Hill Stephone Anthony Spencer Shuey Ben Boulware B.J. Goodson
1989-91 1990,91 1992 1993,94 1994 1995-97 1998 1999 2000,01 2003,04 2013,14 2013 2015 2015
ACC 50-YEAR SELECTIONS Jeff Davis Anthony Simmons
1978-81 1995-97
NFL PLAYERS Rahim Abdullah Keith Adams Kevin Alexander Stephone Anthony
1999,00 2001-07 2010 2015
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 Johnny Rembert Wardell Rouse
1995-99 1979-84 1968 1999,00 2002-09 1960-66 2010-15 1984 1982-87 1960-65 1959-62 1983-88 1972-75 2005-12 1951-61 2005-07 1991-95 1992-02 2005,06 1987 1992-01 1987 1983-88 1995,96
Patrick Sapp Ashley Sheppard Anthony Simmons Wayne Simmons Darnell Stephens Tony Steward Henry Walls Anthony Waters Jonathan Willard Keith Williams
1996-99 1993-95 1998-04 1993-98 1995,96 2015 1987 2007-10 2013 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