RUNNING BACK TRADITION By the Numbers 1 - Bill Mathis was a member of the New York Jets’ 1969 Super Bowl Championship team, the first former Tiger to win a Super Bowl ring.
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2 - Number of Super Bowl Championship rings won by former Tiger Terrence Flagler with the San Francisco 49ers in 1988 and 1989. 5 - Consecutive years Clemson had a first- or second-team All-ACC running back from 2005-09. 6 - Finish for 2009 senior C.J. Spiller in the Heisman Trophy balloting. It tied for the highest finish by any Tiger. It is also the number of Tigers who have led the ACC in rushing, including all-time Clemson rushing leader Raymond Priester (1994-97). 6.3 - Yards-per-carry figure by current running back Andre Ellington, the school career record among players with at least 1,000 rushing yards. 100 - Total number of touchdowns scored by C.J. Spiller (51) and James Davis (49) during their Tiger careers. Both are now in the NFL, Spiller with Buffalo and Davis with Washington. 1,000 - Number of yards 11 different Tigers have reached in a season a combined 12 times in Clemson history. 7,588 - Number of career allpurpose yards by C.J. Spiller in his four years with the Tiger program, the second-highest total in NCAA history.
Honors All-Americans Joel Wells Terrence Flagler C.J. Spiller
All-Conference Players 1955 1986 2009
ACC Player-of-the-Year Buddy Gore C.J. Spiller
1967 2009
ACC Rookie-of-the-Year Chuck McSwain Terry Allen Ronald Williams James Davis
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1979 1987 1990 2005
Jock Hanvey Fritz Furtick Stumpy Banks Goat McMillian Don Willis Charlie Timmons Ray Mathews Fred Cone Billy Hair Joel Wells Doug Cline Bill Mathis Pat Crain Hugh Mauldin Buddy Gore Ray Yauger
1903 1905 1919 1929 1938 1940,41 1949 1950 1951,52 1955,56 1959 1959 1963 1965 1967,68 1969
Lester Brown Cliff Austin Kenny Flowers Terrence Flagler Terry Allen Ronald Williams Raymond Priester Travis Zachery James Davis C.J. Spiller
1978 1982 1985 1986 1987,88 1990,91 1995-97 2000 2006,07 2006,08,09
NFL Players Terry Allen Cliff Austin Bob Baldwin Ken Callicutt Fred Cone 2011 Tiger Football
1991-01 1983-87 1966,67 1978-82 1951-60 ClemsonTigers.com
James Davis Stacy Driver Terrence Flagler Kenny Flowers Steve Griffin Rudy Harris Tracy Johnson Kevin Mack Bill Mathis Jeff McCall Chuck McSwain Joe Pagliei Marion Reeves Marvin Sims C.J. Spiller Don Testerman Charlie Timmons
2009,10 1987 1987-91 1987-89 1987 1993-95 1989-96 1985-93 1960-69 1983 1983-87 1959,60 1974-76 1980,81 2010 1976-80 1946
Sid Tinsley Joel Wells Derrick Witherspoon Terry Witherspoon
1945 1957-61 1995-97 2001
Pro Bowl Players Ray Mathews, HB Bill Mathis, RB Kevin Mack, FB Terry Allen, RB
1952,53,55 1963 1985-87 1996
Super Bowl Champions Terrence Flagler, 49ers Bill Mathis, Jets
1988,89 1969