Original walk-on who served most of the 2011 season as the long snapper on punts...has played 19 games in his career.

2011: Played 14 games...had one special teams tackle...played the first five games as the long snapper on both placekicks and punts, then on punts only in the last nine games...was perfect on all nine of his long snaps against #19 Auburn on Sept. 17; named team special teams player-of-the-game.

2010: Played in five games...saw action at the end of the season on long snapping for placekicks...did the job at Wake Forest and helped Chandler Catanzaro go 3-3 on field goal...saw action against Presbyterian College, Florida State, Wake Forest, South Carolina, and South Florida.

2009: Red-shirted.

Before Clemson: Lettered at Ravenscroft School.

Personal: His father was a team doctor at N.C. State...member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2010-11...majoring in management...born Feb. 6, 1991.