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Clemson 10 Greatest WRs All Time. Only count college career
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Clemson 10 Greatest WRs All Time. Only count college career


Feb 1, 2022, 10:49 AM

not NFL:

1. Sammy Watkins (most receiving yards in a career in only 3 years with 3391)
2. Nuk Hopkins (2nd all time in receiving yards, also 3 years)
3. Mike Williams
4. Tee Higgins
5. Jerry Butler (12th all time in receiving yards on teams that didn't throw the ball)
6. Perry Tuttle (6th all time in receiving yards on teams that didn't throw much)
7. Hunter Renfrow (clutch catches say it all)
8. Rod Gardner (clutch catches say it all, 9th all time in receiving yards)
9. Artavis Scott (most catches in CU history at 245)
10. Justyn Ross (10th all time in receiving yards despite playing less then 3 whole seasons, also many clutch catches)

Honorable mention: Aaron Kelly (3rd in receiving yards and receptions all time, yet who would I remove from top 10 to place him there?)
Amari Rodgers
Antuan Wyatt
Terry Smith
Derrick Hamilton
Tony Horne
Jacoby Ford

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Re: Clemson 10 Greatest WRs All Time. Only count college career


Feb 1, 2022, 10:53 AM

Martavis Bryant deserves to be in there too

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Why? 28th all time in receiving yards. Only 61 receptions in


Feb 1, 2022, 10:58 AM

his career.

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Bryant had one good season his JR year and then went pro


Feb 1, 2022, 11:02 AM [ in reply to Re: Clemson 10 Greatest WRs All Time. Only count college career ]

He only had 19 catches his FR and SO years combined. He had a lot of potential and was a big play guy (averaged over 20 yards per catch for his career), but he just didn't have enough production throughout his career to be close to a top 10.

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Re: Clemson 10 Greatest WRs All Time. Only count college career


Feb 1, 2022, 11:00 AM

Love Renfrow but no way he's top 10. Only 1 TD his senior year. I realize he got lost on the field with Ross and Higgins and others but he never had a monster year at Clemson. Probably was underutilized for most of his career actually.

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He was so good at keeping the chains moving on


Feb 1, 2022, 11:04 AM

3rd down and played a big role on both of our title teams. He was never the best WR on our team, but he played his role so well that he probably deserves a spot near the bottom of the top 10.

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Re: Clemson 10 Greatest WRs All Time. Only count college career


Feb 1, 2022, 11:06 AM [ in reply to Re: Clemson 10 Greatest WRs All Time. Only count college career ]

You can't discount Third And Renfrow. How many TDs did other receivers have like Tee and Justin, Mike and Jordan Leggett that would not have been thrown had Renfrow not moved the chains?

I would maybe move Kelley up and Gardner down in overall performance. Not to discount Gardner's clutch catches.


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14th all time in receiving yards. What puts him up there for


Feb 1, 2022, 11:09 AM [ in reply to Re: Clemson 10 Greatest WRs All Time. Only count college career ]

me is 37 catches in 7 playoff games with 4 TDs.

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Re: 14th all time in receiving yards. What puts him up there for


Feb 1, 2022, 12:10 PM

It was 5 TD's wasn't it? 2 vs Bama his freshman year(15), 2 vs bama his sophmore year(16), and one vs oklahoma his Freshman year.

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Re: 14th all time in receiving yards. What puts him up there for


Feb 2, 2022, 9:31 AM [ in reply to 14th all time in receiving yards. What puts him up there for ]

Clutch. That's what sets Renfrow apart from others with more impressive stats.

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Re: Clemson 10 Greatest WRs All Time. Only count college career


Feb 1, 2022, 11:12 AM

Great list and fine homework!

But gotta agree with gottigers81 in that H.Renfrow doesn't deserve to be on the list (even though we all LOVE the guy and probably consider his winning TD catch in 2016 Nat.Championship game to be the most meaningful single catch in Clemson history).

Also gotta agree with TigersAndCubs® re: Martavis Bryant (who isn't on your list, but was duly noted by another poster). M.Bryant didn't do nearly enough as a Clemson Tiger to be considered for this illustrious list.

Someone to consider for Honorable Mention: Dwight Clark (had a HUGE catch to beat a very good Maryland team way way back). Of course, D.Clark's NFL exploits (in tandem with Joe Montana) ... especially in SF's first Super Bowl victory ... made him truly famous to NFL fans.

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Dwight only had 30 receptions during his college career.


Feb 1, 2022, 12:10 PM

Jerry Butler also caught a long TD pass against UMD that day.

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Re: Dwight only had 30 receptions during his college career.


Feb 1, 2022, 4:29 PM

Yes, Dwight's stats in college were truly unremarkable. Not sure how he even got drafted but he made the most of it for sure.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/dwight-clark-1.html

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Re: Clemson 10 Greatest WRs All Time. Only count college career


Feb 1, 2022, 2:09 PM

I don't really think that I can argue with that top 10. I think that is an excellent list.

I agree that Hunter deserves to be in the top 10. To me there is no one on the Honorable Mention list that I would take ahead of him.

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Re: Clemson 10 Greatest WRs All Time. Only count college career


Feb 1, 2022, 3:38 PM

I really loved Mike Williams. He was a monster. Came up with big catch after big catch. He was super aggressive when the ball was in the air. A 50/50 ball was more like 80/20 when it was thrown in Mike's direction. Still it's super hard to move him up the list.

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Re: Clemson 10 Greatest WRs All Time. Only count college career


Feb 1, 2022, 4:31 PM

Derrick Hamilton with Dabo would have made that top list for sure.

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Maybe, though, he didn't catch the ball with his hands. He


Feb 1, 2022, 5:02 PM

used his body which isn't usually good.


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Re: Clemson 10 Greatest WRs All Time. Only count college career


Feb 1, 2022, 5:06 PM

You left off Gary Barnes.

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Re: Clemson 10 Greatest WRs All Time. Only count college career


Feb 1, 2022, 5:10 PM

Great list, for me Kelly would have to be in the top 10 somewhere but still awesome list and brings back some memories

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A little different


Feb 1, 2022, 5:20 PM

1) Sammy
2) Butler-totally different era, was as big a game changer as Sammy
3) Mike Williams
4) Nuk
5) Tee
6) Tuttle
7) Rod Gardner
8) Artavis
9) Hamilton
10) Kelly or Renfrow

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I wonder where Williams would rank if he hadnt gotten


Feb 2, 2022, 9:25 AM

hurt his JR year. He was the best ball winner I've seen at Clemson and was also Deshaun's favorite target both seasons they played together. If he had played 4 full seasons at Clemson he almost certainly would've hit 4000 career receiving yards.

On the other hand, if he played his JR year it's possible he would've left and never been around in 2016.

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