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Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student
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Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 18, 2023, 10:44 AM

I attended from 2013-2017, and I believe my favorite player has to be Ben Boulware.

He is what a diehard Clemson fan that is lucky enough to put on the jersey looks like. He is one of us.

My backup would be Sammy Watkins in 2013.

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Fridge

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Apr 18, 2023, 10:51 AM



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Re: Fridge

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Apr 18, 2023, 11:15 AM

Watch the 1981 Championship season on the ACC Channel.
It shows William Perry do a 2-1/2 front flip off of a diving board his freshman year.
He was truly special.

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I saw him dunk a volleyball at Fike

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Apr 18, 2023, 11:54 AM

Definitely defying gravity!!!

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Re: I saw him dunk a volleyball at Fike

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Apr 18, 2023, 12:01 PM

He played basketball for Aiken high school. I saw him dunk in warm-ups... I thought the basket was coming down.

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Re: I saw him dunk a volleyball at Fike

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Apr 18, 2023, 8:02 PM [ in reply to I saw him dunk a volleyball at Fike ]

I played basketball with him many times in Fike. He could dunk without a running start. Just stand under the basket and jump straight up and dunk with 2 hands, catch the ball and jump straight up and do it again. Several times in a row.

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Re: Fridge

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Apr 18, 2023, 8:05 PM [ in reply to Re: Fridge ]

He was awesome. I was a student when he was at Clemson. Playing basketball at Fike back in the day. Saw him take one step and slam it with two hands. I’m 6’2” and he was no taller than me. Amazing athlete.

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Re: Fridge

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Apr 18, 2023, 9:26 PM

I delivered him pizza about once a week. Total was $9.90. He handed me a $10 and waited for his dime. Med supreme from Pizza Hut.

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A true legend

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Apr 18, 2023, 11:46 AM [ in reply to Fridge ]

In every meaning of the word.

I hate that he's doing so poorly, healthwise. Would love to see the big man be able to get to some games again, but doesn't look like that will happen.

"Ya lookin at the Fridge, I'm the rookie. I may be large, but I'm no dumb cookie."

Won the natty his freshman year at Clemson and the Super Bowl his rookie year in Chicago. Not bad.

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Re: Fridge

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Apr 18, 2023, 9:07 PM [ in reply to Fridge ]

I remember watching Bob Hope’s show when he announced the All American team. When William trotted out on stage, Bob looked at William, cracked up and asked “Did the bus come in you?”

William was awesome. He was always polite and I never saw him act out of line. He was fun to watch chase a quarterback down. I swear the field shook.

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Rod Gardner.

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Apr 18, 2023, 10:52 AM

Was a good guy. He, Nick, Jason Hollywood and Will Merritt.

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 18, 2023, 10:57 AM

Steve Fuller was the man. He went to Spartanburg High with me. He literally put Clemson football back on the map. Check out the 1977 SCAR game.

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Apr 18, 2023, 11:09 AM

Dantzler

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 18, 2023, 11:11 AM

1980-85
Cliff Austin - running back

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 18, 2023, 11:14 AM

B. Dawkins and Nealon Greene

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Wasn't a student then, but loved Nealon Greene.

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Apr 19, 2023, 12:14 PM

Turned Tommy West's offense into a decades early running threat QB offense.

Biggest memory of him though was running out of bounds on 4th down in last ditch effort to beat the Dawgs, at home, in those crazy throwback unis.

I was there. I imagine not many folks remember that one.

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Here's a pic (Nealon Greene) in the unis..

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 19, 2023, 12:18 PM [ in reply to Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student ]

I think Greg Buckner was a better Clemson player than both of those.

https://youtu.be/-SmGyTDfNks

Dawkins was by far the best pro of the three.

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Least favorite B Dawk memory was

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Apr 19, 2023, 12:37 PM [ in reply to Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student ]

Tallahassee 1993.

FSU was peaking back then, and we were about to fire Ken Hatfield that season.

Game ended 57-0.

Brian Dawkins blocked a Scott Bentley FG attempt late in the game, and he was returning it for what I hoped was at least some kind of points on the day. But no...

Was with a big-boobed bleach blonde gamecock chick who thoroughly enjoyed every minute of that game. We weny to UGA to see Brandon Bennett leap overt the top to win in Athens, then we drove to Flotida and stayed in Panama City before heading to Tallahassee for the next weekend's game vs FSU.

The only saving grace was me enjoying every minute of her later that night. More on that soon..

We were getting killed with Sidney Moncrief at QB, and on one FSU drive, B Dawk picked up a blocked FG attempt and looked to be sprinting to the FSU end zone for at least SOME points.

Lo and behold here comes the kicker, Bentley, sprinting in on an angle, he tackled Dawkins just yards shy of a TD. Then we took possession deep in their territory and STILL didn't score!

So frustrating, but blondie the coot grad was elated!

She was a big-boobed, bleach blonde gamecock chick who thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. The only saving grace was me enjoying every minute of her later that night. Good thing we didn't have any kids.

Go Tigers!

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 18, 2023, 11:15 AM

Gains Adams my freshmen year and CJ Spliller my last year.

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Apr 18, 2023, 11:58 AM

I played rec league football with his nephew

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Apr 18, 2023, 11:25 AM



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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 18, 2023, 11:28 AM

My favorite was MOMMY LOU Cordileone. Not only was he a great football player but every Sunday after the season we would play kick the can on the street corner in front of Dan's. One Sunday a VW was coming down the street but Lou didn't stop and hit the car. Almost turned it over. We all laughed and warned the driver to be more careful.

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Lou Cordileone

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Apr 18, 2023, 11:42 AM

He played the golf course I work at in Palm Springs, CA right after we reopened after COVID. Hilarious guy, still loves Clemson, and Dabo....still follows Clemson closely.

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Re: Lou Cordileone

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Apr 18, 2023, 11:46 AM

Sounds like a cool guy that I was not aware of. Wish I could have had the chance to ask my Granpda about his since they are about the same age.

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Michael Dean Perry and Brentson Buckner

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Apr 18, 2023, 11:39 AM

both beasts on the D-line and fun to watch.

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1994-1997 here

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Apr 18, 2023, 11:47 AM

Saw a lot of B Dawkins and Anthony Simmons, and a year of Trevor Pryce. But the most impressive player in my opinion was Priester. To run for the yards he did with the miniscule passing game we had under Tommy West was amazing to me.

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Apr 18, 2023, 12:17 PM

Marvin Sims and Obed Ariri. Would see them downtown after the games having a good time at that joint on the corner with the dancing. I forgot the name of the place. This was in the late 70s.

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 18, 2023, 12:32 PM

The Bookstore, back in those days. Then I think it became the corporation (just like the one out in Central behind the Ingles. Then I think it was TD's. We probably ran into each other. I remember Marvin dancing in there as well.

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 18, 2023, 12:48 PM

^^^^ I remember going there also. I think it was the corporation but I remember it having another name also when I was there (1982-1987). I don’t know about a fave player when I was at Clemson but William and Michael Dean were both there when I was a student. I think my daughter would say Sammy or Tajh were her faves when she was there.

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 18, 2023, 12:50 PM

Football was in tough shape in the mid-90’s. I’ll go with Greg Buckner and an honorable mention for Kris Benson.

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 18, 2023, 4:34 PM [ in reply to Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student ]

The Bookstore

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 18, 2023, 1:17 PM

Bennie Cunningham

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 19, 2023, 2:30 AM

Ditto!

Bennie was a beast. He would drag players for many extra yards. Best Clemson TE ever.

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Steve Fuller. Although he was only a Soph when I graduated,

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Apr 18, 2023, 1:27 PM

you could already tell he was going to be special. He just had that "it" that allowed him to never really be rattled in a game, and continue to perform at a high level, no matter what.

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 18, 2023, 2:08 PM

Dwight Clark

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Tie between Chester and Levon

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Apr 18, 2023, 2:15 PM

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 18, 2023, 3:13 PM

Terry Allen

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Apr 18, 2023, 5:49 PM

The Judge.

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Apr 18, 2023, 6:07 PM

Sammy Watkins hands down

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 18, 2023, 6:14 PM

Levon Kirkland

Not only was he a beast on the field, but I sat next to him in a Sociology class. The man was there the first day and all the days in between, and very engaged in his education.

It doesn't hurt that he was a Steeler as well!

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1980-1984

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Apr 18, 2023, 8:06 PM

Terry Kinard. He was a great athlete that could have played college basketball as well as football.

Hard to pick him over the Fridge, but I did.

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Keith Adams

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Apr 18, 2023, 8:43 PM

The man was everywhere.

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Perry Tuttle. Sat behind his Mom at our first Natty

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Apr 18, 2023, 9:23 PM

It was a fun night in that old wreck of a stadium.


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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 18, 2023, 11:01 PM

Charlie Waters.

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 19, 2023, 6:15 AM

Went out to watch practice one afternoon in '69, my freshman year. Frank Howard was standing at the road watching the players cross from Fike and he tok a minute to speak to us. The last player out was Charlie. Frank hollered at him, " C Waters, get your @$$ out there!"

I would add Bobby Johnson, first person I met at orientation and sat beside him at graduation!




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Frank Magwood (#2) from Moncks Corner…

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Apr 18, 2023, 11:23 PM

…Danny always said that Frank had the BEST hands on that ‘81 championship team, even over Perry Tuttle.

Frank’s critical acrobatic catch from a tipped pass to him, shifted the momentum in that Orange Bowl game.

Frank was also a really humble guy that always said, hi, with a smile around campus.

I really loved watching him play. I saw him in a West End Zone event probably 10 years ago, and he was still in great physical shape.

I also finally got to know WHERE Moncks Corner was in the state!
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Re: Frank Magwood (#2) from Moncks Corner…

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Apr 19, 2023, 7:19 AM

Frank did have the best hands on the team but he was from Johns Island. We played a lot of basketball together and I would catch a ride to and from Clemson with him when we were students. Went to his house several times. It was on Brownswood Road on Johns Island.

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1a. Levon Kirkland 1b. Terry Allen***

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Apr 19, 2023, 5:15 PM

Levon spoke at an event in Greenville a couple of years ago. After the event I went up and introduced myself as a CU Grad and thanked him for coming to Clemson and being one of the players who started our climb to greatness. He got a tear in his eye.

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Class of ‘71. Went through “rat season” and glad I did.


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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 19, 2023, 8:15 AM

I attended Clemson when we were going from a national power to powerless, So I would say Brentson Buckner

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 19, 2023, 11:40 AM

Charlie Waters...he did everything but take tickets!

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Apr 19, 2023, 12:04 PM

Jerry Butler and Steve Fuller

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 19, 2023, 8:13 PM

Good ones. Go over to you tube and watch Homer win the Natty. One might choose him. I watched it some time back and it was eerie that he was so much like DW4.

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Class of ‘71. Went through “rat season” and glad I did.


Rodney Williams led us to two straight top 12 finishes.

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Apr 19, 2023, 12:10 PM

What other QB did that prior to him?

Back then, 10-2 and a top 12 finish was a GREAT SEASON. No complaints, at all. Except Danny ran the ball too much lol.

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Charlie Waters or Ray Yauger.

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Apr 19, 2023, 1:06 PM

I’m old.

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Re: Charlie Waters or Ray Yauger.

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Apr 19, 2023, 5:16 PM

Nah. We’re not old just aged like fine whiskey.

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Apr 19, 2023, 2:08 PM

Michael Dean Perry (little fridge) and Donnell Woolford

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Apr 19, 2023, 2:13 PM

Arthur Bussey

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Apr 19, 2023, 8:46 PM

Dickie Foster

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Apr 19, 2023, 10:52 PM

I remember a game vs McGuires USC at Clemson where Dickie was on the foul line waiting to rebound a foul shot. The USC player to his left back handed him in the face and bloodies hisnose. Of course the refs weren’t looking but I saw it. Dickie knew better tan to retaliate. After that I knew McGuire was a S O B.

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Apr 19, 2023, 8:49 PM

Nuk for me. Derek Hamilton is my all time favorite player but Nuk was coming through during my college days

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Apr 19, 2023, 9:14 PM

Charlie Waters

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Apr 19, 2023, 9:33 PM

I was a student for 8 years from fall 91 to fall 99 so I've got a wide range of players to choose from... I guess I'll go with Rod Gardner in 1999.

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Treadfish

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Apr 19, 2023, 9:36 PM

That's right.

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 19, 2023, 9:38 PM

75-79
Has to be Steve Fuller.
Will throw in one for basketball - Bobby Conrad. That kid gave it his all every game.

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Re: Favorite Clemson Player During Your Time as a Student

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Apr 19, 2023, 9:39 PM

Chester McGlockton aka the strongest dude that I've ever met.

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1998-2002


Apr 19, 2023, 11:33 PM

Woody Dantzler is my pick with honorable mention to Rod Gardner

Because I like other sports as well...
Baseball - Khalil Greene and Jeff Baker
Men's Soccer - Wojtek Krakowiak
Womens Soccer - Both Augustyniak Twins
Volleyball - Cindy Stern
Men's Basketball - Will Soloman and Ed Scott
Womens Basketball - Itoro Umoh and Amy Geren

GO TIGERS!!!

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Apr 20, 2023, 7:36 AM

Second favorite is Ken Peeples...Websters definition of a student athlete!

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