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Who's the best Clemson DB ever in your opinion?
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Jun 20, 2025, 4:01 PM
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Mine, for sure, is Terry Kinard.
While we're at it, the WORST were the Ford brothers.
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Jun 20, 2025, 4:06 PM
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While at Clemson...its hard to say. Justin Miller was always a fav of mine, 9 INTs his Fr year. Obviously AJ Terrell is up there, Alexander was more shutdown without the picks
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Evidently, you weren't old enough.......
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Jun 20, 2025, 8:07 PM
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to see Terry Kinard play.
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Jun 20, 2025, 8:14 PM
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Alexander was the Darrel revis of Clemson, no one would throw his way. I would this Dawkins and summon in the mix as DBs. But pure CB Alexander.
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Re: Who's the best Clemson DB ever in your opinion?
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Jun 20, 2025, 8:20 PM
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Simmons
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Linebacker***
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Re: Linebacker***
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Simmons played LB Safety hybrid, the pick he had vs OSU was absurd. The amount of ground he could cover with his size is something rare.
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Nah he was a linebacker all the way. Nevwe played safety.***
Jun 21, 2025, 9:50 PM
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*Never***
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Are we talking about Anthony Simmons here??
Jun 21, 2025, 9:52 PM
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He never played against Ohio State.
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Oooh waaait.. ISIAH SIMMONS. Im with you now.
Jun 21, 2025, 9:52 PM
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Yeah somewhat of a hybrid.
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Re: Oooh waaait.. ISIAH SIMMONS. Im with you now.
Jun 21, 2025, 10:24 PM
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Yes sir Isaiah
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Re: Who's the best Clemson DB ever in your opinion?
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Jun 20, 2025, 9:01 PM
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Dawkins is a good pick, loved watching him play well into his 30's with the Eagles. But Kinard is a no-brainer.
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Re: Who's the best Clemson DB ever in your opinion?
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Jun 20, 2025, 4:07 PM
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Kinard and it is not even close.
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Re: Who's the best Clemson DB ever in your opinion?
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Terry Kinard
A close second Donnell Woolford ( shutdown CB )
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Re: Who's the best Clemson DB ever in your opinion?
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You are spot on my friend. Easy pick, and you nailed it, anything else is just talk.
Terry Kinard
A close second Donnell Woolford ( shutdown CB )
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Mackenzie Alexander if he had played more than two seasons.
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He was a shutdown corner. I think he only gave up one TD, unfortunately vs FSU. Offenses didn't want to throw his way much. Wish he and Shaq had been able to play the CFP championship game in 2015.
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Re: Mackenzie Alexander if he had played more than two seasons.
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He was a shutdown corner. I think he only gave up one TD, unfortunately vs FSU. Offenses didn't want to throw his way much. Wish he and Shaq had been able to play the CFP championship game in 2015.
This is my pick too. Mac was the definition of shutdown corner. That one TD was because he slipped on the field too. No one else scored a TD on him so to me it's a hard argument to not have him at the top.
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Re: Who's the best Clemson DB ever in your opinion?
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Jun 20, 2025, 4:23 PM
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Agree--Kinard
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Re: Who's the best Clemson DB ever in your opinion?
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Jun 20, 2025, 4:25 PM
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Terry Kinard and Donelle Woolford ( misspelled)
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Re: Who's the best Clemson DB ever in your opinion?
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I only started watching Clemson football in 2008 as a casual fan and then I grow into a diehard fan in 2011. So I don’t really know much about the players who played at Clemson in 60s-00s. I can only pick a player from 2010s to present because that’s what I’m more familiar with.
So I would have to choose A.J Terrell.
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Re: Who's the best Clemson DB ever in your opinion?
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Jun 20, 2025, 4:31 PM
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Can only speak in my lifetime.
Mackensie Alexander
AJ Terrell
Marcus Gilchrist
Byron Maxwell
Jayron Kearse
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Re: Who's the best Clemson DB ever in your opinion?
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Kearse was fantastic his freshman but went down hill his next 2 seasons. I don’t know if he was hurt or what but he stopped being as aggressive and the plays like where he ran down the Louisville player in 2014 completely stopped. He would let up on plays a lot his last year.
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Terry Kinard
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National Defensive Player of the Year. They called him the ‘eraser’ since he would clean up anything past the LOS
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Re: Who's the best Clemson DB ever in your opinion?
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Jun 20, 2025, 4:40 PM
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Very surprised at no mention of Brian Dawkins before now to be honest.
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Jun 20, 2025, 5:38 PM
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Dawkins was great. Woolford was a legend.
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Re: Who's the best Clemson DB ever in your opinion?
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Jun 20, 2025, 4:45 PM
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Charlie Waters.... 1967....after going to Cowboys
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Unless Im mistaken, Charlie only played QB and receiver at Clemson
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Jun 20, 2025, 4:55 PM
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But you did say after going to cowboys. However, he was a safety for the cowboys. Still one of my top 5 all time favorite Clemson players
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Re: Unless Im mistaken, Charlie only played QB and receiver at Clemson
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Funny thing is at Clemson I watched him play half back, flanker and even QB. Pretty sure
he never played any D before Dallas. Go Tigers
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Partial to Special K, but's it's probably Dawk***
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Atta boy. Good to see you trying.***
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No love for Dexter Davis, Antwan Edwards, Robert O'Neal?
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Tye Hill, Deandre McDaniel, and Dexter McCleon deserve some mention too
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Re: No love for Dexter Davis, Antwan Edwards, Robert O'Neal?
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McDaniel was a baller.
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At corner Donnel Woolford. Kinard at safety.
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Re: Who's the best Clemson DB ever in your opinion?
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Brian Dawkins or Justin Miller. 20 was fearless.
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Demarco Fox, kearse, Peter ford.***
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Re: Who's the best Clemson DB ever in your opinion?
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My top would be:
1. Antwan Edwards: He was an All-World college safety with no real weakness. Crazy range and ball hawking ability. Not the hit man B. Dawkins was, but all around he was probably a little better college safety than Dawkins. He was literally a one man show that was unfortunately on forgettable teams.
2 tie. Donnell Woolford/ Dexter Mcleon/ AJ Terrell: Terrell could have been #1 if J. Burrow and J. Chase hadn't cooked him so thoroughly during the 2019 Natty.
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Terry Kinard Donnell Woolford Brian Dawkins Robert O'Neal Aj Terrell Justin Miller Mackensie Alexander Robert Carswell Antwan Edwards
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Kendrick for sure!! Only Clemson db I know of that started for georgia and that’s the sec bro! It just means more
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+1 for Antuan Edwards
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I went to the Clamson/NC State game, in '98 I believe, and he was covering Torry Holt better than anyone else could. Then, in the 2nd quarter, Edwards re-injured his hamstring. Soon after, Holt had a long TD catch. It was a 7 point loss.
Edwards was great, but seemed to be injured a lot, a "bane of the existance" of athletes.
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Best corner ever is Donnell Woolford followed by Mackenzie Alexander.
Best safety ever is Terry Kinard followed by Brian Dawkins.
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Woolford. Not even close.
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Donnell Woolford
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Donnell Wolford. .
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On a side note
Really surprised Andrew Booth hasn't shined in the NFL
I thought he would be our next great CB
He made some spectacular picks at Clemson
Some of the best one handed catches I've seen.
Hope he gets it going in Dallas
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Booth was great. I thought Mark Fields would have been better.
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Fields was mostly a backup at Clemson. He was a 4 star on Rivals and 247. Sometimes it just doesn't work out in your favor with multiple factors - competition, coachability, work ethic, drive, passion, injuries, etc.
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Donnell!***
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Re: Who's the best Clemson DB ever in your opinion?
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Really hard to pick between Kinard, Dawkins and Woolford. I played a lot of basketball with Kinard at Fike and he was one fantastic athlete. Would have loved to see him play in the modern era against pass first offenses.
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Jun 20, 2025, 6:23 PM
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DonnellWoolford with Makenzie Alexander a close second!
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Deandre Mcdaniel
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Terry Kinardis the only one on the Ring of Honor.
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About time they added another then
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Probably on the younger side of this discussion, Woolford and Kinard were before my time and I was still practically in diapers by the time Dawkins was in the NFL, so Mack Alexander is my guy.
Mackensie Alexander is the best CB in the last 15 years and he’d be a starting corner on the Clemson All-Time Defense IMHO. McDaniel would be the best safety I remember watching but it’s probably Kinard or Dawkins really as the GOATs.
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I think A.J. Terrell is better.
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That’s fair. He’d be a close #2 for me, Terrell was the better playmaker I think, but Alexander just shut the whole
Half of the field down.
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Kinnard, and Woolford
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Terri Kennard followed by McKenzie Alexander followed by Tre Bly
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Crap, I meant Ty Hill, not Tre Bly
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Dawkins for sure. Terrell next for me. Justin Miller was fun to watch. Mack island.
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Wiggins and Butler should be in the discussion as well.
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Rex Varn\#13. He made me want to be a DB, my Idol! Will never forget Maryland 77
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Woolford
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While at Clemson it was Donell Wolford hands down.
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Jayron Kearse and Mackenzie Alexander***
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I see Mackensie ( 2 ) mentioned here a whole bunch.
He was a great CB at Clemson from the jump.
And I say from the jump because when he came to Clemson
he brought his attitude with him. And to be clear , I'm being complimentary.
He knew when he lined up across from you , that you're not getting the ball
Period. End of discussion. I eat up that kinda confidence. The BEST have it.
Which is funny ia an odd way. When I watch Jalen Ramsey or one of the coots { Gilmore in particular )
it makes me nauseus. 
You have to have that at CB. And a short memory.
He however had an injury riddled NFL career that never took flight.
Last checked ; he's been released by the Cowboys
Also , he wore # 2 here. Which brings us to whom ?
Nate Wiggins, who also chose #2 as a gesture to MA. ( unsure )
That's why Woolford rises to the top. He not only shutdown his side of the field
at Clemson but was a career shutdown CB with the Bears.
They didn't even bother looking
Mindful that the '85 Bears won the Super Bowl
And Woolford came on shortly in that same era.
So, we are talking a stout Bears team , not what they currently trout out on the field.
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Donnell Woolford***
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Terry Kinard
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All good names here...best DB game though...Willie Underwood absolutely made my day against ###'## in Death Valley one cold late November Saturday.
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Best? Too many to pick 1. But Donnel Woolford wasn't no slouch.
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