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Who is your all time
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Dec 18, 2023, 10:59 AM
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Favorite Safety to play at Clemson?
This is a tough one for me, but I think I would have to go with Isaiah Simmons.
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Re: Who is your all time
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DeAndre McDaniel
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Re: Who is your all time
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Dec 18, 2023, 11:19 AM
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Kinard had the most All-American recognition, but McDaniel is the Safety I can recall applied the most impressive hits.
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Re: Who is your all time
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Dec 18, 2023, 7:28 PM
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Jayron Kearse? Still in the NFL!
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Brian Dawkins***
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Dawkins was a late bloomer, and while he made 2nd team All-America as a
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Dec 18, 2023, 2:45 PM
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senior, nobody ever expected the HOF career he had in the NFL, which I think enhances people's recollections of his Clemson days. He was a second round draft pick, 61st overall. Terry Kinard, on the other hand, was a consensus 1st team All-American twice, CBS National Defensive Player of the Year, USA 1980s All Decade Team, and still leads Clemson all-time in interceptions and tackles by a DB, and was taken 10th overall in the 1st round of the draft. Kinard had a much better, more heralded college career than Dawkins.
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Re: Brian Dawkins***
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Dec 18, 2023, 5:12 PM
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Look how close those LB’s are to the LOS. 😂 Loved Brian Dawkins!
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Re: Brian Dawkins***
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Dawkins for me as well.
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K'Von Wallace
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Dec 18, 2023, 11:20 AM
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I don't know that I have an all-time favorite, but I liked K'Von Wallace because of his toughness and I liked that he played with a chip on his shoulder.
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Re: K'Von Wallace
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Dec 18, 2023, 11:33 AM
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Wallace was definitely an underated and somewhat overlooked guy. I can't remember if he ever made an all ACC team. But his sticking pretty good in the NFL says a lot. Guy had some absolutely critical plays for us during our great run.
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Willie Underwood
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Dec 18, 2023, 11:21 AM
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A single game performance can influence me THAT much.
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Re: Willie Underwood
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Dec 18, 2023, 3:22 PM
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We were there!!!
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Re: Who is your all time
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Dec 18, 2023, 11:22 AM
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Terry Kinard. Dawkins a close second.
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Terry Kinard, hands down. He was so good, he would actually lay off receivers
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Dec 18, 2023, 11:28 AM
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and sucker the QB to throw it his way, then pick it off.
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Re: Terry Kinard, hands down. He was so good, he would actually lay off receivers
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Dec 18, 2023, 11:35 AM
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And I thought he primarily played corner for us. He was so great from true freshman on.
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He may have, I know he played safety for the G-Men in the NFL. Wickerpedia
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Dec 18, 2023, 11:39 AM
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only says defensive back at Clemson, it doesn't break it down any further than that.
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Re: Who is your all time
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Dec 18, 2023, 11:31 AM
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Wasn't Simmons a LB for us? I know he played several roles wrapped into 1 but he was definitely considered a LB for us right?
I've got to go with Dawkins but must admit I can't recall many Safeties that played for us over the years. Wallace and Muse were good ones. I know we had to have several great ones during Fords tenure too.
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Dec 18, 2023, 11:47 AM
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Terry Kinard. Hands down. Don’t remember the trophy that awarded the best DB in college football in that era but TK finished second to Deion Sanders.
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Re: Who is your all time
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Dec 18, 2023, 12:31 PM
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Christian Ponder says D-MAC, and I would have to agree.
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Kinard and Sanders were separated by like 5 years
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Re: Who is your all time
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Dec 18, 2023, 2:48 PM
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Maybe you’re thinking of woolford. He’s our best corner ever. Alexander is a close second.
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As far as his actual playing days at Clemson, Terry Kinard without.......
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Dec 18, 2023, 1:05 PM
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a doubt. He was great! Was a main force behind our 1981 National Championship team and is now in the ROH.
Brian Dawkins had the better NFL career (is in the Pro Football HOF).
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Re: As far as his actual playing days at Clemson, Terry Kinard without.......
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Dec 18, 2023, 5:15 PM
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Hate I missed Kinard. He was a few years before I knew what was going on with Clemson football.
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Brian Dawkins
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Dec 18, 2023, 1:12 PM
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also Tanner Muse - 2nd cousin has to mean something lol
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Was a big fan of Charlie Waters with the Cowboys in the 70s
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Dec 18, 2023, 1:22 PM
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though I know he played QB and receiver at Clemson.
I was at the Notre Dame game in South Bend in 1979 when Terry Kinard picked off their QB twice and made a huge difference in that game. Have to go with him as the Clemson safety GOAT though he played some cornerback too.
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DMD, the guy was a monster***
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Re: Who is your all time
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Dec 18, 2023, 3:20 PM
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I'd have to go with Terry Kinard. He was there when I was, so I'm gonna have to give him preference.
Go Tigers!!! Beat Kentucky!!!
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Donnell Woolford
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Dec 18, 2023, 3:34 PM
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Or was he a Corner? Either way he was awesome!
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Terry Kinard
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Dec 18, 2023, 3:43 PM
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Was great in college and pros.
I had the opportunity to play basketball with him many times and he could have just as easily played college hoops as he did football. Dude was an incredible athlete.
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Dec 18, 2023, 5:01 PM
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Robert O'Neal
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DeAndre McDaniel
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Dec 18, 2023, 5:07 PM
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Just for the play vs Ponder where he intercepts, points at him and runs to him and knocks him out the game vs scoring a TD, which he could've done.
Simmons is a close second.
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Great play, but he wasn't scoring there***
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Agree that it's debatable
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Dec 18, 2023, 7:24 PM
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But if he just focuses on the sideline and not hitting Ponder he could've easily got in IMO.
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Special K and it ain't close***
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Thats easy. Terry Kinard***
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Ehhhh maybe not.***
Dec 20, 2023, 2:07 PM
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Robert Carswell.***
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Van Smith - nah, he hates Clemson
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Had a great sophomore season in 2016 with 95 tackles on the national championship team. Got hurt and replaced junior year. Apparently got some bad advice and came out early. Things didn't work out the way he had hoped.
Now he's really salty about Clemson; his Instagram and YouTube pages are a lot of aggressive anger. Guess he's working through his issues. Hope he gets it figured out. Once a Tiger, always a Tiger.
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Terry Kinard***
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Brian Dawkins
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Dexter Davis
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Terry Kinard.
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