Matt Skinner

First-team All-State performer in Florida...also named #44 offensive tackle nationally by ESPN.com... played in F.A.C. A. Florida North-South All-Star Game...played on state championship team as a junior...started at offensive tackle in high school, but was recruited primarily as a long-snapper...named a Super 24 player in Northeast Florida ...first-team all-area selection by Jacksonville Times Union...comes to Clemson from The Bolles School in Jacksonville, the same school that produced All-America Clemson kicker David Treadwell...played his high school football for Corky Rogers...member of the National Honor Society...recruited by Wide Receivers Coach Dabo Swinney and Tight Ends Coach Billy Napier....chose Clemson over offer from Wake Forest.

Plyler on Skinner: "Clemson thought he was best snapper in the country and this is first long snapper I have ever seen Clemson offer. Special teams have been a problem in recent years and if he can be the answer this will be well worth the scholarship."