Seven Tigers invited to 2015 NFL Combine |
Seven Tigers Headed To NFL Combine
CLEMSON, S.C. - Seven Tigers, including six members of Clemson’s top-rated 2014 defense, were invited to the NFL Combine on Friday. The NFL released the invitation list for the event that will be held in Indianapolis, Ind. from February 17-23. The invited Tigers include defensive ends Tavaris Barnes, Vic Beasley and Corey Crawford, defensive tackle Grady Jarrett, linebacker Stephone Anthony and cornerback Garry Peters. Punter Bradley Pinion was on the invitation list among the specialists. Clemson had the most defensive players on the invitation list with six. ACC-rival Louisville was second with five, while Florida State, Oregon, Southern California, Stanford, Texas, UCLA and Washington all had four apiece. Clemson was the only school in the nation with four defensive linemen on the invitation list, two more than any other school. Clemson was the only school with three defensive ends on the list as well. The Tigers were one of 12 schools with at least one player invited from each of the three levels of defense. The six defensive players listed above were prime reasons Clemson led the nation in 12 statistical categories in 2014, including total defense, pass efficiency defense, third-down conversion percentage defense, yards per play allowed and first downs allowed per game. Beasley was a consensus first-team All-American and ACC Defensive Player-of-the-Year in 2014. Anthony, Beasley, Jarrett and Peters all were First-Team All-ACC selections. Clemson was the ACC school to have four first-team selections on defense. The NFL announced the invitees of the 2015 NFL Draft on Friday afternoon and six Tigers on the defensive side made the list. Linebacker
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Bradley PinionBradley Pinion Update: The NFL.com is fixing the list and Pinion did get an NFL combine invite. Am told by @MikeHuguenin the Clemson punter who declared early did get invited to the Combine, so small error being fixed now. The 2015 NFL Scouting Combine will be held Feb. 17-23 on the NFL Network. Quarterbacks Anthony Boone, Duke Brandon Bridge, South Alabama Cody Fajardo, Nevada Garrett Grayson, Colorado State Connor Halliday, Washington State Brett Hundley, UCLA Sean Mannion, Oregon State Marcus Mariota, Oregon Nick Marshall, Auburn Bryce Petty, Baylor Blake Sims, Alabama Jameis Winston, Florida State Bryan Bennett (throwing QB), Southeastern Louisiana Shane Carden (throwing QB), East Carolina Jerry Lovelocke (throwing QB), Prairie View A&M Running backs Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska Jay Ajayi, Boise State Javorius Allen, USC Cameron Artis-Payne, Auburn Dominique Brown, Louisville Malcolm Brown, Texas Michael Burton (FB), Rutgers B.J. Catalon, TCU David Cobb, Minnesota Tevin Coleman, Indiana John Crockett, North Dakota State Mike Davis, South Carolina Michael Dyer, Louisville Jahwan Edwards, Ball State Jalston Fowler (FB), Alabama Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin Todd Gurley, Georgia Dee Hart, Colorado State Braylon Heard, Kentucky Kenny Hilliard, LSU Joey Iosefa, Hawaii David Johnson, Northern Iowa Duke Johnson, Miami (Fla.) Gus Johnson, Stephen F. Austin Matt Jones, Florida Jeremy Langford, Michigan State Terrence Magee, LSU Marcus Murphy, Missouri Thomas Rawls, Central Michigan Josh Robinson, Mississippi State Ross Scheuerman, Lafayette Tyler Varga, Yale Karlos Williams, Florida State Trey Williams, Texas A&M T.J. Yeldon, Alabama Zach Zenner, South Dakota State Wide receivers Nelson Agholor, USC Mario Alford, West Virginia Dres Anderson, Utah Kenny Bell, Nebraska Da'Ron Brown, Northern Illinois Kaelin Clay, Utah Sammie Coates, Auburn Chris Conley, Georgia Amari Cooper, Alabama Jamison Crowder, Duke Davaris Daniels, Notre Dame Devante Davis, UNLV Geremy Davis, Connecticut Titus Davis, Central Michigan Stefon Diggs, Maryland Phillip Dorsett, Miami (Fla.) Devin Funchess, Michigan Antwan Goodley, Baylor Dorial Green-Beckham, Missouri Rashad Greene, Florida State Rannell Hall, Central Florida Justin Hardy, East Carolina Josh Harper, Fresno State Christion Jones, Alabama Dezmin Lewis, Central Arkansas Tony Lippett, Michigan State Tyler Lockett, Kansas State Deon Long, Maryland Donatella Luckett, Harding Vince Mayle, Washington State Tre McBride, William & Mary Ty Montgomery, Stanford Keith Mumphery, Michigan State J.J. Nelson, Alabama-Birmingham DeVante Parker, Louisville Breshad Perriman, Cental Florida Ezell Ruffin, San Diego State DeAndre Smelter, Georgia Tech Devin Smith, Ohio State Jaelen Strong, Arizona State Darren Waller, Georgia Tech DeAndrew White, Alabama Kevin White, West Virginia Cam Worthy, East Carolina Tight ends Blake Bell, Oklahoma E.J. Bibbs, Iowa State Nick Boyle, Delaware Gerald Christian, Louisville Cameron Clear, Texas A&M A.J. Derby, Arkansas Jeff Heuerman, Ohio State Jesse James, Penn State Ben Koyack, Notre Dame Tyler Kroft, Rutgers Nick O'Leary, Florida State MyCole Pruitt, Southern Illinois Wes Saxton, South Alabama Jean Sifrin, Massachusetts Randall Telfer, USC Eric Tomlinson, UTEP Clive Walford, Miami (Fla.) Maxx Williams, Minnesota Offensive linemen Al Bond (OT), Memphis Brett Boyko (OT), UNLV Jamon Brown (OT), Louisville Trenton Brown (OG), Florida A.J. Cann (OG), South Carolina T.J. Clemmings (OT), Pittsburgh Takoby Cofield (OT), Duke La'el Collins (OT), LSU Rob Crisp (OT), North Carolina State Reese Dismukes (C), Auburn Andrew Donnal (OT), Iowa Jamil Douglas (OT), Arizona State Cameron Erving (OT), Florida State Tayo Fabuluje (OT), TCU Jon Feliciano (OG), Florida B.J. Finney (C), Kansas State Jake Fisher (OT), Oregon Ereck Flowers (OT), Miami (Fla.) Andy Gallik (C), Boston College Max Garcia (C), Florida Laurence Gibson (OT), Virginia Tech Mark Glowinski (OG), West Virginia Hroniss Grasu (C), Oregon Chaz Green (OT), Florida Chad Hamilton (OT), Coastal Carolina Jarvis Harrison (OG), Texas A&M Bobby Hart (OT), Florida State Rob Havenstein (OT), Wisconsin Sean Hickey (OT), Syracuse D.J. Humphries (OT), Florida Tre Jackson (OG), Florida State Arie Kouandjio (OG), Alabama Greg Mancz (C), Toledo Ali Marpet (OT), Hobart Josue Matias (OG), Florida State Darrian Miller (OT), Kentucky John Miller (OG), Louisville Mitch Morse (OT), Missouri Robert Myers (OG), Tennessee State Cedric Ogbuehi (OT), Texas A&M Andrus Peat (OT), Stanford Terry Poole (OT), San Diego State Jeremiah Poutasi (OT), Utah Corey Robinson (OT), South Carolina Ty Sambrailo (OT), Colorado State Brandon Scherff (OT), Iowa Adam Shead (OG), Oklahoma Austin Shepherd (OT), Alabama Donovan Smith (OT), Penn State Tyrus Thompson (OT), Oklahoma Laken Tomlinson (OG), Duke Daryl Williams (OT), Oklahoma Defensive linemen Henry Anderson (DE), Stanford Arik Armstead (DE), Oregon
Tavaris BarnesTavaris Barnes Vic Beasley (DE), Clemson Michael Bennett (DT), Ohio State Angelo Blackson (DT), Auburn Malcom Brown (DT), Texas Anthony Chickillo (DE), Miami (Fla.) Frank Clark (DE), Michigan Xavier Coooper (DT), Washington State Christian Covington (DT), Rice Corey Crawford (DE), Clemson Carl Davis (DT), Iowa Tyeler Davison (DE), Fresno State Ryan Delaire (DE), Towson B.J. Dubose (DE), Louisville Mario Edwards (DE), Florida State Kyle Emanuel (DE), North Dakota State Trey Flowers (DE), Arkansas Dante Fowler (DE), Florida Markus Golden (DE), Missouri Eddie Goldman (DT), Florida State Randy Gregory (DE), Nebraska Marcus Hardison (DE), Arizona State Eli Harold (DE), Virginia Zach Hodges (DE), Harvard Danielle Hunter (DE), LSU Martin Ifedi (DE), Memphis Grady Jarrett (DT), Clemson Derrick Lott (DT), Tennessee-Chattanooga Joey Mbu (DT), Houston Ellis McCarthy (DT), UCLA Rakeem Nunez-Roches (DT), Southern Mississippi Owamagbe Odighizuwa (DE), UCLA Nate Orchard (DE), Utah Leon Orr (DT), Florida David Parry (NT), Stanford Jordan Phillips (DT), Oklahoma Darius Philon (DT), Arkansas Shane Ray (DE), Missouri Cedric Reed (DE), Texas Bobby Richardson (DT), Indiana Ryan Russell (DE), Purdue Danny Shelton (NT), Washington Deon Simon (NT), Northwestern State Preston Smith (DE), Mississippi State Za'Darius Smith (DE), Kentucky J.T. Surratt (DT), South Carolina Lynden Trail (DE), Norfolk State Louis Trinca-Pasat (DT), Iowa Davis Tull (DE), Tennessee-Chattanooga Zack Wagenmann (DE), Montana Leterrius Walton (DT), Central Michigan Leonard Williams (DT), USC Gabe Wright (DT), Auburn Linebackers Kwon Alexander (OLB), LSU Stephone Anthony (ILB), Clemson Neiron Ball (OLB), Florida Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil (OLB), Maryland Aaron Davis (ILB), Colorado State Paul Dawson (ILB), TCU Trey DePriest (ILB), Alabama Xzavier Dickson (OLB), Alabama Bud Dupree (OLB), Kentucky Alani Fua (OLB), BYU Geneo Grissom (OLB), Oklahoma Obum Gwacham (DE), Oregon State Bryce Hager (ILB), Baylor Ben Heeney (ILB), Kansas Amarlo Herrera (ILB), Georgia Jordan Hicks (ILB), Texas Mike Hull (ILB), Penn State A.J. Johnson (ILB), Tennessee Taiwan Jones (ILB), Michigan State Eric Kendricks (ILB), UCLA Hau'oli Kikaha (OLB), Washington Lorenzo Mauldin (OLB), Louisville Benardrick McKinney (ILB), Mississippi State Mark Nzeocha (OLB), Wyoming Denzel Perryman (ILB), Miami (Fla.) Hayes Pullard (ILB), USC Edmond Robinson (OLB), Newberry Jake Ryan (OLB), Michigan Martrell Spaight (OLB), Arkansas J.R. Tavai (OLB), USC Shaq Thompson (OLB), Washington Max Valles (OLB), Virginia Tony Washington (OLB), Oregon Damien Wilson (ILB), Minnesota Ramik Wilson (ILB), Georgia Defensive backs Adrian Amos (SS), Penn State Detrick Bonner (FS), Virginia Tech Ibraheim Campbell (SS), Northwestern Alex Carter (CB), Stanford D.C. Celiscar (CB), Western Michigan Justin Coleman (CB), Tennessee Jalen Collins (CB), LSU Landon Collins (FS), Alabama Justin Cox (FS), Mississippi State Ronald Darby (CB), Florida State Quandre Diggs (CB), Texas Lorenzo Doss (CB), Tulane Kurtis Drummond (FS), Michigan State Ifo Ekpre-Olomu (CB), Oregon Durell Eskridge (FS), Syracuse Charles Gaines (CB), Louisville Clayton Geathers (SS), Central Florida Jacoby Glenn (CB), Central Florida Senquez Golson (CB), Ole Miss Doran Grant (CB), Ohio State Ladarius Gunter (CB), Miami (Fla.) Chris Hackett (FS), TCU Anthony Harris (FS), Virginia Troy Hill (CB), Oregon Gerod Holliman (FS), Louisville Kyshoen Jarrett (SS), Virginia Tech A.J. Jefferson (CB), UCLA Kevin Johnson (CB), Wake Forest Byron Jones (CB), Connecticut Craig Mager (CB), Texas State Dean Marlowe (FS), James Madison Bobby McCain (CB), Memphis Tevin McDonald (SS), Eastern Washington Steven Nelson (CB), Oregon State Garry Peters (CB), Clemson Marcus Peters (CB), Washington Cody Prewitt (SS), Ole Miss Damarious Randall (FS), Arizona State Jordan Richards (SS) Stanford Quinten Rollins (CB), Miami (Ohio) Eric Rowe (CB), Utah James Sample (SS), Louisville Josh Shaw (CB), USC Jacorey Shepherd (CB), Kansas D'Joun Smith (CB), Florida Atlantic Derron Smith (FS), Fresno State Tye Smith (CB), Towson Damian Swann (CB), Georgia Jaquiski Tartt (FS), Samford Trae Waynes (CB), Michigan State Kevin White (CB), West Virginia Jermaine Whitehead (FS), Auburn P.J. Williams (CB), Florida State Julian Wilson (CB), Oklahoma Specialists Will Bauman (P), North Carolina State Kyle Brindza (K), Notre Dame Joe Cardona (LS), Navy Kyle Christy (P), Florida Sam Ficken (K), Penn State Will Johnson (P), Texas State Josh Lambo (K), Texas A&M Kyle Loomis (P), Portland State Justin Manton (K), Louisiana-Monroe Trevor Pardula (P), Kansas Jared Roberts (K), Colorado State Spencer Roth (P), Baylor (list courtesy of NFL.com)
Sr. Linebacker
#42 6-2, 244
Polkton, NC
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, defensive end
Corey CrawfordCorey Crawford
Sr. Defensive End
#93 6-5, 276
Columbus, GA
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, defensive end
Vic BeasleyVic Beasley
RS Sr. Defensive End
#3 6-2, 236
Adairsville, GA
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, defensive end Tavaris Barnes, defensive tackle
Grady JarrettGrady Jarrett
Sr. Defensive Tackle
#50 6-1, 290
Conyers, GA
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and defensive back
Garry PetersGarry Peters
RS Sr. Cornerback
#26 6-0, 194
Conyers, GA
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made the final cut.
Jr. Punter
#92 6-6, 230
Concord, NC
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announced on Twitter that he had a NFL Scouting Combine invite but was not on the official list on NFL.com.
RS Sr. Defensive End
#9 6-4, 273
Jacksonville, FL
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(DE), Clemson
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