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Highlights
Pro Career:
2006:
- Started 10 of 16 games as a rookie
- Finished season with 42 tackles (33 solo), team-high three interceptions, four passes defensed and one fumble recovery
- Earned All-Rookie honors from Pro Football Weekly/Professional Football Writers of America
- Made first career interception in Week 1 vs. Denver 9/10
- Made first career start in Week 5 at Green Bay 10/8
- Tied for team lead with six tackles in Week 14 vs. Chicago 12/11.
College Career
2005:
- All-America first-team selection by The NFL Draft Report, The Sporting News, and the Walter Camp Foundation
- All-Atlantic Coast Conference first-team choice
- Finalist for the Thorpe Award, given to nation’s top defensive back
- Career-high 11 tackles (nine solo) with three tackles for loss against Wake Forest
2004:
- Had 13 of his 21 passes defended in the last five games
- Had a career-high-tying four pass breakups in victories over #10 Miami (FL) and South Carolina
- Defended on Miami's (FL) last play in overtime to clinch the victory for the Tigers
- Had two tackles for loss, including a sack, in the Georgia Tech game
- Had a season-high eight tackles in the win over N.C. State, including six first hits
- Had eight tackles and three pass breakups at Florida State
- Had three pass breakups in the win over Maryland
- Recipient of the Hustle Award for the Tiger defense
- Played at least 44 snaps in every game and averaged 71.3 plays per game
- Had at least two tackles in all 11 games
- A big reason Clemson finished the year 12th in the nation in pass efficiency defense
2003:
- Started 11 of the 13 games and played 678 snaps
- Had seven pass breakups and two interceptions
- Had two pass breakups against #6 Tennessee in the Peach Bowl
- Finished with nine passes defended
- Had interceptions against #24 Virginia and #3 Florida State
- Named Clemson's Defensive Player-of-the-Game against Florida State by the Clemson coaching staff
- Set the tone for the game against the Seminoles with an interception on their second drive; also had a caused fumble and a pass deflection that saved a touchdown; had four tackles in playing all 69 defensive snaps that game; earned ACC Defensive Back-of-the-Week honors for that performance
- Had two tackles and an interception against #24 Virginia; the interception ended Virginia's final chance to kick a game-winning field goal in regulation; the interception sent the game to overtime, which Clemson won 30-27
- Had 37 tackles for the year
- Started each of the last nine games
- Honored as Defensive Rookie-of-the-Year by the Tiger coaches
2002:
- Clemson's third-leading rusher as a freshman with 225 yards on 42 carries
- Led all Tiger running backs in yards per carry (5.4)
- Clemson's leading rusher in the Tangerine Bowl against Texas Tech
- Scored two touchdowns, one on a 32-yard run at Virginia and one on a nine-yard run at North Carolina
- Had his best game at North Carolina when he had 105 yards on 14 rushes
- One of just two 100-yard games by Tiger running backs
- Joined Bernard Rambert in becoming the first Tiger combo to go over 100 yards in the same game since Raymond Priester and Kelton Dunnican did it in 1996 at Virginia
- Had 10 carries for 43 yards against Ball State in his first significant outing; he played 18 snaps in that game
- Had three rushes for 43 yards at Virginia, the 32-yard touchdown run came on Clemson's last possession of the first half
2001:
- Red-shirted as a running back
- Had an outstanding spring, capped by a 13-carry, 50-yard rushing effort in the 2002 Spring Game at Riggs Field
- Switched his jersey number from #13 to #8 at the conclusion of spring practice