Forty-five Former Tigers on NFL Rosters

Clemson, S.C.—Forty-five former Clemson football players are in NFL camps this week according to team websites on NFL.com. The NFL preseason schedule kicks off this weekend with the Hall of Fame game from Canton, Ohio.

Twenty-five of the 45 players have appeared in an NFL game and 36 of the 45 have been on an NFL roster previously. Last year 37 former Tigers made NFL rosters for the regular season, an all-time record.

The list of former Tigers currently on active rosters includes eight players classified as defensive ends or outside linebackers, six wide receivers, five safeties, five cornerbacks, five defensive tackles, four linebackers, three offensive guards, three running backs, two offensive tackles, one center, one tight end, one kicker and one punter.

The Arizona Cardinals have the most former Tigers on their roster with five, while the Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, Houston Texans, Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints have three apiece. Fifteen different teams have multiple Clemson players and 22 of the 32 teams in the league have at least one former Tiger.

Six of the 45 players were first round draft choices, and six more were taken in the second round. It is interesting to note that 10 made NFL rosters as free agents. There are 25 players in the NFC and 20 in the AFC. Twenty-seven of the players are defensive players, 16 offensive players and two kicking specialists.

Chris Clemons is the veteran of the group as he is entering his eighth year in the NFL. He is one of the five players with the Arizona Cardinals. C.J. Spiller has played the most games in his NFL career with 83, while Clemons has played 79, Marcus Gilchrist 78 and Kavell Conner 78. Gilchrist has the most career starts among former Tigers in the NFL with 56.

Nine of the players were drafted off of last year’s team, including first round draft choice Shaq Lawson with the Buffalo Bills. He is one of seven NFL rookies who played on Clemson’s defense last year.

Former Clemson Players on NFL Rosters
#	Name	Pos	Team	^Yrs	CU Yrs	!GP/GS
20	Mackensie Alexander	CB	Minnesota Vikings	R	2013-15
83	Dwayne Allen	TE	Indianapolis Colts	4	2009-11	43-43
50	Stephone Anthony	LB	New Orleans Saints	1	2011-14	16-16
95	Tavaris Barnes	DE	Seattle Seahawks	1	2012-14	12-0
77	Isaiah Battle	OT	St. Louis Rams	1	2011-14
44	Vic Beasley	DE	Atlanta Falcons	1	2011-14	16-16
50	Andre Branch	DE	Miami Dolphins	4	2008-11	51-12
26	Bashaud Breeland	CB	Washington Redskins	2	2011-13	31-29
30	Zac Brooks	RB	Seattle Seahawks	R	2012-15
13	Jaron Brown	WR	Arizona Cardinals	3	2009-12	48-2
90	Kourtnei Brown	LB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2	2008-11	5-0
10	*Martavis Bryant	WR	Pittsburgh Steelers	2	2011-13	21-8
29	Crezdon Butler	CB	Detroit Lions	6	2006-09	45-3
7	Chandler Catanzaro	PK	Arizona Cardinals	2	2010-13	32-0
29	Chris Clemons	S	Arizona Cardinals	7	2005-08	79-48
44	Kavell Conner	LB	Baltimore Ravens	6	2006-09	78-46
95	Corey Crawford	DE	Washington Redskins	1	2011-14
93	Kevin Dodd	DE	Tennessee Titans	R	2013-15
38	Andre Ellington	RB	Arizona Cardinals	3	2009-12	37-15
64	Dalton Freeman	C	Houston Texans	2	2009-12	16-1
21	Marcus Gilchrist	S	New York Jets	5	2007-10	78-56
93	Malliciah Goodman	DE	Atlanta Falcons	3	2009-12	34-11
93	B.J. Goodson	LB	New York Giants	R	2012-15
32	T.J. Green	S	Indianapolis Colts	R	2013-15
75	Chris Hairston	OT	San Diego Chargers	5	2007-10	57-26
10	DeAndre Hopkins	WR	Houston Texans	3	2010-12	48-48
11	Adam Humphries	WR	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1	2011-14	13-0
97	Grady Jarrett	DT	Atlanta Falcons	1	2011-14	15-2
98	Jarvis Jenkins	DT	New York Jets	5	2007-10	59-48
27	Jayron Kearse	S	Minnesota Vikings	R	2013-15
90	Shaq Lawson	DE	Buffalo Bills	R	2013-15
31	Byron Maxwell	CB	Miami Dolphins	5	2007-10	61-31
60	Antoine McClain	OG	Arizona Cardinals	1	2009-12	0-0
36	Jonathan Meeks	S	Buffalo Bills	3	2009-12	22-0
17	Charone Peake	WR	New York Jets	R	2011-15
5	Bradley Pinion	P	San Francisco 49ers	1	2012-14	16-0
98	D.J. Reader	DT	Houston Texans	R	2012-15
21	Coty Sensabaugh	CB	St. Louis Rams	4	2008-11	59-27
69	Tyler Shatley	OG	Jacksonville Jaguars	2	2010-13	14-0
28	C.J. Spiller	RB	New Orleans Saints	6	2006-09	83-38
97	Tony Steward	LB	New Orleans Saints	1	2011-14	7-0
60	Brandon Thomas	OG	San Francisco 49ers	2	2010-13
98	Brandon Thompson	DT	Cincinnati Bengals	4	2008-11	39-7
14	Sammy Watkins	WR	Buffalo Bills	2	2011-13	29-29
69	DeShawn Williams	DT	Cincinnati Bengals	1	2011-14