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Humphries Fact: Strongest player on the 2007 team in terms of the bench press (460).
Years Lettered: 2006
Fall 2007 Depth Chart Position: First-team center
Overview: Will have an opportunity to take over the starting center position from two-year starter Dustin Fry, a draft pick of the Rams...listed as first-team center entering fall practice...if he holds down the starting center position, he would be just the second sophomore to start there in the last 20 years; Kyle Young (1999) is the only other sophomore to start at center for the course of a season since 1986...strongest player on the team in many ways; he did 38 reps of 225 pounds, eight more than any other current Tiger; that is the third-best total by any Tiger in the last 23 years...best on the team in the squat (635) and overall strength (1,710).
2006: Second-team center who played 84 snaps...productive in his limited appearances; he had 16.5 knockdown blocks, including four intimidation blocks...had 6.5 knockdowns in 21 plays in the win over Temple...had an 80-percent grade in 10 plays in the season-opener against Florida Atlantic...had 5.5 knockdowns in 26 plays against North Carolina...played a season-high 27 plays in the win over Louisiana Tech; he had 3.5 knockdowns...did not appear in the last six games; Dustin Fry went the distance in those games...averaged a knockdown block every 5.09 plays, best on the team.
2005: Red-shirted.
Before Clemson: Captain of the South Carolina Shrine Bowl team...played offensive guard and tackle at Belton-Honea Path High, but played center in the Shrine Bowl, his first game at that position...named to the SuperPrep Mid-Atlantic team as the #7 prospect in South Carolina...consensus all-state pick as a senior by AP, The State, and High School Sports Report...Anderson Independent Lineman-of-the-Year as a junior and senior...#36 offensive lineman in the nation by CollegeFootballNews.com...#88 player on the East Coast by SuperPrep...SuperPrep All-American as the #22 offensive lineman in the nation...#4 center in the nation and #7 player in South Carolina by Rivals.com...led his team to a 15-0 record and the state AAA title as a senior...#22 on Spartanburg Herald-Journal's Fab-50 list...all-state as a junior and senior...all-region three times...state champion in the discus as a junior and senior, and runner-up as a sophomore...all-state in track as a junior and senior...coached by Wayne Green, who was Coach David Blackwell's high school coach at Berea High in Greenville, SC...chose Clemson over Maryland, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia Tech...born Barry C. Humphries on Nov. 4, 1986...majoring in sociology.
