| Sporting News Top Outside Linebackers (Preseason 2000 Magazine) |
| Rk | Name | Yr. | School |
| 1. | Keith Adams | Jr. | Clemson |
| 2. | Saleem Rasheed | So. | Alabama |
| 3. | Eric Westmoreland | Sr. | Tennessee |
| 4. | Roylin Bradley | Sr. | Texas A&M |
| 5. | Boss Bailey | Jr. | Georgia |
| 6. | Rocky Calmus | Jr. | Oklahoma |
| 7. | Riall Johnson | Sr. | Stanford |
| 8. | Kautai Olevao | Sr. | Utah |
| 9. | Jason Glenn | Sr. | Texas A&M |
| 10. | Adam Archuleta | Sr. | Arizona State |
Clemson Records set by Keith Adams in 1999 * Most Tackles in a game: 27 vs. South Carolina * Most Sacks in a game: 4 vs. Duke * Most Tackles for loss in a game: 6 vs. Duke * Consecutive Games with a Sack: 5, 1999 * Most Tackles in a Season: 186 * Most Sacks in a season: 16 * Most Tackles for loss in season: 35 * Most games with at least one sack: 9 * Most Games with at least one tackle for loss: 12 * Most Selections as ACC Player of the Week: 5
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