Sept. 5, 2011
CLEMSON, SC – Clemson has 24 former players on NFL rosters as of September 6, 2011. The list includes seven members of the 2010 Clemson team who will be rookies this year.
The first-year NFL players from Clemson include Da’Quan Bowers with Tampa Bay, Marcus Gilchrist with San Diego, Chris Hairston with Buffalo, Jamie Harper with Tennessee, Byron Maxwell with Seattle, Miguel Chavis with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Jarvis Jenkins with Washington. Jenkins suffered a torn ACL in a preseason game and is out for the year. Chavis is also on injured reserve.
The veteran of the group is Brian Dawkins, a senior at Clemson in 1995 who is playing in his 17th year. Trevor Pryce, who has been in the NFL since 1997, is a free agent and has not signed with a team yet.
A total of 13 players from the 2009 Clemson team that won the Atlantic Division of the ACC are on NFL rosters.
| Clemson Players in the NFL | |||
| (as of September 5, 2011) | |||
| Number | Name | Position | Team |
| 61 | Thomas Austin | OG | Houston Texans |
| 91 | Da’Quan Bowers | DE | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 22 | Crezdon Butler | CB | Arizona Cardinals |
| & Miguel Chavis | FB | Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| 30 | Chris Clemons | S | Miami Dolphins |
| 53 | Kavell Conner | LB | Indianapolis Colts |
| 73 | # Jamie Cumbie | DT | Oakland Raiders |
| 20 | Brian Dawkins | S | Denver Broncos |
| 98 | Nick Eason | DT | Arizona Cardinals |
| 12 | Jacoby Ford | WR | Oakland Raiders |
| 38 | Marcus Gilchrist | CB | San Diego Chargers |
| 19 | # Tyler Grisham | WR | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 75 | Chris Hairston | OT | Buffalo Bills |
| 23 | Jamie Harper | RB | Tennessee Titans |
| 56 | LeRoy Hill | LB | Seattle Seahawks |
| 99 | & Jarvis Jenkins | DT | Washington Redskins |
| 41 | Byron Maxwell | DB | Seattle Seahawks |
| 97 | Philip Merling | DE | Miami Dolphins |
| 81 | Michael Palmer | TE | Atlanta Falcons |
| 67 | Barry Richardson | OT | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 97 | Dorell Scott | DT | St. Louis Rams |
| 28 | C.J. Spiller | RB | Buffalo Bills |
| 17 | Chansi Stuckey | WR | Arizona Cardinals |
| 6 | Charlie Whitehurst | QB | Seattle Seahawks |
| # – practice squad; & – injured reserve |