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#25 Roderick McDowell Season 2011-12

PositionRB
Weight190 lbs
Height5-9
YearRedshirt Sophomore
HometownSumter, SC

 

Quick and athletic running back who was a reserve most of his career, but emerged as the starter in 2013 … had 1,699 yards on 318 carries and 12 touchdowns along with 34 receptions for 231 yards and two touchdowns in 950 snaps over 46 games (10 starts) in his career … eighth in school history in yards per carry (5.3).

2013:  Third-Team All-ACC selection (media, coaches) … third-team All-ACC by Phil Steele … had a team-high 1,025 yards on 189 carries and five touchdowns along with 29 receptions for 199 yards and two touchdowns in 603 snaps over 13 games (10 starts) … had four 100-yard rushing games … third in the ACC in rushing yards per game (78.8) and ninth in all-purpose yards per game (98.2) … had 132 yards on 22 carries and a 10-yard reception against #5 Georgia on Aug. 31; named team offensive player-of-the-game … had 43 yards on eight carries and a two-yard reception against S.C. State on Sept. 7 … had a game-high 68 yards on 14 carries and a 10-yard reception at N.C. State on Sept. 19 … had 41 yards on 13 carries and two receptions for 11 yards at Syracuse on Oct. 5 … had a game-high 91 yards on 18 carries and three receptions for 15 yards for a team-high 106 all-purpose yards against Boston College on Oct. 12 … had a team-high 61 yards on 11 carries and three receptions for 11 yards against #5 Florida State on Oct. 19 … had 161 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries and four receptions for 11 yards for 172 all-purpose yards at Maryland on Oct. 26; named team co-offensive player-of-the-game … had a team-high 70 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries and three receptions for 37 yards and a touchdown at Virginia on Nov. 2 … had a team-high 60 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries and three receptions for 11 yards against Georgia Tech on Nov. 14 … had a game-high 108 yards on 21 carries and two receptions for 18 yards and a touchdown against The Citadel on Nov. 23; named team co-offensive player-of-the-game … had a game-high 111 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries and two receptions for 31 yards at #9 South Carolina on Nov. 30; named team offensive player-of-the-game … had 69 yards on 12 carries, four receptions for 32 yards, and a 35-yard kickoff return against #6 Ohio State in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 3 … preseason third-team All-ACC by Athlon.

2012:  Had 450 yards on 83 carries and five touchdowns along with three receptions for 29 yards in 244 snaps over 13 games … had 11 yards on four carries and a touchdown against #25 Auburn at Atlanta, GA on Sept. 1 … had a team-high 59 yards on eight carries and a 27-yard touchdown run against Ball State on Sept. 8 … had 27 yards on six carries and a 16-yard touchdown run at Boston College on Sept. 29 … had 56 yards on nine carries and two touchdowns along with a 23-yard reception against Georgia Tech on Oct. 6 … had a game-high 83 yards on 13 carries at Duke on Nov. 3 … had 51 yards on 11 carries against Maryland on Nov. 10 … had 83 yards on 12 carries against N.C. State on Nov. 17 … had 47 yards on three carries against #12 South Carolina on Nov. 24 … had 26 yards on seven carries and two receptions for six yards against #7 Louisiana State in the Chick-fil-A Bowl on Dec. 31.

2011:  Had 63 yards on 14 carries and one touchdown along with one reception in 44 snaps over 13 games … had six yards on two carries against #11 Florida State on Sept. 24 … had a five-yard rush and one reception against Boston College on Oct. 8 … had 17 yards on three carries against North Carolina on Oct. 22 … had 34 yards on four carries and a touchdown against #22 West Virginia in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 4.

2010:  Had 161 yards on 32 carries (5.0 yard per carry) and a touchdown in 59 snaps over seven games … third-leading rusher on the team … saw more action in the second half of the season when Andre Ellington was injured … had 86 yards on nine carries and a touchdown against Presbyterian College … had 26 yards on eight carries at Wake Forest … had a 39-yard run against #17 South Carolina.

2009:  Red-shirted.

Before Clemson:  Rated as the #25 running back in the nation by ESPN.com … #4 running back in the nation by Rivals.com … member of the Rivals.com 250 … #6 player in South Carolina by Rivals.com … #48 running back in the nation by Scout.com … #22 running back in the nation by SuperPrep … #7 player in South Carolina by SuperPrep … #38 player in the ACC by Athlon … member of the All-America Top-250 team by PrepStar … had 1,892 rushing yards and 23 touchdowns as a senior … played his last high school game in the state championship game in Death Valley … had 1,399 yards on 158 carries and 28 total touchdowns as a junior … Shrine Bowl participant … invited to the U.S. Army All-American game … coached by Paul Sorrells at Sumter High School … recruited by André Powell … chose Clemson over Florida, Kentucky, and South Carolina.

Personal:  Graduated on May 10, 2013 with a degree in sociology … born Feb. 7, 1990.

 

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Graduate
2013

RB
5-10 / 200 lbs
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Redshirt Junior
2012

RB
5-9 / 195 lbs