Top 25 Clemson Athletes Announced

Nov. 5, 1999

CLEMSON, S.C. – Today we conclude the list with the annoucement of players one through five. Banks McFadden was ranked first. He was rated number-one on 19 of the 28 ballots. No other player was listed first on more than three ballots.

The 28-person panel did an outstanding job in the selection process. The players were distributed fairly equally by position and at least one player from each decade from 1930-90 was selected. It is easy to see what the committee feels is the most talented team in Clemson history. Nine of the 25 players listed were members of the 1978 Clemson team. Six of the top 25 were on the 1981 National Championship team. There were four running backs, four linebackers, four receivers, three offensive linemen, three defensive linemen, three defensive backs, three quarterbacks and one kicker chosen.

Here is the final list of the Top 25 Clemson Players of the Century:

Rk	Player	Pos	Years
1.	Banks McFadden	QB	1937-39
2.	Jeff Davis	LB	1978-81
3.	Terry Kinard	FS	1978-82
4.	Jerry Butler	WR	1975-78
5.	Steve Fuller	QB	1975-78
6.	Fred Cone	RB	1948-50
7.	William Perry	DL	1981-84
8.	Levon Kirkland	LB	1988-91
9.	Anthony Simmons	LB	1995-97
10.	Michael Dean Perry	DT	1984-87
11.	Joe Bostic	OG	1975-78
12.	Donnell Woolford	DB	1985-88
13.	Bennie Cunningham	TE	1972-75
14.	Perry Tuttle	WR	1978-81
15.	Bobby Gage	QB	1945-48
16.	Joe Blalock	WR	1939-41
17.	Harry Olszewski	OG	1965-67
18.	Homer Jordan	QB	1979-82
19.	Chris Gardocki	PK/P	1988-90
20.	Jeff Bryant	DT	1978-81
21.	Terry Allen	RB	1987-89
22.	Buddy Gore	RB	1966-68
23.	Bubba Brown	LB	1976-79
24.	Jeff Bostic	C	1976-79
25.	Joel Wells	RB	1954-56