Aaron Schatz and Seth Walder of ESPN recently unveiled their “All Quarter Century team,” highlighting the best NFL players from 2000-24. Clemson legend Brian Dawkins is one of four safeties that made the All Quarter Century squad, along with Ed Reed (Ravens, Texans, Jets), Troy Polamalu (Steelers) and Earl Thomas III (Seahawks, Ravens). A former […]
When Andrew Mukuba was taken by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2025 NFL Draft, he became reunited with former Clemson teammates Jeremiah Trotter Jr. and Will Shipley. Of course, Mukuba spent three seasons at Clemson before transferring to Texas for his fourth and final college campaign in 2024. Mukuba, Trotter and Shipley were all members […]
A Clemson legend was recently ranked among the best players at his position in the history of the National Football League. The 33rd Team’s Elliott Kalb ranked the NFL’s top safeties of all-time, and former Tiger Brian Dawkins landed at No. 5: A second-round pick out of Clemson in 1996, Dawkins was recognized as a […]
A Clemson legend was involved in a great cause prior to “America’s Game” today. Before the Army-Navy game, former Tiger safety and NFL Hall of Famer Brian Dawkins teamed up with legendary Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten and USAA to give vehicles to military members. USAA, the official sponsor of the Army-Navy game, has […]
Maxwell Football Club Director, Mark Wolpert, announced that Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame defensive back Brian Dawkins has been selected as the winner of the 17th MFC/Harrah’s Legends Award. The Philadelphia Eagles selected Dawkins out of Clemson in the second round, 61st overall, of the 1996 NFL Draft. Over the next 16 seasons, Dawkins exuded […]
Clemson signed a hard-hitting safety with elite ball skills as a part of its 2022 recruiting class. Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, Va.) four-star Sherrod Covil, Jr. inked with Dabo Swinney’s program on Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period for class of 2022 football recruits. Fair or not, some Tigers fans have already started […]
One of the NFL’s greatest players reached out to former Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence on Twitter Tuesday to personally thank him for the gift he gave the city of Jacksonville. Brian Dawkins, who was an All-American safety at Clemson before going on to star in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles, thanked Lawrence and his […]
Former Clemson safety Brian Dawkins is one of Hall of Fame inductees, record setters and NFL standouts highlight the 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Legends class announced on Wednesday. Besides Dawkins, the 14-member group of honorees includes Boston College’s Joe Nash, Duke’s Chris Port, Florida State’s Ron Sellers, Georgia Tech’s Derrick Morgan, Louisville’s Deion Branch, Miami’s […]
Former Clemson standout, now Pro Football Hall of Famer, Brian Dawkins was named as a 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Legend on Thursday. The 14-member group of honorees includes Boston College’s Mathias Kiwanuka, Clemson’s Dawkins, Duke’s Steve Spurrier, Florida State’s Bobby Bowden, Georgia Tech’s Joshua Nesbitt, Louisville’s Roman Oben, Miami’s Ed Reed, North Carolina’s Ron […]
When you are considered one of the greatest to ever play the game. When you have two fans bases that admire and look up to you because of the things you did on the football field. When you are enshrined as a Pro Football Hall of Famer, you can use that platform in so many […]