2011 Mackey Award winner...2011 First-Team All-American...2011 First Team All-ACC selection...2010 Second Team All-ACC selection...Caught 50 passes for 598 yards and eight touchdowns in 2011 which were all school records for a tight end...The 598 receiving yards were the fifth most all-time in the Atlantic Coast Conference for a tight end...Part of the first Clemson ACC title team in 20 years...2012 NFL Combine participant...Tied for second in the bench press among tight ends with 27 reps...Recorded fifth best times among tight ends in the three-cone drill (7.12 seconds) and 20-yard shuttle (4.37 seconds)...Flexible...Works well out of two-point stance...Smooth runner...Uses body well to shield defenders...Explosive athlete...Presents mismatches for both linebackers and safeties...Struggles a bit in blocking, especially in the run game.
2011 Season Stats
Wk.
Opp.
Rec.
Yards
TD
Avg
Result
1
vs. Troy
1
54
1
54
W 43-19
2
vs. Wofford
2
15
0
7.5
W 35-27
3
vs. Auburn
7
80
1
11.4
W 38-24
4
vs. Florida State
4
67
1
16.8
W 35-30
5
at Virginia Tech
4
75
1
18.8
W 23-3
6
vs. Boston College
4
49
0
12.2
W 36-14
7
at Maryland
5
41
0
8.2
W 56-45
8
vs. No Carolina
6
51
1
8.5
W 59-38
9
at Georgia Tech
5
38
0
7.6
L 31-17
11
vs. Wake Forest
4
48
0
12
W 31-28
12
at NC State
3
18
0
6
L 37-13
13
at So Carolina
1
9
1
9
L 34-13
14
vs. Virginia Tech
2
32
2
16
W 38-10
17
vs. West Virginia
2
21
0
10.5
L 70-33
Collegiate Career
Season
Rec.
Yards
TD
Avg
2011
50
598
8
12
2010
33
373
1
11.3
2009
10
108
3
10.8
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