Clemson Tigers

1953 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
48	Neuf Ankuta N. Ankuta	FB	5'11"	185	SO
24	Wingo Avery W. Avery	OL	5'11"	200	SO
46	Joe Bowen J. Bowen	TE	6'2"	190	SO
74	Forrest Calvert F. Calvert	QB	6'0"	180	SR
47	Willie Crain W. Crain	OL	6'1"	220	JR
83	Frank Denton F. Denton	OL	6'2"	220	SR
50	Gene Garrison G. Garrison	OL	6'2"	230	JR
76	Dreher Gaskin D. Gaskin	TE	6'4"	225	SR
30	Buck George B. George	RB	6'0"	180	JR
88	Charles Godwin C. Godwin	OL	6'0"	210	SO
72	Johnny Greene J. Greene	OL	5'11"	195	SO
	Larry Gressette L. Gressette	FB
31	Lawrence Gressette L. Gressette	RB	6'1"	195	SR
44	Nathan Gressette N. Gressette	OL	6'2"	220	SR
23	Crimmins Hankinson C. Hankinson	FB	5'11"	195	SO
41	Nolten Hildebrand N. Hildebrand	OL	5'9"	205	JR
32	Pooley Hubert P. Hubert	QB	6'0"	170	SR
64	Hampton Hunter H. Hunter	OL	6'3"	220	SO
60	B.C. Inabinet	OL	6'6"	260	SO
78	Scott Jackson S. Jackson	TE	6'2"	185	JR
56	Mark Kane M. Kane	OL	5'11"	190	JR
66	Don King D. King	QB	5'11"	170	SO
86	Joe LaMontagne J. LaMontagne	OL	5'11"	200	SR
63	Walt Laraway W. Laraway	TE	6'0"	190	SO
26	Don Massey D. Massey	RB	5'11"	185	JR
43	Tommy Mattos T. Mattos	OL	6'3"	200	JR
75	Bill McLellan B. McLellan	OL	5'11"	205	JR
37	Bobby Mooneyhan B. Mooneyhan	OL	5'11"	220	SO
49	Ken Moore K. Moore	RB	5'9"	165	JR
71	Gene Moxley G. Moxley	QB	6'0"	175	SR
67	Billy O'Dell B. O'Dell	RB	5'10"	190	SO
84	Farrell Owens F. Owens	TE	6'1"	195	SO
40	Joe Pagliei J. Pagliei	RB	6'0"	180	SO
21	Bob Paredes B. Paredes	QB	5'9"	175	SR
45	Jim Pressley J. Pressley	TE	6'3"	210	SO
65	Buck Priester B. Priester	OL	6'0"	205	SO
39	Donald Rhinehart D. Rhinehart	OL	5'10"	190	SO
38	Dalton Rivers D. Rivers	TE	6'2"	190	SO
62	Wade Rogers W. Rogers	RB	5'8"	165	SO
82	Don Ross D. Ross	FB	5'11"	175	JR
27	Jack Shown J. Shown	FB	5'11"	185	JR
35	Andy Smalls A. Smalls	OL	6'1"	195	SR
81	Dink Staples D. Staples	OL	5'11"	185	SO
53	Doug Thompson D. Thompson	RB	5'10"	185	SO
85	Pete Wall P. Wall	TE	6'1"	200	SO
70	Jimmy Wells J. Wells	RB	6'2"	180	SR
51	Clyde White C. White	OL	6'3"	230	JR
	Red Whitten R. Whitten	FB
29	Richard Whitten R. Whitten	FB	5'10"	190	JR
25	Ormond Wild O. Wild	OL	6'0"	195	SO
36	Tommy Williams T. Williams	QB	6'1"	180	SO
42	Charlie Wyatt C. Wyatt	OL	5'10"	195	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

28

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

517.0

516.6

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	5	5	.500
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333