Quarterback Tajh Boyd holds Clemson's career passing and total offense records. The Clemson Tigers football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Clemson Tigers football program in various categories,[1] passing , rushing , receiving , total offense , defensive stats, kicking , and scoring. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Tigers represent Clemson University in the NCAA 's Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
Although Clemson began competing in intercollegiate football in 1896,[1]
These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:
Since the 1940s, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.
The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers.
Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.[2] played in 22 bowl games since this decision, including two in 2015 , 2016 , 2018 , and 2019 , giving many recent players extra games to accumulate statistics. Similarly, the Tigers have played in the ACC Championship Game seven times since 2009.The Tigers have topped the 5,000-yard mark 17 times in school history, with ten of those coming since 2010 . The Tigers eclipsed 6,000 offensive yards for the first time in 2011 and have now done it nine times. The Tigers set an offensive record in 2019 , with 7,931 yards, their fourth year eclipsing the 7,000-yard mark, overtaking 2018 's 7,908 yards. In 2015 they gained 7,718 yards and nearly matched it with 7,555 yards in 2016 . This means more recent players will tend to dominate offensive lists. These lists are updated through the Tigers' game against Ohio State on January 1, 2021 .
Passing [ edit ] Passing yards [ edit ]
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Tajh Boyd 11,904
2010 2011 2012 2013
2
Deshaun Watson 10,163[3]
2014 2015 2016
3
Trevor Lawrence 10,098[4]
2018 2019 2020
4
Charlie Whitehurst 9,665
2002 2003 2004 2005
5
Woodrow Dantzler 6,037
1998 1999 2000 2001
6
Cullen Harper 5,762
2005 2006 2007 2008
7
Nealon Greene 5,719
1994 1995 1996 1997
8
DJ Uiagalelei 5,681[5]
2020 2021 2022
9
Kyle Parker 4,739
2009 2010
10
Rodney Williams
4,647
1985 1986 1987 1988
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Deshaun Watson 4,593[3]
2016
2
Deshaun Watson 4,104[3]
2015
3
Tajh Boyd 3,896
2012
4
Tajh Boyd 3,851
2013
5
Tajh Boyd 3,828
2011
6
Trevor Lawrence 3,665[4]
2019
7
Charlie Whitehurst 3,561
2003
8
Trevor Lawrence 3,280[4]
2018
9
Trevor Lawrence 3,153
2020
10
Cullen Harper 2,991
2007
Passing touchdowns [ edit ] Rushing [ edit ] Rushing yards [ edit ]
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Travis Etienne 4,952[24]
2017 2018 2019 2020
2
Raymond Priester 3,966
1994 1995 1996 1997
3
James Davis 3,881
2005 2006 2007 2008
4
C. J. Spiller 3,547
2006 2007 2008 2009
5
Andre Ellington 3,436
2009 2010 2011 2012
6
Wayne Gallman 3,429[25]
2014 2015 2016
7
Travis Zachery
3,043
1998 1999 2000 2001
8
Kenny Flowers 2,914
1983 1984 1985 1986
9
Terry Allen 2,778
1987 1988 1989
10
Will Shipley 2,748[26]
2021 2022 2023
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Travis Etienne 1,658[24]
2018
2
Travis Etienne 1,614[24]
2019
3
Wayne Gallman 1,527[25]
2015
4
Raymond Priester 1,345
1996
5
Raymond Priester 1,322
1995
6
Terrence Flagler 1,258
1986
7
C. J. Spiller 1,212
2009
8
Kenny Flowers 1,200
1985
9
Terry Allen 1,192
1988
10
James Davis 1,187
2006
Rushing touchdowns [ edit ] Receiving [ edit ] Receptions [ edit ] Receiving yards [ edit ]
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Sammy Watkins 3,391
2011 2012 2013
2
DeAndre Hopkins 3,020
2010 2011 2012
3
Aaron Kelly 2,733
2005 2006 2007 2008
4
Mike Williams 2,727[34]
2013 2014 2015 2016
5
Terry Smith
2,681
1990 1991 1992 1993
6
Perry Tuttle 2,534
1978 1979 1980 1981
7
Artavis Scott 2,480[32]
2014 2015 2016
8
Tee Higgins 2,448[40]
2017 2018 2019
9
Rod Gardner 2,404
1997 1998 1999 2000
10
Justyn Ross 2,379
2018 2019 2021
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Sammy Watkins 1,464
2013
2
DeAndre Hopkins 1,405
2012
3
Mike Williams 1,361[34]
2016
4
Sammy Watkins 1,219
2011
5
Tee Higgins 1,167
2019
6
Rod Gardner 1,084
1999
7
Aaron Kelly 1,081
2007
8
Rod Gardner 1,050
2000
9
Mike Williams 1,030
2014
10
Derrick Hamilton 1,026
2003
Receiving touchdowns [ edit ] Total offense [ edit ] Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.[51]
Total offense yards [ edit ]
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Tajh Boyd 13,069 2010 2011 2012 2013
2
Deshaun Watson 12,097 [3] 2014 2015 2016
3
Trevor Lawrence 11,041 [4] 2018 2019 2020
4
Charlie Whitehurst 9,763 2002 2003 2004 2005
5
Woodrow Dantzler 8,798 1998 1999 2000 2001
6
Nealon Greene 6,785 1994 1995 1996 1997
7
DJ Uiagalelei 6,594 [5] 2020 2021 2022
8
Steve Fuller 6,096 1975 1976 1977 1978
9
Cullen Harper 5,549 2005 2006 2007 2008
10
Rodney Williams
5,510 1985 1986 1987 1988
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Deshaun Watson 5,222 2016
2
Deshaun Watson 5,209 2015
3
Tajh Boyd 4,410 2012
4
Tajh Boyd 4,251 2013
5
Trevor Lawrence 4,228 2019
6
Tajh Boyd 4,046 2011
7
Woodrow Dantzler 3,639 2001
8
Charlie Whitehurst 3,610 2003
9
Kelly Bryant 3,467 2017
10
Trevor Lawrence 3,457 2018
Touchdowns responsible for [ edit ] "Touchdowns responsible for" is the NCAA's official term for combined passing and rushing touchdowns.[52]
Defense [ edit ] Interceptions [ edit ] Tackles [ edit ]
Single game
Rank
Player
Tackles
Year
Opponent
1
Keith Adams 27
1999 South Carolina
Kicking [ edit ] Field goals made [ edit ] Field goal percentage [ edit ] Scoring [ edit ] Clemson does not list single-game scoring leaders in its football media guide. Its officially recognized single-game scoring record is 33 points, set by Maxcey Welch in a 1930 game against Newberry. This is one of the very few "old-time" records that the program acknowledges.
Touchdowns [ edit ] Unlike the "Total touchdowns" lists in the "Total offense" section, these lists count touchdowns scored . Accordingly, these lists include rushing, receiving, and return touchdowns, but not passing touchdowns.
As in the case of the single-game scoring record, Clemson does not publish an all-time list of top performances for single-game touchdowns. As in the case of single-game points, the school's officially recognized record in this category comes from the "pre-modern" era. The aforementioned Maxcey Welch scored 5 touchdowns (all rushing) as part of his record 33-point performance against Newberry in 1930; this equaled Stumpy Banks' performance of 5 rushing touchdowns in a 1917 game against Furman.
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