There was a time when defenses feared Clemson’s tight ends.
From 2009-2016, Clemson had four different players—Michael Palmer, Dwayne Allen, Brandon Ford, and Jordan Leggett—earn All-ACC First-Team honors at tight end. Allen in 2010 and Leggett in 2015, also earned second-team honors.
In a span of eight years, six times the Tigers’ tight end make the prestigious team. Allen (2011) and Leggett (2015, 2016) both earned All-American status, while Allen won the John Mackey Award in 2011 as the nation’s best tight end. Leggett was a finalist for the Mackey Award in both 2015 and 2016.