Through the years, some of Clemson’s best football players have also participated on the men’s track and field team at Clemson. The most recent incident came in the spring of 2017 when Isaiah Simmons participated in the long jump at the ACC Outdoor Championships.
And though the Simmons of the world have been few and far between in recent years, the connection and relationship between the two programs has always been strong, going back to when Banks McFadden was the 1939 Associated Press Athlete of the Year after he earned All-American honors in basketball, track and field and football.