This weekend something is happening in Canton, Ohio that has never happened in Clemson history … a former Tiger is being enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Brian Dawkins, who played at Clemson from 1992-’95, will enter football immortality after a stellar 16-year career in the NFL, in which he earned All-Pro status five times and was voted to play in the Pro Bowl nine times.
“It is unbelievable,” Dawkins said while being interviewed on NBC during Thursday night’s Hall of Fame Game. “Of all the legends and all the individuals that played at Clemson, it is not like it is a scrub school.