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C.
Bennett
Fact: Top
Clemson
returnee
from
2004
in
terms
of
tackles
for
loss
(14).
Years
Lettered: 2002,03,04
Bowl
Participation: Reserve
defensive
end
in
the
2002
Tangerine
Bowl
against
Texas
Tech
and
the
2004
Peach
Bowl
against
#6
Tennessee.
Fall
2005
Depth
Chart
Position: First-team
defensive
end.
Overview: One of Clemson's top returning defenders and a leading candidate for all-conference honors...preseason second-team All-ACC according to Athlon and Lindy's, and third-team by Phil Steele...listed as the 16th-best defensive end in the nation by Lindy's...ranked in the top 10 in the ACC in tackles for loss, sacks, and caused fumbles...had one of the top plays of the season when he intercepted an N.C. State pass on the last play of the game at the Clemson goal line to give the Tigers a 26-20 victory...one of the most improved players in the ACC among defensive players; he had just 10 tackles as a sophomore in 2003, but improved to 48 as a junior...went from one tackle for loss in 2003 to 14 in 2004...enters his senior year with 15 career tackles for loss and six sacks...veteran of over 500 snaps on defense, as he has already played 34 games...has missed just one game the last two years and just three in his career...made a big move in terms of improvement during the December practice for the Peach Bowl against Tennessee; he then recorded his first career sack in that game...top-125 player coming out of high school; USA Today listed him as one of the top-16 defensive ends in the nation.
2004: Had 48 tackles to rank first on the team among defensive linemen...second on the club in tackles for loss (14); he also led the team in quarterback pressures (11)...had five sacks to rank 10th in the ACC in sacks per game...tied for first in the ACC in caused fumbles (3)...first Tiger to have at least three caused fumbles in a season since Bryant McNeal had four in 2001...had a career-high 10 tackles at Florida State to match his entire 2003 season tackle total...had at least one tackle for loss in eight of the last nine games...had all 14 of his tackles behind the line of scrimmage during the last nine games of the season...had two sacks for 24 lost yards in the victory over Utah State...had two tackles for loss, a sack, and seven tackles in the victory at #10 Miami (FL)...had all five of his sacks over the last six games of the season; Clemson won five of those six games...had a career-high three tackles for loss at Duke when he had five total tackles...had two caused fumbles at Miami (FL), becoming the first Tiger to cause two fumbles in the same game since Tony DeSue had two against N.C. State in 1996...had two interceptions on the season, including one at Duke and one in the victory over N.C. State...had a 39-yard interception return on the last play of the N.C. State game, it sealed the 26-20 victory for the Tigers; it was a nice time for his first career interception, as it was the longest interception return of the season by a Tiger.
2003: Played in nine games on defense, including each of the last five...had his first career sack in the Peach Bowl win over #6 Tennessee when he played a career-high 18 snaps...his key 14-yard sack of Casey Clausen put the Volunteers out of field-goal range...had 10 tackles in just 78 snaps...had two tackles in just seven snaps against #9 Georgia...played 14 snaps against #24 Virginia, as Khaleed Vaughn and J.J. Howard were out with injuries...had three tackles at Wake Forest...had a career-high four tackles in the win at South Carolina.
2002: Played in 11 games...played on defense in four games and on special teams only in seven others...played 22 snaps and had four tackles...played four snaps in the Tangerine Bowl...had two tackles in five plays against Ball State.
2001: Red-shirted.
Before Clemson: Ranked as one of the top 16 defensive ends in the nation by USAToday.com; he was considered an All-American by that service and one of the top 125 players in the nation regardless of position...ranked as 31st best defensive end in the nation by Rivals100.com; a three-star player by that internet site...ranked as the #3 player in South Carolina by SuperPrep...ranked as the #8 player in South Carolina by Mickey Plyler...had 89 tackles, 15 quarterback pressures,14 sacks, and 22 tackles for loss as a senior...missed two games with an ankle injury, or he would have gone over 100 tackles...played in the North-South All-Star game...ranked as the 25th-best defensive lineman in the nation by SuperPrep...ranked as the #73 player in the Mid-Atlantic Region by Tom Lemming...a Border Wars top-100 player in the South...a Max Emfinger All-American; he was ranked as a grade-7 player by Emfinger, his highest rating...ranked as the 20th-best defensive-end prospect in the nation by Sporting News...all-state choice by The High School Sports Report...played his high school football for Jimmy Neal at Camden High...chose Clemson over Georgia, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee...born Charles D. Bennett on April 4, 1983...majoring in human resource development.
