Player is set to be inducted into the Clemson Hall of Fame this fall.
Soon, Clemson Hall of Fame will be inducted
CJ Player will now be more likely to pass on his knowledge to Clemson’s running back group.
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney announced that Player is joining his coaching staff as a graduate intern.
“He’s going to get his Masters in athletic leadership and we’m just excited to have that guy,” said Swinney, who said Player approached him about wanting to coach this week.
Player was named ACC Player of the Year in 2009 and was ninth in the 2010 NFL draft in the NFL sign by the Buffalo Bills.
Player played eight seasons in the NFL and recorded 3,451 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns.
More from his voluminous Clemson bio:
Overall: ACC Player of the Year in 2009, Clemson’s first ACC Player of the Year since 1987 (Michael Dean Perry) … Clemson’s first attacking player to ACC Player of the Year since 1978 (Steve Fuller) … ACC Championship MVP vs. Georgia Tech on December 5, 2009 … unanimous first-team All-American as kick-returner, just the third unanimous All-American in Clemson history … finished sixth in Heisman’s vote Trophy, tied for highest finish in Clemson history (Steve Fuller 6th in 1978) and just the second top 10 finish in Clemson history … first-team All-American by Walter Camp as a kick-returner and second team as a running back … first player in the history of the Walter Camp AA team to be first and second team All-American in two positions in the same year … first team All-ACC … appointed to ACC player of the week four times this year, more than any other ACC player … the ACC career leader in all-purpose running with 7588, he finished second in NCAA Division I history … first player in ACC history with at least 1000 yards rushing and 500 receiving, he finished with 1212 rushing and 503 receiving … broke ACC record for all-purpose running yards per game with 191, the record had stood since 1968 … only player in the nation with a touchdown in any of his team’s games this year, 14 in a row …. went over 7000 career yards when he hit 88 yards went for a touchdown with the opening goal in South Carolina … that game was his seventh career kickoff back for a score, an all-time NCAA record … joins Reggie Bush as the only player in the history of football the university with 3000 yards rushing, 1500 yards a kickoff return, 1000 in receiving and 500 a point return … ready with eight kick-returns for touchdowns in his career, tied for the NCAA record …. has 31 Clemson records set in various categories, including the record for all-purpose running, Returns for Touchdowns and a prot to others … runs third in Clemson history in career rushing … just the sixth player in ACC history knows h 3000 yards rushing and receiving 1000 yards in a career … had 21 career touchdowns of 50 yards or more … more than Tim Brown, Rocket Ismail or Reggie Bush, similar types of players, had in their careers … passed Reggie Bush on the all-purpose yardage list when he had 312 yards against Florida State on Nov. 7. one of two players nationwide to have three 300-yard all-purpose running games in 2009 … one of two players in Clemson history to account for five different ways of a touchdown (point return, kickoff return, reception, rush and threw a touchdown pass) …. threw a score pass, picked up a touchdown pass and ran for a score in win over NC State on Nov. 14 … only running back in the nation at all three this year in the same game to do …. ranks third in Clemson history in rushing, 12th in re sepses, first in kickoff-return …. has recorded these figures while serving three years as a part-time player with James Davis …. graduated in three-and-a-half years on Decemb 17 January 2009 he received standing ovation of Clemson Board of Trustees when he crossed the stage, the first time that happened to a student-athlete …. made first-team Academic All-ACC in 2008 when he made the Dean’s List …. first Clemson running back to make first-team Academic All-ACC and first-team All-ACC on the field in the same year in school history. … ranked among the top 16 players in the nation for the NFL draft by Mel Kiper … also a three-time All-American in track for the Tigers … first-team Strength All-American in 2008 .. had the best time of career of 6.58 in the 60 and 10.22 in the 100 meters.
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