Clemson arms out awards at annual banquet

CLEMSON, S.C. — Patrick Sapp, a former Clemson standout and NFL participant, acquired the Brian Dawkins Lifetime Achievement Award at Clemson’s annual soccer banquet on Saturday afternoon.

Since 2013, Dabo Swinney has offered the respect to a former Clemson participant who has persistently demonstrated the qualities of management, group service and different excessive qualities which are according to excellence since graduating from the Clemson program. Recipients have to be out of faculty no less than 10 years to qualify. Dawkins, who performed 16 years within the NFL and was named to 9 Professional Bowls and was a finalist for a lot of public service awards, was the primary recipient.

This yr’s recipient, Sapp, is near Dawkins’s coronary heart and one for whom a case might be made that Dawkins wouldn’t have come to Clemson had it not been for Sapp. Sapp was a extremely recruited quarterback from Jacksonville, Fla. within the early Nineteen Nineties. Within the technique of recruiting Sapp, Clemson coaches had been impressed with Dawkins, Sapp’s shut good friend and teammate on the gridiron and the basketball court docket at Raines Excessive Faculty.

In 1992, they each entered Clemson, Sapp as a quarterback and Dawkins as a defensive again. Sapp turned one in all Clemson’s best all-around athletes since faculty soccer adopted the two-platoon substitution system in 1965. Over the past 50 years, he’s one in all simply six gamers to begin over the course of a season on either side of the ball. He additionally performed on the Clemson basketball crew for Rick Barnes throughout the 1994-95 season.

A quarterback for the Tigers his first three years, Sapp led Clemson to a 33-point win over a high 20 North Carolina crew as a freshman in 1992 and later threw a game-winning landing move to Terry Smith within the 1993 Peach Bowl to beat Kentucky by some extent.

In 1995, Sapp moved to defensive finish, the place he began 12 video games for the Tigers’ Gator Bowl crew. He completed that season fifth on the squad in tackles. Within the spring of 1996, regardless of taking part in only one season on protection, the San Diego Chargers chosen Sapp as a defensive finish with the fiftieth total choice of the NFL Draft. He went on to play 4 productive seasons within the NFL.

After commencement, Sapp returned to Clemson to work in college administration in 2006 as Director of Main Presents and Alumni Engagement, a task through which he served for 14 years. At this time, he’s the Vice President of Growth for Rosemont Holdings’ Skore Resorts. He’s additionally Chief Working Officer of Common Therapeutic Companies in Greenville, an organization that companions with the group to supply human useful resource companies, together with psychological well being.

Moreover, Sapp has been concerned in lots of group service initiatives. He served as Chairman of the Board of Leaders R Us Basis in Greenville. He’s the co-founder of the Greenville Crimson Raider Youth Group and is a founding father of the One Clemson Board. He additionally served as a board member of Greenville Technical School and serves as board chair for Brian Dawkins’s Affect Basis.

Sapp’s connection to Clemson has continued with the matriculation of his son, Josh, a freshman tight finish on Clemson’s 2022 squad.

Brian Dawkins Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients
2013: Brian Dawkins, 1992-95
2014: Invoice Smith, 1977-81
2015: Warren Forney, 1991-95
2016: Jerry Butler, 1975-78
2017: Jeff Davis, 1978-81
2018: Mark Richardson, 1979-82
2019: Michael Allen, 1995-98
2020: Michael Dean Perry, 1984-87
2021: Carl Martin, 1979-82
2022: Dexter Davis, 1988-90
2023: Patrick Sapp, 1992-95

Along with Sapp’s choice for this honor, Clemson’s record of awards offered on the crew’s annual awards banquet on Saturday afternoon is included beneath.

OFFENSIVE AWARDS

 

Strong Rock Award
Most strong, constant and reliable participant(s) at every place
QB DJ Uiagalelei
RB Phil Mafah
RB Will Shipley
WR Beaux Collins
WR Joseph Ngata
TE Davis Allen
OL Jordan McFadden
OL Will Putnam

Hustle Award
Constant effort and served as an inspiration to teammates
RB Phil Mafah
OL Walker Parks
OL Will Putnam
WR Drew Swinney

twelfth Man Award
TE Jake Briningstool
QB Cade Klubnik
RB Phil Mafah
OL Mitchell Mayes
WR Brannon Spector

Iron Man Award
Reliable participant with resilient persistence and management
TE Davis Allen
OL Mac Cranford
WR Tye Herbstreit
OL Jordan McFadden
RB Will Shipley

Most Improved Offensive Gamers of the Yr
TE Jake Briningstool
TE Sage Ennis
RB Phil Mafah
WR Drew Swinney
OL Marcus Tate

Rookies of the Yr
QB Cade Klubnik
OL Blake Miller
WR Antonio Williams

Defensive Scout Group Gamers of the Yr
LB Jesiah Carlton
S Jacob Hendricks
DE Evan McCutchen

Tiger Satisfaction Award (MVP)
TE Davis Allen
OL Jordan McFadden
RB Will Shipley
WR Antonio Williams

Future Affect Gamers
RB Keith Adams Jr.
TE Sage Ennis
OL Collin Sadler
TE Josh Sapp
WR Cole Turner
WR Adam Randall

PAW Award
Most blue collar/unselfish gamers
WR Hampton Earle
OL Walker Parks
TE Luke Value
OL Will Putnam

DEFENSIVE AWARDS

 

Strong Rock Award
Most strong, constant and reliable participant(s) at every place
DE Ok.J. Henry
DE Myles Murphy
DT Tyler Davis
DT Ruke Orhorhoro
LB Barrett Carter
LB Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
CB Sheridan Jones
CB Nate Wiggins
S R.J. Mickens
S Jalyn Phillips

Hustle Award
Constant effort and served as an inspiration to teammates
DT Tyler Davis
S Jalyn Phillips
LB Trenton Simpson
LB Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
S Tyler Venables

twelfth Man Award
DE Justin Mascoll
S R.J. Mickens
S Tyler Venables
LB Wade Woodaz

Iron Man Award
Reliable participant with resilient persistence and management
LB David Cote
DT Tyler Davis
S Andrew Mukuba
DT Ruke Orhorhoro
S Jalyn Phillips

Most Improved Defensive Gamers of the Yr
DE Ok.J. Henry
DT Ruke Orhorhoro
S Tyler Venables
CB Nate Wiggins

Rookies of the Yr
CB Toriano Satisfaction Jr.
LB Wade Woodaz

Offensive Scout Group Gamers of the Yr
OL Nathan Brooks
WR Jackson Crosby
WR Blackmon Huckabee Jr.
QB Trent Pearman

Tiger Satisfaction Award (MVP)
LB Barrett Carter
DT Tyler Davis
DE Ok.J. Henry
LB Jeremiah Trotter Jr

Future Affect Gamers
DT DeMonte Capehart
S Sherrod Covil Jr.
DE Cade Denhoff
LB T.J. Dudley
CB Jeadyn Lukus
DT Payton Web page
CB Toriano Satisfaction Jr.

PAW Award
Most blue collar/unselfish gamers
LB LaVonta Bentley
DT Bryan Bresee
S Carson Donnelly
LB Keith Maguire
DE Justin Mascoll
DT Ruke Orhorhoro

SPECIAL TEAMS AWARDS

 

Most Improved Particular Groups Gamers of the Yr
LS Holden Caspersen
LS Philip Florenzo
P Aidan Swanson
PK Jonathan Weitz

Offensive Particular Groups Gamers of the Yr
TE Davis Allen
TE Luke Value
WR Brannon Spector
WR Drew Swinney
WR Antonio Williams

Defensive Particular Groups Gamers of the Yr
S Carson Donnelly
LB Keith Maguire
LB Wade Woodaz

Particular Groups Scout Group Gamers of the Yr
WR Jackson Crosby
S Peter Nearn
S Caleb Nix

Specialist of the Yr
PK B.T. Potter

STRENGTH AWARDS

 

NSCA Power and Conditioning All-American Candidates
TE Davis Allen
DT Tyler Davis
OL Will Putnam

Dedication Award
TE Davis Allen
PK B.T. Potter
LB Jeremiah Trotter Jr.

Energy Hour Growth Award
LB Reed Morrissey

All-In Accountability Problem Champion Captains
WR Joseph Ngata
DE Xavier Thomas
PK Jonathan Weitz

All-In Accountability Problem Champion Group Members
TE Griffin Batt
TE Will Blackston
PK Liam Boyd
LB Barrett Carter
S/P Brodey Conn
WR Hamp Greene
S Jacob Hendricks
QB Cade Klubnik
LB Reed Morrissey
PK Hogan Morton
RB Kobe Tempo
OL Chapman Pendergrass
DT Etinosa Reuben
S Tyler Venables
LB Wade Woodaz

ADDITIONAL AWARDS

 

Most Inspirational Gamers of the Yr
DE Ok.J. Henry
QB DJ Uiagalelei

GPA Awards
Total: LB David Cote and RB Will Shipley
Senior: WR Drew Swinney
Junior: WR Hamp Greene
Sophomore: LB Joey Eddis
Redshirt Freshman: PK Hogan Morton
True Freshman: S/P Brodey Conn and S Caleb Nix

True Tigers of the Yr
Introduced by Nieri Household Scholar-Athlete Enrichment Middle employees
QB Hunter Helms
DE Ok.J. Henry
OL Tristan Leigh
DE Justin Mascoll

Religious Management Award
LB Riggs Faulkenberry

Tim Bourret Award
Participant(s) who finest represents himself, his teammates and Clemson College within the media
DE Ok.J. Henry
QB DJ Uiagalelei

P.A.W. Journey Skilled of the Yr
PK B.T. Potter

P.A.W. Journey Service Above Self Award
RB Will Shipley

P.A.W. Journey P.A.T. Man of the Yr
TE Davis Allen

Group Captains
TE Davis Allen
DT Tyler Davis
DE Ok.J. Henry
OL Jordan McFadden
S Jalyn Phillips