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The 5 Best Quarterbacks in Clemson Football History

By Ben Greeson

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Apr 11, 2015; Clemson, SC, USA; Clemson Tigers former quarterback Tajh Boyd signs autographs for fans during the first half of the Clemson spring game at Clemson Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joshua S. Kelly-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 11, 2015; Clemson, SC, USA; Clemson Tigers former quarterback Tajh Boyd signs autographs for fans during the first half of the Clemson spring game at Clemson Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joshua S. Kelly-USA TODAY Sports /

3. Tajh Boyd (09′-13′)

If you’ve followed Clemson football over the last few years, you know the impact that Tajh Boyd has had on the Clemson program. He became the first quarterback that was hand-picked by Coach Swinney to lead the Tigers.

Tajh was more than a player, he was a leader, the captain of a finely tuned machine. Tajh displayed what it meant to be a Tiger on and off the field. He is who you want your kids to be like, and I mean that with all my heart.

As good as Tajh was on the field, he’s that much better of a person off the field. He was the first “face of Clemson football” when all the national attention started in on Clemson back in 2010.

The Hampton, Virginia natives stats are ridiculous. It’s PlayStation numbers. For his career Tajh was completed 901 passes out of 1402 attempts for 11,904 yards (Clemson record) for 107 touchdowns (Clemson AND ACC record) in 47 games (40 as a starter). He also rushed for 1,165 yards and 26 touchdown. In case you don’t have a calculator handy that’s 13,069 total yards and 133 total touchdowns, again an ACC record.

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Boyd was 32-8 as a starter in Tiger Town.

Many fond memories flood my mind when I think back to when #10 was torching defenses. Syracuse’s first ever game in the ACC was versus a Tajh Boyd led Tiger squad. It was in the Carrier Dome and Clemson was put on “Upset Alert”.

A weekly occurrence now. Tajh proceeded to drop a stat line of 22 for 27 for a Clemson single game record of 455 yards and 5 touchdowns on the Orangemen. Tajh also showed out in the Orange Bowl versus Ohio State, his last game as a Tiger. He had 505 total yards and five touchdowns against the #6 Buckeyes.

The perfectly placed pass to Nuke Hopkins in the Chic-Fil-A Bowl against LSU will go down in Clemson folklore for decades. The only reason Tajh isn’t higher on my personal list is usually the elephant in the room when he’s interviewed. He never beat South Carolina. Unfortunate for one of the best QB’s in Clemson history.

He just happened to be in that position during the most successful run in that schools history. Nevertheless, Boyd will always be remembered as one of the most successful and decorated Tigers in Clemson history.

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