Brian Dawkins elected to Clemson University Athletic Hall of Fame

by John Bena on Apr 28, 2009 12:42 PM MDT in Denver Broncos in the News

Also named 'Professional Athlete of the Year in South Carolina'

Denver Broncos safety Brian Dawkins was elected to the Clemson University Athletic Hall of Fame and chosen as the Professional Athlete of the Year by the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame, it was announced Tuesday.

"What a tremendous honor it is to be elected to the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame and be named Pro Athlete of the Year for South Carolina," Dawkins said. "The Lord has blessed me to play this game at a high level for a long time and to represent Clemson, the school that I really appreciate giving me an opportunity, and South Carolina, the state where I had a great time during my college career."

Dawkins and seven others with Clemson ties will be inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, Sept. 4, and will be honored at halftime of the Tigers' season opener against Middle Tennessee State University the following day. He was a three-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection during his four-year career at Clemson from 1992-95, and his seven Pro Bowl selections are more than any former player in school history in addition to representing the fourth-highest total by a safety in NFL annals.

On Monday, May 18, Dawkins will be honored as the Professional Athlete of the Year at the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame banquet at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, S.C. He started all 16 games and had 142 tackles for the Eagles in 2008, earning Pro Bowl honors and helping the club advance to the NFC Championship Game for the fifth time in his 13 years with Philadelphia.

Tweet Comment 7 comments | 1 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

One day...

He started all 16 games and had 107 tackles, 4 interceptions, 3 fumbles forced, and one fumble recovered for the Broncos in 2010, earning Pro Bowl honors and helping the club advance to the AFC Championship Game for the second time in his two years with the Broncos.

My roots are in Denver and my branches in Nebraska.

by Blackshirt4Broncos on Apr 28, 2009 12:57 PM MDT reply actions

+1 Keep drinking the koolaid! lol

Real Power, comes with the realization that One cannot change the Moment;
only ones perception of it: Atitude! JQM

by UB3 on Apr 28, 2009 1:15 PM MDT up reply actions

I don't what happened...

The vision just came to me…

My roots are in Denver and my branches in Nebraska.

by Blackshirt4Broncos on Apr 28, 2009 1:24 PM MDT up reply actions

I don't "know" what happened again...

My roots are in Denver and my branches in Nebraska.

by Blackshirt4Broncos on Apr 28, 2009 1:25 PM MDT up reply actions

That's all the proof I need!

13-3 baby!

(Hope you don’t mind me stealing the picture, Mike Clark.)

"Upon the instruments of death, the sunlight brightly gleams."

by Tempestuous Binary on Apr 28, 2009 2:29 PM MDT up reply actions

Congratulations, B-Dawk!

"Upon the instruments of death, the sunlight brightly gleams."

by Tempestuous Binary on Apr 28, 2009 2:26 PM MDT reply actions

Off topic but RIP Ernie Barnes

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/news/stories/2009/04/28/ernie_barnes_obituary.html

Barnes played for the Denver Broncos in 1964 and 1965, earning $13,500 as a starting guard. Ever since he was boy in Durham, N.C., he was interested in drawing and he was an art major at North Carolina Central.

As a Bronco, Barnes each week would sketch the defensive lineman who would be across from him in that Sunday’s game.

"The drawings would help me understand the man I would be facing, " he said in a 1984 article that appeared in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Barnes sold the drawings to teammates and friends for as little as $30.

While on the playing field, Barnes said he was studying the human form and developing an eye for capturing the drama of sports.

by underdog on Apr 28, 2009 4:45 PM MDT reply actions