Derrick Brantley Hometown: Mullins, S.C. High School: Mullins Last College: Southwest Mississippi Junior College Position: OT Experience: 2VL

Overview Started first two games of 2002 at right tackle before suffering a torn ACL and MCL in the third quarter against Louisiana Tech… played 74 snaps against Georgia and 43 against Louisiana Tech before the injury… Junior College All-American who started six of the 12 games in 2001, including the Humanitarian Bowl victory over Louisiana Tech...had his best game of the year in the win over Louisiana Tech with eight knockdown blocks...had key block on touchdown catch and run by Roscoe Crosby, he hustled to the sideline and made the key block... played in every game in 2001, averaging 30 snaps per game...played season high 60 snaps against Louisiana Tech...had six starts for the season, including each of the last five...had a start in the season opener...had regular season high seven knockdown blocks against Florida State and Maryland...started the South Carolina game, but played just 21 snaps...had highest film grade of the year against North Carolina when he had 93 percent grade in 14 snaps as a reserve...best game as a starter was at Maryland when he had 84 percent grade in 56 snaps...had at least one knockdown block in every game but the Virginia contest...had 40 knockdown blocks and a 73 average grade for the season...had a solid regular season finale with a 78 percent grade and six knockdown blocks against Duke...red-shirted the 2000 season at Clemson...came to Clemson in January of 2000 and went through spring practice in 2000...

Prior to Clemson Junior college All-America offensive lineman according to Prepstar...ranked as one of the top 75 JUCO players in the east, one of the top 16 offensive linemen...ranked as 37th best junior college player in the nation by SuperPrep, he was ranked third among offensive lineman by that publication... a mid-year graduate of Southwest Mississippi Junior College, he enrolled at Clemson in January of 2000...played for Kenny Eddingfield at Southwest Mississippi....helped team to 7-3 record in 1998 and 1999, he started all 20 games at guard...all-state and all-region selection at the junior college level in addition to his All-America honors...native of Mullins, South Carolina who played in the Shrine Bowl in 1997...starter his last two years at Mullin HS for Coach Richard Clark...all-state performer who helped team to a 21-4 record and the state playoffs his two years as a starter....born Derrick D. Brantley on 11-3-79...chose Clemson over Mississippi and Tennessee....majoring in human resource development.