Brian Carr
Brian Carr

Player Profile
Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Conyers, Ga.

High School:
Heritage

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 200

Position:
LB

Experience:
SQ

Brian Carr Fact: Recipient of the Academic Improvement Award for the entire Clemson football team for the 2001 season.
Fall 2003 Depth Chart Position: Reserve linebacker
Bowl Participation: 2001 Humanitarian Bowl against Louisiana Tech as a special-teams player.

Overview: Moved to defensive back for the fall of 2001 and worked in the secondary...moved to a linebacker position in the spring of 2002 and to “Whip” linebacker in spring of 2003...red-shirted the 2000 season as a quarterback...gained experience behind Woodrow Dantzler and Willie Simmons...saw action in the spring, he was 3-8 for 17 yards in the 2001 Spring Game...was 6-10 for 52 yards in the March 31 scrimmage in Death Valley...made great strides as a student last year and made the ACC Academic Honor Roll with over a 3.0 GPA...10th on the 2003 Clemson team in power index with a 7.25 figure.

In 2002: Did not appear in a game, he practiced with the linebackers and defensive backs during the year.

In 2001: Played only in the Humanitarian Bowl on special teams in 2001

In 2000: Red-shirted.

In High School: Fine all-around quarterback who passed for 1,101 yards and rushed 612 yards during his senior season...threw for 10 touchdowns and rushed for eight more...named the team’s best offensive player...all-area performer as a quarterback as a junior and senior star at Heritage High School...nominated for the Georgia/Florida All-Star game...named to the Georgia North-South All-Star game...as a junior, passed for 850 yards and rushed for 333...starter for two and a half years for Chuck Landy at Heritage High School...fine all-around athlete who also played basketball and was an outfielder in baseball...two-year starter on the basketball team and three-year starter on the baseball team...an all-area selection in centerfield as a junior...born Brian Carr on 12-22-81...chose Clemson over Duke and Notre Dame...majoring in marketing.


• Favorite NFL team: Atlanta Falcons
• Favorite all-time football player: Deion Sanders
• Favorite athlete outside football: Michael Jordan
• Favorite hobby: Video games
• Favorite food: Chicken wings
• If I could spend a day with anyone in history it would be: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (perhaps his vision would rub off on me)
• My most memorable moment in sports: My entire junior year of high school
• Person who has had the most influence on my career: My parents
• Current bowl system or change to NCAA playoff?: Playoff

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