Cole Chason Class: Graduate Student Hometown: Roswell, GA High School: Greater Atlanta Christian Height / Weight: 6-0 / 170 Position: P Experience: 3 VL Major: Marketing

Chason Fact: Has started 35 games in his career, more than any other active Tiger.
Years Lettered: 2003, 04, 05
Years Starter: 2003, 04, 05
Bowl Participation: Starting punter in the 2004 Peach Bowl against #6 Tennessee and starting punter in the 2005 Champs Sports Bowl against Colorado.
Fall 2006 Depth Chart Position: First-team punter

Overview: Three-year starter at punter entering 2006; he has 35 career starts, most among active Tigers...needs nine starts to become Clemson's all-time leader among punters; Dale Hatcher holds the record with 43 (1981-84)...has started 21 games in a row; the last time he did not start was the 2004 Georgia Tech game and that was on a technicality; Charlie Whitehurst had the first punt of the game from a shotgun formation...has six career games in which he has had a 40-yard net average...has 13 career games with a punting average of at least 40.0...has 50 career punts inside the 20; he is 19 away from Hatcher's record (69)...had five blocked punts in 2005 after having just two in the previous two years combined...had a net punting average of 36.5 in his first two seasons...Clemson will change its punting formation in 2006...named to the academic honor roll each of the last three years...has served as the holder on placekicks since the Virginia game of 2003, a streak of 31 consecutive games...cousin of U.S. skater Evan Lysacek, who finished fourth in the figure skating competition at the 2006 Olympics, the best finish by an American...one of three current Tigers who has already earned his undergraduate degree...made the Dean's List for the spring semester of 2006.

2005: Had 13 punts inside the 20, including four against #25 Boston College...had just one touchback, so quite a ratio of punts inside the 20 to touchbacks (13 to 1)...also Clemson's holder; he might have made his biggest play of the year in that role; caught a poor snap on a field goal against #17 Texas A&M and recovered to make a perfect placement on Jad Dean's game-winner from 42 yards with two seconds left...had a 36.0-yard average on five punts against Colorado; he had two punts inside the 20...had his best all-around game of the season when he had nine punts for a 38.3-yard average against #25 Boston College; had a season-high and career-high-tying four punts inside the 20 in that game...had a season-best 40.0-yard net average against Duke on four punts, helping the Tigers to a 29-point win...had a 40.0-yard average on two punts at N.C. State.

2004: Eighth in the ACC in punting (40.2); he was 66th in the nation...had a net punting average of at least 40 yards in each of the last two games...all four of his punts were inside the 20 against South Carolina, a career high...had five punts over 50 yards; two of the four were at Texas A&M when he had a 43.1-yard figure...named Clemson's Scholar Athlete-of-the-Game by TBS against Texas A&M; also Clemson's top player by USAToday.com...had a career-best 45.0-yard average on eight punts against Maryland, including three inside the 20...allowed 14 return yards on 23 punts in the last four games...named Clemson's Special Teams Player-of-the-Game against Georgia Tech when he had a 41.2-yard average on six punts.

2003: A big reason Clemson improved in terms of net punting...did not have many "booming" punts, but was consistent from a net standpoint...had just two punts of 50 yards or more, but had 19 inside the 20 versus just nine touchbacks...had a 36.5 net figure for the year, up from Clemson's 28-yard average in 2002, and best by a Tiger since 1995 (Chris McInally - 38.5)...Clemson improved over 50 spots in the national stats in terms of net punting in 2003...had three punts each inside the 20 in the wins over #3 Florida State and South Carolina...had two punts inside the 20 against #6 Tennessee in a fine performance...had a gross average of 42.0 yards over five punts in the Peach Bowl...named Clemson's Special Teams Player-of-the-Game in the Peach Bowl after out-punting Volunteer All-American Dustin Colquitt...had 10 punts inside the 20 during the last four games...had a 43.8 average to go with three punts inside the 20 at South Carolina...had five games in which he had a punting average over 40 yards, including a season-high 44.3 average at Georgia Tech...had a season-long 50-yard boot at Georgia Tech and at Wake Forest...averaged 41.3 against #9 Georgia in the first game of the season...served as the holder from the Virginia game (October 11) through the end of the season; he took over those duties in an emergency situation, as regular holder Gene Pate broke his leg while running down the Hill prior to the Virginia game...Chason averaged 39.2 yards per punt in that game in addition to his holding duties; he was named Special Teams Player-of-the-Game by the Tiger coaches for that contest; also received that award for the Georgia Tech game, so he was three-time recipient...only Charlie Whitehurst also won three player-of-the-game awards from the Tiger coaches...only 13 of his 58 punts were returned for 120 yards; best in the ACC in terms of allowing punt return yards...selected as one of the top 10 scholar athletes on the team at the Peach Bowl.

2002: Red-shirted...named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Before Clemson: All-state placekicker and punter, and All-Region 8-AA punter...also all-state plackicker as a junior...connected on 6-9 field goals with a long of 52 yards and was 58-62 on extra points his senior season...punted 15 times, averaging 45.6 yards a kick...had 76 kickoffs with 39 touchbacks...made 9-10 field goals his junior season, which included a streak of eight straight makes...Gwinnett Touchdown Club First-Team All-Gwinnett County as a senior as a placekicker, and as a punter as a junior...Gwinnett Daily Post First-Team All-Gwinnett County...helped his team advance to the second round of the playoffs with an overall record of 11-1 his senior year...four-star prospect by TheInsiders.com...#11 kicker in nation by TheInsiders.com...a two-star prospect by Rivals100.com...16th-ranked kicking prospect in the nation by Rivals100.com...helped lead his soccer team to the 2000 Class A/AA state title as a sophomore...had a 3.5 GPA...National Honor Society member...coached by Jimmy Chupp at Greater Atlanta Christian School...chose Clemson over Michigan, Vanderbilt, and Virginia...born March 20, 1984...majoring in pre-business.