Jad Dean Class: Senior Hometown: Greenwood, SC High School: Greenwood Height / Weight: 5-11 / 205 Position: PK Experience: 3 VL Major: Management

Dean Fact: Established the school record for field goals in a season with 24 in 2005.
Years Lettered: 2003,04,05
Years Starter: 2004,05
Bowl Participation: Handled kickoffs in the 2004 Peach Bowl against #6 Tennessee and started in the 2005 Champs Sports Bowl against Colorado.
Fall 2006 Depth Chart Position: First-team placekicker

Overview: Preseason All-America candidate by the Football Writers Association...preseason honorable mention All-American according to Street & Smith and NationalChamps.net...#6 kicker in the nation by Sporting News, #8 by Lindy's, and #11 by Phil Steele...preseason first team All-ACC according to Athlon, Lindy's, Sporting News, and Blue Ribbon...has 78 career touchbacks in 186 kickoffs...sixth in school history in career field goals (36); he is seventh in kick scoring (159) and 16th in overall scoring (159)...Clemson's starting placekicker each of the last 20 games; he has played in 36 games overall...seventh-strongest player on the team on a pound-for-pound basis with a 7.01 power index...has a 34.5" vertical jump that is tied for 13th-best on the team...for his career, he is 27-29 from inside the 40, and 17-17 inside of 30 yards...has made 51-53 career extra points; his only misses were against South Carolina in 2004 and against Colorado in the Champs Sports Bowl in 2005; ironically, has missed his last attempt each of the last two seasons.

2005: Finalist for the Lou Groza Award...named Clemson's special teams player-of-the-year on offense when he established a single-season record for field goals (24)...third in the nation in field goals per game (2.0), 19th in scoring (8.8), and sixth in kick scoring (8.8)...led the ACC in scoring (106) on 24 field goals and 34 extra points; the 106 kick-scoring points were second-best in Clemson history; he finished one point short of Chris Gardocki's single-season record of 107 points in 1989...his 106 points were third-best in Tiger history; he was just two points short of Travis Zachery's 108 points in 2000...established the Clemson single-season record for field goals (24), one more than Obed Ariri had in 1980 when he led the nation; established the record with an 18-yard field goal against Colorado in the Champs Sports Bowl, ironically, the second-shortest field goal of his career...set the single-game record with 6-6 field goals against #17 Texas A&M, including the game-winner with two seconds left from 42 yards out...named national player-of-the-week by USA Today for that performance; named ACC Specialist-of-the-Week and one of four nominees for the Cingular Wireless/ABC Sports All-America Player-of-the-Week; Chevrolet Player-of-the-Game by ABC Sports...scored 19 points in Clemson's 25-24 win over the Aggies; that was a Tiger record for kick-scoring points in a game...one of top three stars-of-the-week by the Lou Groza Award against #17 Texas A&M and #13 Miami (FL)...one of three players nationally to kick six field goals in a game...Second-Team All-ACC...Clemson's starting placekicker in all 12 games...had three games in which he had double figures in points; the record 19 against #17 Texas A&M, 12 against #13 Miami (FL), and 13 against Temple...handled kickoffs; had 26 touchbacks in 62 attempts, but 19 more went to the goal line...on 43 of 62 kickoffs, the opposition failed to get past the 20; the average start for Clemson's opposition was the 24...first-team All-American by BrentsonBuckner.com...honorable mention All-American by Sports Illustrated...first-team midseason All-American by Rivals.com and Sports Illustrated...made his first seven field goals, giving him a streak of 12 in a row over two years; the streak ended with a 50-yard miss against #13 Miami (FL), then made six in a row, so he was 13-14 during one stretch...made three field goals each against #13 Miami (FL), Temple, and Georgia Tech...had a career-long 49-yard field goal at #19 South Carolina...had eight multiple field-goal games, including four with at least three.

2004: ACC Specialist-of-the-Week for his performance against South Carolina when he was 3-3 on field goals and scored 11 points; that was his second-best scoring game of the year; he scored 14 in the win over N.C. State...the four made field goals against N.C. State tied for the most by a Tiger kicker under Tommy Bowden...had 146 yards on the four made field goals, seventh most in Clemson history and the most by any Tiger since 1997; named Clemson's Specialist-of-the-Week for that performance...scored 53 points, second on the team behind Reggie Merriweather...made 10 of his 12 field goals over the last four games...made a 48-yard field goal in the win over Miami (FL); it was his longest field goal of the game; his most important play in that game, however, was a six-yard run for a first down on a fake field goal; Clemson went on to score a touchdown to tie the score, which the Tigers won in overtime; scored Clemson's 20,000th point in history on the 48-yarder at Miami (FL)...made his last five field-goal attempts of the season...made 12-15 fields goals during the season, as the 80-percent field goal mark was second best in the ACC behind the 88.2-percent mark by Travis Bell (Georgia Tech)...very effective when it comes to kickoffs; opponents averaged just 19.5 yards per return and had an average start of the 22-yard line...Clemson ranked fourth in the ACC in kickoff-return defense and he was a major factor...36 of the 50 kickoffs, the opponent started inside their own 21-yard line...25 of his 50 kickoff returns were touchbacks...thanks to Dean's kickoffs and Justin Miller's kickoff returns, Clemson had a nine-yard advantage in average start after a kickoff.

2003: Had 27 touchbacks on his 74 kickoffs...opponents averaged just 20.1 yards per return; Clemson led the ACC in kickoff return coverage...opponents started at their own 20 or worse after 42 of his 74 kickoffs (56.8 percent); in 2002, opponents started at their own 20 or worse just 21 of 67 opportunities (31.3 percent); Clemson had just nine touchbacks the year before...the 27 touchbacks were the most for a Tiger in the Tommy Bowden era...Clemson's Special Teams Player-of-the-Week by the Tiger coaches for the South Carolina game when he had four touchbacks...played an important role in the Peach Bowl win; Tennessee's average starting field position was its own 25.

Before Clemson: Rated as the top kicker in the state by both Rivals.com and SuperPrep...#21 prospect in the state and an All-Mid Atlantic team member by SuperPrep...#23 prospect in the state by BorderWars.com...PrepStar All-Atlantic Region member...one of Charlotte Observer's Top-25 prospects in the state...2002 Shrine Bowl participant...All-Lakelands, all-region, and special teams MVP as a sophomore, junior, and senior...all-state AAAA in 2001, and all-class, all-state in 2002...converted 42-43 extra point attempts and 9-12 field goals, with a long of 45 yards, as a senior...had a 39.8-yard punting average, and 59 of his 66 kickoffs were not returned in 2002...won the MVP kicking award at summer camps at Georgia and Louisiana State with over 200 kickers...on the Ray Guy National Talent Search list...member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club, and FCA...coached by Shell Dula...chose Clemson over Florida State, Georgia, and Louisiana State...born Oct. 21, 1984...majoring in management.