Barry Humphries Class: Graduate Student Hometown: Anderson, SC High School: Belton-Honea Path Height / Weight: 6-2 / 300 Position: OL Experience: 3VL Major: Sociology

Humphries Fact: Second on the team in knockdown blocks in 2007.
Years Lettered: 2006,07,08
Depth Chart Position: Reserve offensive guard and center

Overview: Veteran offensive lineman who has experience at guard and center...strongest player on the team in terms of weightroom accomplishments; he did 43 reps of 225 pounds in February of 2009 to break a record set by Dustin Fry in 2004...broke the all-time squat record with 755 pounds, breaking the record of 750 by Nick Eason in 2002...did a team-high 500-pound bench press and became the seventh player in school history to reach 500 pounds...has great versatility that will be important for the Tigers' young offensive line in 2009...has played 831 career snaps in 19 games (eight starts) and has 110 career knockdown blocks...received his undergraduate degree in May of 2009.

2008: Missed most of the year with an ACL injury; he played in two games (Alabama, Georgia Tech)...started against #24 Alabama and suffered an ACL injury on the 19th play of the game...tried to come back for the Georgia Tech game and played 23 snaps off the bench, but he re-injured the knee and was lost for the rest of the season.

2007: Second on the team in knockdown blocks (86.5)...started seven games, including five at center and two at right guard...started each of the first five games at center, then started the Duke and Boston College games at right guard...led the team in snaps against #19 Florida State and had a team-high 9.5 knockdown blocks...had a team-high 10.5 knockdowns at Duke; he also totaled a team-high 53 snaps...led the team in knockdowns (8.5) against #18 Boston College, as he graded 81 percent...had an average grade of 75 percent for the year...had an 81-percent grade against Furman and 81-percent grade against #18 Boston College...graded 80 percent against Wake Forest in 35 snaps as a reserve...had 8.5 knockdowns at Maryland and 7.5 against #14 Virginia Tech...played at least 35 snaps in 11 games...played 705 snaps...graded at least 75 percent in each of the last five games of the regular season; he had just three games of at least 75 percent over the first seven games.

2006: Second-team center who played 84 snaps...productive in his limited appearances...had 16.5 knockdown blocks and four intimidation blocks...had 6.5 knockdowns in 21 snaps against Temple...graded 80 percent in 10 snaps against Florida Atlantic...had 5.5 knockdowns in 26 snaps against North Carolina...played a season-high 27 snaps against Louisiana Tech; he had 3.5 knockdowns...averaged a knockdown block every 5.09 snaps, best on the team.

2005: Red-shirted.

Before Clemson: Captain of the South Carolina Shrine Bowl team...played offensive guard and tackle at Belton-Honea Path High School, but played center in the Shrine Bowl, his first game at that position...named to the SuperPrep Mid-Atlantic team as the #7 prospect in South Carolina...consensus all-state pick as a senior by AP, The State, and High School Sports Report...Anderson Independent Lineman-of-the-Year as a junior and senior...#36 offensive lineman in the nation by CollegeFootballNews.com...#88 player on the East Coast by SuperPrep...SuperPrep All-American as the #22 offensive lineman in the nation...#4 center in the nation and #7 player in the state by Rivals.com...led his team to a 15-0 record and the state AAA title as a senior...#22 on Spartanburg Herald-Journal's Fab-50 list...all-state as a junior and senior...all-region three times...state champion in the discus as a junior and senior, and runner-up as a sophomore...all-state in track as a junior and senior...coached by Wayne Green...chose Clemson over Maryland, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia Tech...born Nov. 4, 1986...graduated in May, 2009 with a degree in sociology.