Brian Mance Hometown: Alcolu, SC High School: Manning Position: DB Experience: 4VL

Overview Fourth-team All-American by The Sporting News in 2002…also a first-team All-ACC selection by that publication…second-team All-ACC by the ACC Sportswriters Association…finished the regular season with six interceptions for one return yard, he was the master of the diving interception, or interception in the endzone…had one interception in three straight games against Virginia, Wake Forest and NC State…had at least one pass defensed in each of the last 11 games, he was third in the ACC in that category with 17…finished the regular season with an interception against South Carolina, giving him six for the year and 12 for his career…moved into the top three in Clemson history in career thefts with that interception against South Carolina…only Terry Kinard and Fred Knoebel have more than Mance…his 17 passes defensed rank in a tie for sixth best in Clemson history for a season, he is tied for eighth on a career basis with 35…has 23 passes broken up and 12 interceptions for his career…finished the season with 62 tackles, including 50 first hits…seventh on the team in total tackles, fourth in first hits…ranked 15th in the nation in interceptions per game, he is second in the ACC behind teammate Justin Miller…has over 1000 yards in kick returns in his career, but had just six total returns for this season…still, ranked 10th in career kickoff return yardage and 11th in career punt return yardage…had very consistent season, he had at least five tackles in seven of the 12 games…had fine all-around game in win over Louisiana Tech, he had a season high seven first hits, an interception and a 31-yard kickoff return…had five tackles and a pass broken up in the win over Georgia Tech…might had played his best all-around game in the win over Wake Forest…had six tackles, an interception, and a game-saving caused fumble…with Wake Forest driving for a tying touchdown with under a minute left, he jarred the ball loose from a Demon Deacon running back and the ball rolled out of the back of the endzone for a touchback…Clemson ran out the clock and gained the victory…named ACC Defensive Back of the Week for that game…had eight tackles for a career high against Maryland…had an interception of Phillip Rivers against NC State…played all 90 snaps on defense at Duke…had two passes broken up against North Carolina, a big reason Clemson held the Tar Heels to just 12 points…would have to be regarded as one of the most improved defensive backs in the ACC this year…had career high 60 tackles, career high six interceptions, career high 17 passes broken up…hard hitter who had a pair of caused fumbles…veteran of over 1900 plays…started all 12 games this year and 23 of the last 24…only game he has missed over the last two years was against North Carolina in 2001…he missed that game due to the death of his brother the previous Saturday when he was returning home from the Clemson vs. NC State game in Raleigh October 14, 2001…veteran of 48 games and 27 starts…

Prior to 2002 Ranked in the top 30 in the nation in punt returns and kickoff returns in 2001…ranked 27th in punt returns with a 13.2 average and 30th in kickoff returns with 24.5 average…still second on his own team as freshman Derrick Hamilton ranked 3rd in the nation in kickoff returns…had 588 kickoff return yards last year, fourth highest total in Clemson history… had great start to his return game in 2001, he had 98 yards on just three returns against Central Florida in the season opener…also had 10 tackles from his cornerback spot and was named ACC Defensive Back of the Week…the second game of the year against Wofford he had 4-79 on punt returns and 2-78 on kickoff returns…with those 157 return yards he was named ACC Specialist of the Week…had a pair of 100-yard kickoff return games, 4-101vs. Georgia Tech and 5-100 vs. Florida State…had two interceptions in 2001, both against Florida State…only Tiger with two interceptions in a game that year… averaged 70 plays per game …played season high 80 in the win over Wake Forest… best reserve cornerback on the team in 2000, he was very productive for his 279 snaps...he started three of the 12 games...tied Clemson single game record for takeaways with three in the win over Missouri, he had two interceptions and a fumble recovery in that Clemson romp....also made some big plays when it came to punt returns, he had an 88-yard return against Georgia Tech...ended the regular season with a 32-yard average on six punt returns...a big reason Clemson averaged 15 yards a punt return as a team, best in the ACC and 14th best in the nation...one of the more productive Clemson players when it comes to big plays, he touched the ball 15 times on interception returns (3-72), kickoff returns (6-157) and punt returns (6-192) and averaged 28 yards every return...had 15 returns for 421 yards overall...named recipient of Clemson Special Teams Award on defense for the 2000 season...in the Missouri game he had two interceptions, one fumble recovery, two passes broken up and a 28-yard punt return, all in just 16 plays...got a start against Wake Forest after that performance....his105 yards in punt returns against Tech marked just the seventh 100-yard punt return game in Clemson history, first since Tony Horne had 106 against UTEP in 1997...had 88-yard punt return against Georgia Tech that changed the momentum of the game, it was the fifth longest punt return in Clemson history, longest since 1991.....on defense, Mance ranked 11th on the team in tackles with 39...had nine stops for his season high at Florida State...had at least one tackle in every game but the Gator Bowl when he played just 10 snaps...had three tackles, including a tackle for loss against Mississippi State in the 1999 Peach Bowl...that was only tackle for loss of his freshman season...had three tackles, all first hits, against Florida State in 1999...named to ACC Academic Honor Roll in 1999-00...had seven interceptions and 99 tackles his senior year of high school...came to Clemson from the same area as former Clemson All-American Terry Kinard...rushed for 758 yards and 10 touchdowns his senior year of high school...born 10-22-81...majoring in elementary education.

Mance Career Stats
Year	GP-GS	Plays	Hit	Ast	Tot	TFL	INT	PBU	CF-RF	PR-Yd	KR-Yd
1999	12-0	49	12	3	15	1-4	0-0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2000	12-3	279	24	15	39	1-2	3-72	5	1-1	6-192	6-157
2001	11-11	774	31	17	48	0-0	3-0	7	0-0	16-211	25-588
2002	13-13	823	50	12	62	1-14	6-1	11	2-0	4-31	2-43
Total	48-27	1925	117	47	164	3-20	12-73	23	3-1	26-434	33-788
Note: Had one punt return for touchdown in 2000