Chip Myrick Class: RS Senior Hometown: Atlanta, GA High School: Lovett High School Height / Weight: 6-4 / 290 Position: OG Experience: 2VL

Myrick Fact: Had a 90-percent grade in 21 plays in Clemson's 24-17 victory at #10 Miami (FL) in 2004.
Years Lettered: 2003, 04
Bowl Participation: Starting offensive guard in the 2004 Peach Bowl against #6 Tennessee.
Fall 2005 Depth Chart Position: First-team offensive guard

Overview: Had an injury-plagued 2004 season and spring of 2005...contracted mononucleosis in August of 2004 and was limited to open the season; then had a lower-leg injury in the spring of 2005 and missed all but the last week of spring practice...started six of the last seven games in 2003 on Clemson's 9-4 team that finished in the top 25; had an impact on the Tigers' season-ending run...veteran of 27 career games, including each of the last 24, and has six career starts...has 34 career knockdown blocks, including 17 in each of the last two years...has the team's third-best bench press (455)...did 26 reps of 225 pounds, sixth best on the team...has the team's best hang clean (400) and the second-best power clean (370)...second-strongest player on the team in total weight lifted in all areas (1,750), just five pounds fewer than team-leader Steven Jackson.

2004: Played in every game, but averaged just 13 plays per game due to mononucleosis...played just 40 snaps over the first five games; Clemson won just one of those games...played a season-high 36 snaps in the win over Utah State and graded a team-high 85 percent...averaged 22 plays per game over the last six games; Clemson won five of those games...had six knockdown blocks and an 83-percent grade in 32 snaps against South Carolina...had 17 knockdown blocks, the same total he had in 2003 in 13 games...made a big contribution off the bench in the win over #10 Miami (FL); he had a 90-percent grade for 21 plays, his high grade of the season given a minimum of 15 snaps...had an 85-percent grade in the win over N.C. State for his 20 snaps...had at least one knockdown block in nine of the 11 games.

2003: Had 17 knockdown blocks, including a high of four each against North Carolina and Duke...had a grade at 80 percent or above in seven of the 13 games, including a 91-percent mark in the win over #24 Virginia and a 90-percent grade at Georgia Tech, two of Clemson's biggest wins of the season...had a four-game stretch between the Georgia Tech and N.C. State games in which he graded between 88-91 percent...had a knockdown block in 23 plays in the game against Middle Tennessee...graded 90 percent for his 21 snaps in the win at Georgia Tech...graded 89 percent at Maryland...graded 91 percent and had a knockdown in 34 snaps against #24 Virginia...earned his first career start at N.C. State; played well with an 88-percent film grade for his 50 plays...had four knockdowns in 40 snaps against North Carolina...graded 86 percent with four knockdowns in the Duke game in what might have been his best all-around game...started and played 42 snaps against #6 Tennessee in the Peach Bowl.

2002: Earned a letter as a red-shirt freshman offensive lineman...played 20 snaps in three games overall.

2001: Red-shirted as an offensive guard and a center.

Before Clemson: Ranked as the 83rd-best defensive tackle in the nation by Rivals100.com...one of the Super 11 in Georgia as a senior...a first-team all-state selection by Atlanta Constitution...all-conference, all-area, and all-region selection as a junior and senior...won the Morgan Award as the team's best lineman his senior season...also a team captain as a senior...named lineman-of-the-week by the Atlanta Touchdown Club during his senior season...played for Bill Railey...chose Clemson over Georgia Tech, North Carolina, and Virginia...born Richard S. Myrick III on June 1, 1982...majoring in management.