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Palmer Fact: First-Team Academic All-ACC selection in 2007.
Years Lettered: 2006,07
Years Starter: 2007
Bowl Participation: Starting tight end in the 2006 Music City Bowl against Kentucky; starting tight end in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl against #21 Auburn.
Fall 2008 Depth Chart Position: First-team tight end
Overview: First-team tight end who has 18 catches in the last two years...has made steady progress in the last two years...solid blocker in addition to his pass-catching abilities...First-Team Academic All-ACC in 2007...has played 25 of 26 possible games in the last two years, including 14 as a starter...has played 835 career snaps, including 566 in 2007, most among tight ends...has started each of the last two bowl games and has played 98 snaps in those games combined...has a catch in each of the last two bowl games...active in community service, including Boy Scout Day for Boy Scouts of America...participated in a mission trip to New Orleans, LA...top performer in the weight room among tight ends for the 2008 spring practice...from the same hometown as former Tiger great Chris Gardocki.
2007: Top receiver among Tiger tight ends in terms of receptions with 13 for 128 yards...had one touchdown reception; it was a two-yard catch from Cullen Harper at Maryland...started 11 games...did not play against Louisiana-Monroe due to injury...had two receptions for 33 yards at Georgia Tech and two receptions for 39 yards against Wake Forest, including a 24-yard catch...had at least one reception in nine games...saw his most action at South Carolina with 59 snaps...played at least 50 snaps in seven games, including 54 snaps in the Chick-fil-A Bowl against #21 Auburn...had 45 knockdown blocks, second-most on the team among non-offensive linemen...had a season-high seven knockdowns against Central Michigan...had at least one knockdown block in every game...had six knockdowns at N.C. State...had five knockdown blocks each against Georgia Tech, Furman, and Maryland...had four knockdown blocks at South Carolina.
2006: Played all 13 games, including three as a starter...started in the Music City Bowl against Kentucky and had one reception for two yards; he also caught a two-point conversion pass in the fourth quarter...had five catches for 30 yards on the season to finish second on the team among tight ends...started at Virginia Tech when Thomas Hunter had a back injury and against N.C. State...had his first career reception against Temple; it was an 11-yard gain...had two catches in 41 snaps at Virginia Tech, his only multiple-catch game of the season...had one reception against N.C. State...played 44 snaps in the Music City Bowl against Kentucky and 269 snaps for the year, an average of 21 per game...second among first-year freshmen on offense in snaps...played just 13 snaps in the first three games, but played 256 in the last 10 games...saw more playing time than any other first-year freshman tight end in Clemson history (even more than Bennie Cunningham).
Before Clemson: Caught 21 passes for 385 yards and five touchdowns as a senior at Parkview High School...first-team AAAAA all-state by Atlanta Constitution...two-year starter...top tight end in Gwinnett County as a senior, and also named all-county...preseason all-state academic team pick...three-year starter on the basketball team; named all-county as a junior...all-tourney pick at the North Gwinnett Holiday Classic...coached by Cecil Flowe...chose Clemson over Georgia Tech, Virginia, and Virginia Tech...born Jan. 18, 1988...majoring in marketing.
