Chad Speck Class: Senior Hometown: Nashville, Tenn. High School: Christ Presbyterian Academy Height / Weight: 6-0 / 208 Position: FS Experience: 3VL

Speck Fact: Set Clemson single game record for special teams tackles with 7 vs. Georgia Tech in 1999
Fall 1999 Depth Chart Position: Second-team free safety
Years Lettered: 1997, 1998, 1999
Bowl Participation: 1998 Peach Bowl vs. Auburn; 1999 Peach Bowl vs. Mississippi State

Overview:
One of the leaders of the Clemson team, he serves as president of LIFELINE, Clemson's football leadership organization...member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the third straight year, he has a 3.84 career GPA...has played 35 consecutive games for the Tigers, one of three active seniors who has never missed a game...set Clemson record for special teams tackles in a game with seven against Georgia Tech...had four tackles on kickoff returns and three on punt returns in breaking previous record of six special teams tackles by Arthur Bussie against Long Beach State in 1990...led the team in that category for the season with 18.. one of 11 Clemson scholar athletes honored by at the Peach Bowl Awards luncheon....BB&T Student-Athlete of the Week during the fall...has played in two Peach Bowls, he is one of just two active Tigers to score a touchdown in a bowl game...scored on an 18-yard blocked punt return against Auburn.

In 1999:
Had three special teams tackles against Florida State...played in the secondary in four games...second team safety behind All-ACC player Robert Carswell all season...played 12 plays against Virginia and 13 against Duke for his most action of the season.

In 1998:
Played all 11 games as a reserve..had six stops for the season....playing time decreased from the line of scrimmage in 1998, but he was reliable special teams...played on defense against Virginia Tech and Wake Forest...had two special teams tackles against Duke.

In 1997:
Only player in Clemson history to score a touchdown on a blocked punt return in a bowl game...picked up blocked punt and raced 18 yards for a score in the second period...had a perfect 4.0 in the classroom as a freshman...had major impact in the win over South Carolina in 1997, he recovered a fumble on a key drive late in the second period that turned the momentum of the game in Clemson's direction...South Carolina was leading 14-6 at the time and driving, Clemson won the game 47-21...played 55 snaps in that game, almost half of his action in his entire career...played from scrimmage in nine of the 12 games that year, including the Auburn game in the Peach Bowl...had 15 tackles for the season, including five on special teams...played from scrimmage in every game but Appalachian State and North Carolina...had two tackles in six plays, plus a PBU against Maryland.

In High School:
Had 45 receptions for 978 yards and 16 touchdowns at Christ Presbyterian in Tennessee as a senior...also had 85 tackles and four interceptions...in his last two seasons, he had 91 reception for 1,738 yards, 30 touchdowns, 805 return yards, and 158 tackles...moved to Tennessee from Texas after his junior season...a member of the 2A Texas state champions and his high school's Athlete-of-the-Year as a sophomore...a Texas 2A All-State wide receiver and the region Defensive-Player-of-the-Year as a junior...an All-State choice as a senior...also was All-Region, All-Metro, All-Mid State, and All-District as a senior...selected to play in the Tennessee-Kentucky All-Star game his senior season...earned the Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association Scholar Athlete Award his senior season..recognized as his high school's football team MVP and Academic-Athlete-of-the-Year his senior season...also played basketball, baseball, soccer, and track...from same city that brought Clemson defensive players O.J. and Gary Childress...played for Coach David Pack...born Chad A. Speck on 8-21-78...majoring in PRTM.