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CLEMSON – Clemson stars Grady Jarrett, Bradley Pinion and Tony Steward were selected on Day 3 of the NFL draft Saturday.
CLEMSON – Clemson stars Grady Jarrett, Bradley Pinion and Tony Steward were selected on Day 3 of the NFL draft Saturday.
Atlanta picked defensive tackle Grady Jarrett in the fifth round (137th overall). The First-Team All-ACC Tiger joins teammate Vic Beasley with the Falcons. Former Tiger Malliciah Goodman, a Florence native, will be in his third year on the Falcons’ defensive line in 2015.
San Francisco chose punter Bradley Pinion in the fifth round. He was the first kicker selected in this draft and the first Clemson kicker drafted since 1991 Pinion, who was a junior in 2014, handled the punting and kickoff chores for Clemson. He averaged 42.6 yards per punt and had a school-record 28 punts inside the 20.
Buffalo selected linebacker Tony Steward in the sixth round. He was Clemson‘s third-leading tackler in 2014. Steward also had 10 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and a team-high 13 quarterback pressures. It’s the fifth time in the last six years the Bills have drafted a Tiger.
