Tavien Feaster

2019 Honorable Mention All-SEC (Pro Football Focus)

CAREER
Graduate transfer who joined the team on August 3, 2019 after earning his undergraduate degree from Clemson… logged 2,002 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns on 346 carries over 51 career games… ranked second in Clemson history in career yards per carry (5.99) behind only Travis Etienne as of the conclusion of the 2018 season.

2019
Senior running back who joined the squad on August 5, just after the start of fall camp, following his graduation from Clemson… finished the year as the Gamecocks’ top rusher with 124 carries for 572 yards, a 5.4-yard average, with five touchdowns… added 17 receptions for 87 yards… earned honorable mention All-SEC honors from Pro Football Focus… selected to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl… had a pair of 100-yard rushing games, going for 107 in the win over Kentucky and a career-high 175 on 25 carries against Florida… missed a pair of games with a groin injury… rushed 12 times for 47 yards in the season finale against his former Tiger teammates… rushed 346 times for 2,002 yards with 20 touchdowns in his collegiate career.

2018
Gained 440 yards and six touchdowns on 78 carries as well as 11 receptions for 71 yards in 231 snaps over 13 games for the Clemson Tigers… rushed three times for 24 yards vs. Furman … lost a yard on two carries at Texas A&M … gained 32 yards on 10 carries with a touchdown against Georgia Southern … carried eight times for 75 yards including a 27-yard touchdown run at Georgia Tech … rushed nine times for 44 yards vs. Syracuse … limited by injury to three carries for four yards at Wake Forest … gained five yards on three carries vs. No. 16 NC State … rushed three times for 10 yards and a caught a pass at Florida State … recorded 101 yards and two touchdowns on six carries vs. Louisville … gained five yards on three carries at No. 17 Boston College … recorded 17 yards and a touchdown on seven carries vs. Duke … added 63 yards and a touchdown on nine carries vs. South Carolina … gained 30 yards on five carries against Pitt … recorded four carries for 20 yards and a three-yard reception vs. No. 3 Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl … rushed three times for 11 yards and caught two passes for 29 yards vs. No. 1 Alabama in the National Championship Game.

2017
Had 669 yards and seven touchdowns on 107 carries along with 12 receptions for 112 yards and a touchdown in 371 snaps over 14 games (11 starts) … eighth in Clemson history in yards per carry (6.3) … had 69 yards and a touchdown on six carries against Kent State on Sept. 2 … had 92 yards on 10 carries and a seven-yard reception at No. 14 Louisville on Sept. 16 … had 73 yards on 20 carries against Boston College on Sept. 23 … had 29 yards and a touchdown on nine carries and two receptions for a team-high 63 yards and a touchdown at No. 12 Virginia Tech on Sept. 30 … had 54 yards on 11 carries and a nine-yard reception against Wake Forest on Oct. 7 … had 57 yards and a touchdown on seven carries at Syracuse on Oct. 13 … had 35 yards on seven carries and two receptions for 12 yards against Georgia Tech on Oct. 28 … had 105 yards and a touchdown on seven carries and two kickoff returns for 31 yards at No. 20 NC State on Nov. 4; his 89-yard rushing touchdown was the longest by a Tiger since 1993 … had a game-high 69 yards and a touchdowns on four carries against The Citadel on Nov. 18 … had 18 yards and a touchdown on six carries and two receptions for 12 yards at South Carolina on Nov. 25 … had 22 yards and a touchdown on four carries and an eight-yard reception against No. 7 Miami (Fla.) in the ACC Championship Game on Dec. 2.

2016
Earned Future Impact Player award for the offense … produced 222 rushing yards, third on the team, on 37 carries over 12 games … owned team-high 6.0 yards per carry among running backs … top rusher in the win over SC State, he had 83 yards on 12 carries with his first career touchdown … had 98 kickoff return yards against No. 3 Louisville … scored 45-yard rushing touchdown at Boston College, part of a 56-yard performance on the ground … posted six yards on three carries at Wake Forest … had six carries for 36 yards against rival South Carolina … posted tackle on special teams in ACC Championship Game … rushed for 12 yards in the Fiesta Bowl.

HIGH SCHOOL
A consensus top-60 player nationally … played in U.S. Army All-American game … first-team USA Today All-American … rated as the No. 14 player in the nation by 247 Sports, he is the No. 1 running back and No. 1 player in South Carolina … rated the No. 27 overall player by Scout, No. 38 by Tom Lemming and No. 57 by Prep Star … rated the No. 53 player by ESPN, the fifth best running back and the top player in the state of South Carolina … voted Mr. Football in the state of South Carolina for 2015 and Mr. Track as a junior in the spring of 2015 … Gatorade Track Athlete of the Year in South Carolina as a junior … Shrine Bowl participant … as a senior, had 1,121 yards rushing and scored 10 touchdowns … had 64-976 and 12 touchdowns as a receiver … as a junior, Feaster had 133 carries for 1,153 yards and 15 touchdowns, and 45 receptions for 1,016 yards and 11 scores … In the 2014 state title game, he rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries, and also had five receptions for 132 yards and a touchdown … had a 44-yard interception return on defensive side of the ball in 2014 … as a sophomore, he had 171 carries for 1,429 yards and 15 touchdowns on the ground and 44 receptions for 723 yards and 12 touchdowns … for his career (37 games), had 459 rushes for 3,703 yards and 40 touchdowns … had 153 receptions for 2,715 yards and 35 touchdowns … scored 78 total touchdowns in his career … had six games in his career in which he had at least 100 rushing and 100 receiving yards … had five games with at least 200 yards from scrimmage as a sophomore … went over 200 yards from scrimmage each of his last three games as a junior … finished career with 6,562 all-purpose yards and 6,418 yards from scrimmage, an average of 173.5 yards per game … all-region in track from eighth grade through junior year … all-state all four of those years … a four-year region champion and the state champion in the 100-meter dash and 200 as a sophomore and junior … holds state record in the 200 at 21.11, and 100-meter best was 10.42 … named AAAA Track Athlete of the Year as a sophomore and junior … played his high school football for Chris Miller at Spartanburg High School … ran track for Glover Smiley.

PERSONAL
Tavien Feaster was born December 31, 1997 … earned his undergraduate degree in parks, recreation and tourism management.