{"id":233,"date":"2022-06-27T11:25:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T15:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemsonalumni1.wpengine.com\/philadelphia\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=233"},"modified":"2022-06-27T11:25:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T15:25:29","slug":"virtual-tailgate-ben-boulware","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/clemson.alumniclubs.us\/philadelphia\/event\/virtual-tailgate-ben-boulware\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Tailgate \u2013 Ben Boulware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql\">Join us for a conversation with The Junkyard Dog himself \u2013 2016 National Champion Ben Boulware! He\u2019ll be joining the Philly Clemson Club to chat about the current state of Clemson football, his days at Clemson, and what he\u2019s up to now!<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql\">Have a question for Ben? Email us at @phillyclemsonclub@gmail.com!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Facebook Link \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fb.me\/e\/10MfEe5Ga\">https:\/\/fb.me\/e\/10MfEe5Ga<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>\u2014<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Bio on Ben:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Two-year starter at linebacker who left a legacy after serving as Clemson\u2019s top backup in 2014 \u2026 posted 352 tackles, 26 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, five interceptions, 41 quarterback pressures, 10 pass breakups, six caused fumbles and four recovered fumbles in 2,131 snaps over 53 games (31 starts) in his career \u2026 first Tiger in 24 years with a pick-six in a bowl game when he had one against Oklahoma in 2014 \u2026 only linebacker in program history with an interception in consecutive bowl games, and they were against the same team (Oklahoma) \u2026 had 17 career double figure tackle games, and Clemson was 16-1 in those games \u2026 earned invitation to the Senior Bowl \u2026 two-time All-ACC Academic Team (2015,16) selection.<\/p>\n<p>Earned Jack Lambert Award as nation\u2019s top linebacker \u2026 second-team All-American by AFCA, Football Writers Association, Phil Steele, USA Today and Walter Camp \u2026 third-team All-American by the Associated Press \u2026 first-team All-ACC (media, coaches) \u2026 ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Year (coaches) \u2026 National Championship Game Most Valuable Defensive Player \u2026 shared Tiger Pride Defensive Team MVP honors with Jadar Johnson and Carlos Watkins \u2026 Strength &amp; Conditioning All-American \u2026 Strength Dedication Award winner \u2026 one of six permanent team captains \u2026 team leader with 131 tackles in 882 snaps (14 starts) \u2026 had 11.5 tackles for loss and four sacks as well<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tigernet.com\/clemson-football\/player\/ben-boulware-267#ixzz79hQvgJzW\">https:\/\/www.tigernet.com\/clemson-football\/player\/ben-boulware-267#ixzz79hQvgJzW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Boulware Highlights:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cDpZBtNIHBY\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/cDpZBtNIHBY<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for a conversation with The Junkyard Dog himself \u2013 2016 National Champion Ben Boulware! He\u2019ll be joining the Philly Clemson Club to chat about the current state of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-233","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.alumniclubs.us\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.alumniclubs.us\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.alumniclubs.us\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.alumniclubs.us\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.alumniclubs.us\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.alumniclubs.us\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.alumniclubs.us\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.alumniclubs.us\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.alumniclubs.us\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}