CLEMSON — Clemson linebacker Brandon Maye has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III football team. Maye will now be on the ballot for the Academic All-America team that will be voted on later this month.
Maye is the third leading tackler on a Clemson defense that ranks 12th in the nation in total defense and 15th in scoring defense. Maye has 53 tackles for the season, including two tackles for loss, a sack and nine quarterback pressures. He is second on the team in quarterback pressures.
The native of Mobile, Ala. is in his second season as a starter. Last year he had 87 tackles for the year, helping the Tigers to a top 15 national ranking in scoring defense an total defense.
Maye has a 3.36 career GPA in sociology. He is the first Clemson linebacker to make an Academic All-District team since Chad Carson in 2001.
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