Jadeveon Davarus Clowney is an American football linebacker for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of South Carolina, where he won the Ted Hendricks Award, and was selected first overall by the Houston Texans in the 2014 NFL draft. Clowney was a member of the Texans for five seasons, earning three consecutive Pro Bowl selections during his final years with the team. Following his departure from Houston, he played with the Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans, Cleveland Browns, and Baltimore Ravens.
Clowney with the Houston Texans in 2018
Clowney attempts to sack Justin Worley during a high school game in 2010
Clowney with South Carolina in 2012
Clowney with the Texans in 2018
University of South Carolina
The University of South Carolina is a public research university in Columbia, South Carolina. It is the flagship of the University of South Carolina System and the largest university in the state by enrollment. Its main campus is on over 359 acres (145 ha) in downtown Columbia, close to the South Carolina State House. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities with Highest Research Activity". It houses the largest collection of Robert Burns and Scottish literature materials outside Scotland and the world's largest Ernest Hemingway collection.
The university's first president, Reverend Jonathan Maxcy
South Carolina College as it appeared in 1850 looking from College Street
The McKissick Museum sits prominently at the head of the USC Horseshoe
Built in 1909, Davis College was the university's first new building after the Civil War and currently houses the School of Library and Information Science