Clayton Dyson Class: Junior Hometown: North Augusta, S.C. High School: North Augusta Height / Weight: 6-1 / 279 Position: OG Experience: 2L

Furman: All-Southern Conference performer who helps comprise an offensive line that returns all five starters on an offensive unit that counts 10 returning regulars...will have to fend off Andrew Thornburg to retain starting job at left guard...ranked seventh on the team in the bench press in spring testing with a lift of 415 pounds...active in student government ...will serve as senior class senator for the 2004-05 academic year...also serves of the Athletic Service Board...member of the Furman Gospel Ensemble. 2003 -- Consensus All-Southern Conference selection in voting by league head coaches and media following his first season as a starter...saw action in nine of Furman's 11 games...sat out a pair of contests (vs. The Citadel and East Tennessee State) with a knee injury sustained early in the Appalachian State game...graded out a 1.91 (85.1 percent) on 388 plays...recorded 65 knockdowns...had seven winning outings and his first career exceptional performance (2.00) in 45-0 whitewash of Gardner-Webb. 2002 -- Logged his first action, working on special teams and totaling 123 plays as a backup at guard and member of special teams...earned the first winning performance of his career with a grade of 1.94 and four knockdowns on 35 plays in a 55-28 win over VMI...was in on a season high 38 snaps against Elon (57-7 win). 2001 -- Member of scout team...awarded redshirt and extra year of eligibility.

High School: 2001 graduate of North Augusta High School...football coach was Joe Long...teammate of Paladin cornerback Keith Johnson...played offensive and defensive line...earned all-county, all-area, All-Metro Augusta, and all-state honors despite team's 4-7 record...Shrine Bowl participant...tallied a career blocking grade of 88 percent with 60 pancake blocks...senior class president and member of National Honor Society...served a goverof Palmetto Boys State in 2000.

Personal: Full name is Clayton DeJuan Dyson...son of Lucile and Jimmie Dyson...born February 3, 1983, in Augusta, Georgia...communication studies and political science major.