The last time Bill Spiers heard Clemson cheers directed towards him came in 1987 when he was playing for Bill Wilhelm’s Tigers on the baseball diamond.
Donnell Woolford had not heard it since he and his Clemson teammates downed South Carolina in his final game at Death Valley in 1988.
But next week, the two former All-Americans, who went on to great careers in Major League Baseball and the NFL, will hear those cheers one more time as they walk across the stage at Littlejohn Coliseum to receive their degrees.
“I just think is awesome to see those guys come back and finish,” Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney said.