Following an All-American career at Clemson, Chris Gardocki went on to play 16 seasons in the NFL, more than any other former Tiger.
The former placekicker/punter attributes his success and longevity to two things – hard work, and fear.
“I played out of fear, probably,” Gardocki told The Clemson Insider. “Because when you get in the NFL, you sort of pinch yourself like, ‘I made it.’ But then it becomes, ‘All right, I don’t want somebody to take my job.’ So, I probably played more out of fear than anything else, worried that somebody else was working harder than me somewhere else and was going to take my job.