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Kanyon Tuttle\u2019s championship story began at 2 a.m.. The house was dark, save for the dim glow of a laptop screen. Kanyon stood at his parents\u2019 bed to wake them with exhilarating news. His father, Clemson football standout Perry Tuttle, leapt out of bed when he heard Kanyon\u2019s news: his son was going to play college football at Clemson.
\n\u201cIt was the greatest day. It was better than catching the national championship pass,\u201d Perry said.
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And Perry actually knows what that feels like. The moment after his game-winning catch during the 1982 Orange Bowl is forever immortalized on a\u00a0Sports Illustrated<\/em>\u00a0cover that hangs framed on the walls of die-hard Clemson fans to this day.
\nPerry Tuttle isn\u2019t the only 1981 champion lucky enough to have his son follow in his footsteps. There are four other players on the current roster with ties to the 1981 team: twin sophomore linebackers J.D. and Judah Davis, sons of 1981 team captain Jeff Davis; Jarvis Magwood, a redshirt sophomore linebacker and son of wide receiver Frank Magwood; and Cannon Smith, a redshirt sophomore tight end and son\u00a0of defensive end Bill Smith. All of these fathers watched their sons celebrate a national championship. The game-winning mood transported the fathers back to 1982.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>
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