UTEP Miners

Resumes his football career at UTEP for the 2011 season after playing basketball at the University of Maryland for the last four years (2007-11) ... in 131 games for the Terps (28 starts), he scored 782 points (6.0 avg.) and snared 297 rebounds (2.3 avg.) while dishing out 169 assists (1.3 avg.) ... averaged 9.6 ppg as a senior to rank third on the team ... hit a buzzer-beating three pointer to lift Maryland past Georgia Tech as a junior ... averaged 20 points in a pair of games versus national champion North Carolina as a sophomore ... ranked the no. 6 hoops prospect in the state of Texas and the no. 89 player in the country by Rivals.com coming out of Chapin High School ... four-year basketball letterwinner as a prep, earning All-State, All-District and All-City accolades ... football honors at Chapin High School included honorable mention All-State, as well as All-District, All-City and El Paso Gridiron MVP ... piled up 939 receiving yards as a senior with 19 touchdowns ... two-time captain of the football team ... full name is Clifton Llyonell Tucker ... parents are Clifton and Regina Tucker ... born 1/12/89 (Tacoma, Wash.).